Prakash Javadekar accuses Maharashtra of poor administration of COVID vaccines

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday accused Maharashtra of poor administration of Covid19 vaccines in the state alleging that MPs from the Shiv Sena were asking the Centre for more vaccines while the state has only utilised 44 per cent of what has already been deliveredMaharashtra government had only used 23 lakh vaccines out of the total 54 lakh vaccines sent to the state till March 12 Javadekar tweeted todayClaiming that 56 per cent of vaccines remained unused Javadekar posted on Twitter Now Shiv Sena MP asks for more vaccines for the state First mismanagement of pandemic now poor administration of vaccinesJavadekars tweet followed a post on the microblogging site by Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi Shouldnt Indians have equal access for vaccines manufactured in India she questioned on TwitterOn Tuesday Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had written to Maharashtra Chief Secretary highlighting the observation by a central team which visited the state last week and observed that it is at the beginning of a second wave of the Covid19 pandemicThe letter mentions that the test positivity rate was high in the districts visited by the central team ranging from 51 per cent in Mumbai to 30 per cent in AurangabadWhile the positivity rate in Maharashtra stands at 1321 per cent the recovery rate is 9221 per cent The fatality rate in the state is 228 per cent the central team observedPointing towards contact tracing the Health Secretarys letter mentioned that the casecontact ratio is more than 120 in the stateThough it appears high a deep dive into the methodology of contact tracing revealed that the main concept of contact tracing was not clearly understood by the field level staff who were mainly listing the immediate family and neighborhood contacts he addedPointing towards contact tracing the Health Secretarys letter mentioned that the casecontact ratio is more than 120 in the stateThough it appears high a deep dive into the methodology of contact tracing revealed that the main concept of contact tracing was not clearly understood by the field level staff who were mainly listing the immediate family and neighborhood contacts he addedAs of Wednesday Indias total active caseload has reached 234 lakh 234406 comprising 205 per cent of the total infectionsMaharashtra Kerala and Punjab account for 764 per cent of Indias total active cases with Maharashtra alone contributing nearly 60 per cent the union health ministry saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever