The oxygen concentrator, which condenses 93% oxygen from ambient air, is today in high demand across the country. India is importing thousands of units of oxygen concentrators from abroad.
The shipment includes 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators, generously donated by the state of California, USAID said.
The Central Reserve Police Force will provide security to Serum Institute of India CEO and owner Adar Poonawalla.
Making the announcement on Twitter, Adar Poonawalla said: "As a philanthropic gesture on behalf of Serum Institute of India, I hereby reduce the price to the states from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose, effective immediately."
Candidates will not be allowed inside vote counting centres on Sunday without a negative Covid report or two vaccine doses, the Election Commission said today.
The decision to undertake the capacity enhancement was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister to discuss the measures needed to improve Liquid Medical Oxygen supply for Covid management.
The country saw 3,293 people losing their lives in a span of 24 hours, the highest in a single day so far, pushing the death toll to 2,01,187.
The CoWIN portal, its app, along with the Aarogya Setu app on Wednesday crashed for multiple users as registrations for beneficiaries between 18 and 45 opened.
The website was back online minutes later. But many users reported delay in getting OTP and page response times.
All citizens above the age of 18 years can register themselves for getting Covid-19 vaccine jabs from 28th April as the government gears up to launch the third phase of vaccination drive from 1 May. In this video, we attempt to answer some common queries about the Covid-19 vaccine.
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