Bhushan also said that Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh still remain states of maximum concern. “Given their population, the number of deaths being reported by Punjab and Chhattisgarh is a cause of extreme concern,” he was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Union health secretary also said that the Centre has constituted 50 high-level multi-disciplinary public health teams and deployed them to districts reporting a surge in cases and mortality in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab.
Delhi and Maharashtra Chief Ministers had written to the Centre calling for opening up vaccination to more age groups.
“When we talk about opening vaccination to all, our focus reduces on controlling the pandemic. Did you hear any country that is vaccinating less than 45,” questioned Bhushan and VK Paul, Member-Health, NITI Aayog. However, as of Tuesday evening, several states in the United States of America have opened up the vaccine to all adults. The USA started vaccinations roughly a month before…
