Hyderabad: Amid growing concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus, a plea was filed on Saturday in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ensure refund of "outrageous" amounts charged by private labs and hospitals for conducting RT-PCR tests to detect COVID-19.
The interim application has been filed by lawyer and BJP leader Ajay Agrawal in his pending PIL in which he had sought fixing of a uniform rate of Rs 400 across India for the RT-PCR test.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced earlier in the day that three vaccines are in trial stage in India and when ready, healthcare and frontline workers, and elderly persons with serious ailments will be given priority in vaccination.
Speaking on the vaccine challenges and the way forward, PM Modi also said that deliberations are on with the states about the dissemination and pricing of the vaccine.
- Delhi
New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that a COVID vaccine could be ready within weeks, Delhi and Hyderabad airports' air cargo services are all set to play a pivotal role in its distribution through state-of-the-art time and temperature-sensitive distribution systems.
As per the Delhi airport, it has two cargo terminals with world-class infrastructure that provides a GDP (Good Distribution Practice)-certified temperature-controlled facility for handling temperature-sensitive cargo.
- Haryana
Chandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted on Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to a hospital.
Vij (67) also urged all those who had come in contact with him recently to get tested.
- Uttar Pradesh
