The Union health ministry has said that in addition to the available doses, more than 56 lakh vaccine doses will be received by the states and UTs within the next 3 days.
"Lessons from last year and faith in the ongoing vaccination drive have helped the markets sustain its momentum," Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak Mahindra AMC told Money9 in the first episode of Mutual Fund Masters
More than 18 lakh vaccination doses were administered in a span of 24 hours. It also includes 86,023 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-45.
With a spike in the number of cases, companies like Maruti Suzuki, MG Motor, Hero MotoCorp, and Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India have already announced the temporary suspension of production work at their respective manufacturing facilities to break the transmission chain.
The government has introduced compliance-related reliefs for March and April 2021, due to covid-19 induced challenges faced by the businesses, said Rajat Mohan, Senior Partner, AMRG & Associates.
The total active covid-19 cases count has reached more than 33 lakh and total fatalities have been pushed to 2.15 lakh, according to the Union health ministry data.
The meeting will discuss the situation of healthcare infrastructure, oxygen, and medicine supply to combat the worsening covid-19 crisis in the country.
Though the elections are essentially for state legislatures, the outcome in the five states will also partially reflect a signal of the confidence these five states repose on the ruling party at the Centre.
The much-awaited programme of inoculation of those between 18 and 45 years began on May 1 but was hobbled in the absence of supplies.
The private sector lender Yes Bank on Friday posted a whopping standalone net loss of Rs 3,788 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2021.