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The stock of Covaxin in Delhi has finished and as a result around 100 vaccination centres set up in 17 schools have been closed, said Manish Sisodia

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said Bharat Biotech has informed the state government that it cannot provide 'additional' Covaxin doses to the national capital. The stock of Covaxin in Delhi has finished and as a result around 100 vaccination centres set up in 17 schools have been closed, he said.

"The Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said that it can not provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability, under instruction of concerned government official. It means that the central government is controlling supply of the vaccine," Sisodia said.

Udayan Guha of the Trinamool Congress says he stands vindicated. Before suffering the narrowest loss in the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections by just 57 votes, he says, he kept telling the voters of Dinhata in Cooch Behar that BJP candidate Nisith Pramanik wouldn’t remain their MLA for long even if he won.

Guha was proved right on Wednesday as Pramanik resigned as an MLA within ten days of winning the seat, choosing instead to remain the MP from Cooch Behar. Another Lok Sabha lawmaker of the BJP, Jagannath Sarkar, chose the same route as he resigned from his MLA seat of Santipur. The BJP’s seat tally in the state assembly, hence, came down from 77 to 75 and bypolls will now have to be conducted on both seats.

The Karnataka government Wednesday announced that it would temporarily suspend anti-Covid vaccination for people aged 18 to 44 from May 14.

“This order will be applicable for COVID vaccination at all Government COVID vaccination centers in the state,” a note issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare read. This includes beneficiaries who have already obtained an appointment as well.

It added that the state government had decided to use the available stock of vaccines to inoculate persons aged 45 and above, waiting for their second dose.

An FIR has been registered against Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu at Guntur's Arundalpet police station for allegedly causing fear among people about N440K variant of novel coronavirus.

Pachala Anil Kumar (37), a lawyer in Guntur's District Court, filed the case complaining that N Chandrababu Naidu and his party representatives spoke in media about the second wave of coronavirus and stated that the new N440K variant originated in Andhra Pradesh is 10 to 15 times more dangerous and its spreading rate is higher than normal coronavirus.

"The irresponsible and erroneous statement and about the coronavirus caused a great deal of agony, and pain to the people. The people of the state are ready to go to other states due to fear of death. Further his statements cause humiliation to the people of Andhra Pradesh," read the complaint.