Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, on Tuesday, chaired a review meeting regarding the new Covid ‘XE variant’ and directed the officials to boost the ongoing monitoring and surveillance in the country. The Minister, in one of his recent tweets, informed that he had a meeting with the country’s top experts regarding the new ‘XE Variant’ of Covid-19, where he reviewed the Covid cases and gave necessary instructions for strengthening the ongoing monitoring and surveillance system to study the new variants and related cases.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer of Serum Institute of India (SII) Adar Poonawalla said on Tuesday that the decision to slash the prices of the precautionary dose of Covishield, which is now available for all adults, was taken to make it more affordable and within reach of the masses.