{"id":113218,"date":"2021-05-19T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=113218"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:54:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T10:54:14","slug":"punjab-to-join-covax-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/punjab-to-join-covax-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab to join COVAX facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Which Indian state has recently decided to join global COVAX facility?<\/strong><br>a) Punjab<br>b) Kerala<br>c) MP<br>d) none of the above<br><strong>Ans: a<br>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Punjab Government recently announced that it is to join COVAX facility in order to increase its COVID-19 supplies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Punjab is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, and in order to get doses, it would be joining the Covax facility.<\/li><li>Many other state and even BMC has also said that they would be importing vaccine on their own.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About COVAX<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines directed by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, or GAVI), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the World Health Organization (WHO).<\/li><li>Covax aims to stop vaccine nationalism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However it only cooperates with national governments as of now , so it is unclear whether Punjab is even eligible or not to buy vaccine from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By kameshwar Shukla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/lifestyle\/health\/covid-19-as-punjab-faces-vaccine-shortage-state-hopes-to-join-covax-facility-check-details\/2252749\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/lifestyle\/health\/covid-19-as-punjab-faces-vaccine-shortage-state-hopes-to-join-covax-facility-check-details\/2252749\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which Indian state has recently decided to join global COVAX facility?a) Punjabb) Keralac) MPd) none of the aboveAns: aContext The Punjab Government recently announced that it is to join COVAX facility in order to increase its COVID-19 supplies. Facts Punjab is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, and in order to get doses, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":113219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[2344],"class_list":["post-113218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113220,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113218\/revisions\/113220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}