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The corona pandemic has shown its ugly side in Lucknow too and incidentally, Lucknow is also the Parliamentary constituency of Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, who is known to be more sensitive about his parliamentary constituency. When he started receiving calls from relatives and well-wishers of Covid patients from Lucknow from morning to evening that even serious patients are not getting beds in the hospital, Rajnath’s office started calling up all the hospitals in Lucknow. But the problem was that VIPs had already occupied the beds of the hospitals. Particularly in the state where right from the Chief Minister to DGP and Additional Chief Secretary are down with an infection, if there is a complaint, then with whom would Rajnath contact? In such a situation, a person close to Rajnath suggested that since DRDO is subordinate to his ministry, he can talk to its higher officials and get a temporary Covid hospital built there, and this is how the concept of 1000 bed Covid Hospital became a reality.

The BJP and the Modi government never lag behind in calling Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a ‘Pappu’. But the government quickly accepts the demand that Rahul makes. When Corona speed increased Rahul had said – ‘Enforce lockdown’. so it happened. When Rahul said – “International flights coming to India should be banned.” Ban was imposed. In view of the shortage of Corona vaccine across the country, Rahul Gandhi demanded from the government that ‘the process of giving approval to foreign vaccine should be expedited’, on this, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted to Rahul on 9 April, saying, “Does Rahul Gandhi want to become a full-time lobbyist after a failed part time politicians?” But ironically, last Wednesday, the Modi government took an important decision that many foreign-made Covid vaccines will be given emergency approval. After this, Prasad continued to be trolled on social media.

The speed at which the Corona pandemic has taken such a formidable pace has provided multinational drug makers with a huge hope. According to a report, by 2024, the market for corona vaccine will grow to more than the US $ 25 billion, that is, the bigger the fear, the bigger the market. 10 big pharma companies have already acquired their dominance on this market and have started bringing the vaccine to ‘mono valent’ (single) or ‘multivalent category’ (for more than one variant). These 10 big companies include companies such as Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Dechi Sekyo. Pfizer has thrown up a new claim that people may have to take Corona vaccine dose every year. While other companies are embodying concepts such as its ‘cocktail’ and ‘booster’ doses, the WHO has not yet approved these ideas. Now Russian and Chinese companies have also jumped into the fray. Even though the efficacy of the Chinese pharmaceutical companies’ vaccines are not up to the standards of the World Health Organization, they are in a hurry to grab the market. Two major Chinese companies, Sino Pharm and Sino Vac, have produced the Corona vaccine. The vaccines produced by them have not been able to meet the 50% efficacy standard of WHO. Sino Pharm has not even revealed its data so far and is preparing to bring its fifth injection to market after four of its Corona vaccine injections. These Chinese companies are producing their 3 billion doses this year. That is, the bigger the fear of Corona, the more these companies will flourish at the same speed.