Coronavirus in India

[Pascal Gambit]

18 Covid Patients Dead In Fire At Gujarat Hospital

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/guj...ts-killed-in-fire-at-bharuch-hospital-2425668



Awfully tragic news

 

[MP2011]

Another new high touched, 401,911 cases yesterday. Where will this stop?

 

[MP2011]

To be honest this shouldn't come as a surprise. The value of human life in India was always known, Covid 19 just proves what the world knew all along.

Won't have agreed with you as an Indian. But have witnessed so many instances now which forces me to think do we really value human life at all in India?

The ease with which human lives are lost in India is eye opener. We have become way too indifferent to the misery of fellow Indians.

 

[MP2011]

Indian states out of COVID vaccines as daily cases near 400,000


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But no, the vaccines had to exported so as to show feku is a messiah! This all is making my blood boil! And worst part is we've so many bhakts here who are still supporting this senseless and destructive step from their master!

 

[MP2011]

This is heartless, I would have fed the baby even if I died from corona later. Allah SWT says: Saving a life is like saving entire humankind. It is not good when you fear death.

This is so correct! We really have become heartless!

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

But no, the vaccines had to exported so as to show feku is a messiah! This all is making my blood boil! And worst part is we've so many bhakts here who are still supporting this senseless and destructive step from their master!

I said this earlier: Gujrat riots, beef lynching, demonetization and associated mess ups, CAA protests, Delhi Muslim riots, Kashmir issues, farmers protests, migrant crisis and now this corona hell... everything he touches; he lights up an absolute fire and makes people’s lives miserable. At some point you gotta look at the common thread...

 

[pillionrider]

Another new high touched, 401,911 cases yesterday. Where will this stop?

Unfortunately not until we climb to 1-1.2 million in my view. And officially, that would be about 800K a day. Not sure if we can even test that many every day.

Yesterday my friend's uncle passed away from a heart attack. They do a test nowadays for almost every death. He was Covid+. But the cause of death is attributed to heart attack. That's pretty much the story of the under-reporting going on. The only good thing out of this was, his family and brothers were all tested and all turned out positive and have now gone into self-isolation.

 

[MP2011]

At some point you gotta look at the common thread...

For that, they need to come out of the façade that they're humans, they're not! All they care about is Muslim bashing which they get for free under bigot!

All those who support the bigot are as much culpable in all this mayhem as feku himself is!

And then we are told to shut up and not raise uncomfortable questions at this juncture! My point is how many more deaths will make these blind bhakts see obvious murderous intent of their master?

 

[MP2011]

Unfortunately not until we climb to 1-1.2 million in my view. And officially, that would be about 800K a day. Not sure if we can even test that many every day.

Yesterday my friend's uncle passed away from a heart attack. They do a test nowadays for almost every death. He was Covid+. But the cause of death is attributed to heart attack. That's pretty much the story of the under-reporting going on. The only good thing out of this was, his family and brothers were all tested and all turned out positive and have now gone into self-isolation.

This is all scary, really scary. For some though, nothing to worry, only MH and Delhi are badly affected from Covid! Bloody anti nationals!

I read somewhere that MH is expected to see its third wave in August & Karanataka in October! This forces me to think if this is not apocalypse what else is!

 

[MenInG]

New Delhi: India reported more than four lakh fresh COVID-19 cases and over 3,500 new deaths in the last 24 hours, confirmed the Health Ministry on Saturday. Despite the frightening numbers, experts suggest that the second wave of coronavirus pandemic in the country is yet to see its peak.

In view of the unprecedented surge, several states across the country have imposed lockdowns and strict restrictions while the Central government has rolled out its third vaccination drive, which begins today, to inoculate people between 18 and 44 years of age.

On another worrying note, many states have deferred the third vaccination programme citing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Meanwhile, a host of Asian, European and North American nations have come together to help India in its hour of need by sending crucial COVID-19 related supplies and other equipment.

 

[kabbirann]

For that, they need to come out of the façade that they're humans, they're not! All they care about is Muslim bashing which they get for free under bigot!

All those who support the bigot are as much culpable in all this mayhem as feku himself is!

And then we are told to shut up and not raise uncomfortable questions at this juncture! My point is how many more deaths will make these blind bhakts see obvious murderous intent of their master?

It's crazy ,even in these horrific times, they are obsessed with minority bashing.

Modi is apathetic and incompetent but because he keeps Muslims in check they will keep on voting for him.

One of my colleague's mother died in India and he cannot even go there.This is such a cruel disease .I hope folks are keeping themselves and their families safe.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I get the impression that some in India are embarrassed about what is happening there regarding Covid-19? Almost as if India is a huge economy, super-state where something like Covid shouldn't be occurring.

The harsh reality is that this virus doesn't care how big your economy is or who you think you are.

It is the middle class which is under shock. They used to live in their gated communities with swimming pools and tennis courts, watched HBO and followed US pop culture and thought they were immune from third world problems. Now they are finding that despite their money, they cannot save themselves, cannot find beds or oxygen cylinders or vaccines. "How can this happen to us".

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

18 Covid Patients Dead In Fire At Gujarat Hospital

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/guj...ts-killed-in-fire-at-bharuch-hospital-2425668



Awfully tragic news

Imagine you go to hospital, fight the virus, doctors tell you that you are out of danger. You call your family to tell the good news and a frigging fire breaks out...


Tragedy.

 

[OMB]

Imagine you go to hospital, fight the virus, doctors tell you that you are out of danger. You call your family to tell the good news and a frigging fire breaks out...


Tragedy.

This was so unfortunate. Feel sorry for the ones who succumbed or suffered

 

[OMB]

U.S. restricting travel from India amid raging COVID outbreak

The U.S. will restrict travel from India beginning May 4, as COVID-19 ravages the world's second-largest country.

The White House announced the new policy on Friday afternoon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has already declared India "very high risk," and recommended that Americans avoid all travel to India.

"On the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration will restrict travel from India starting immediately," White House press secretary Jen Psaki's office said in a statement. "The policy will be implemented in light of extraordinarily high COVID-19 caseloads and multiple variants circulating in the India. The policy will take effect on Tuesday, May 4."


According to a presidential proclamation, the restriction applies to "nonimmigrants" and "noncitizens" who were in India during the 14-day period prior to attempting to enter the U.S. The restrictions do not apply to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, among other exceptions.

The United States' first shipment of emergency medical aid supplies arrived in India on Friday, as the country has reported more than 300,000 new cases each day for the last week. India's health care system received more than 400 oxygen cylinders, nearly a million test kits and other supplies.

The first of several emergency COVID-19 relief shipments from the United States has arrived in India! Building on over 70 years of cooperation, the United States stands with India as we fight the COVID-19 pandemic together. #USIndiaDosti
— U.S. Embassy India

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the new restrictions Friday.


"So, on the issue of India, the - we have announced that there's going to be a travel restriction starting on Tuesday on the advice of the Centers of Disease Control," she said. "Our COVID-19 experts, medical experts, our national security advisers. It is important to note, as I said earlier, that we have a responsibility as the United States in particular as it relates to the people that we have partnered with over the years."

India reports that more than 200,000 people there have died from COVID-19, but the real figure is believed to be higher. The U.S. has still not agreed to release doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine or any other vaccine to India, although President Biden said earlier this week he's discussed the matter with India's prime minister.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-covid-us-restricting-travel/

 

[MenInG]

India is still hitting yet more staggering new global highs for daily coronavirus cases as its vaccine rollout-for-all stuttered and stumbled even before it got properly off the ground.

Most states and many hospitals around the country reported being forced to postpone the programme for days, maybe longer as stocks failed to make it to the vaccination centres charged with inoculating everyone 18 years and older.

The citizens of India were left reeling, not for the first time, over how the world's biggest manufacturer of vaccines has been left without enough for its own population.

We watched as people lined up, some dressed in hazmat suits, to make sure they got their vaccinations from the few centres in Delhi which had managed to procure the vaccine.

The centre we were at didn't want to disclose exactly how many vaccines it had but a nurse told me they'd vaccinated 600 people the day before.

In a country of more than a billion, they have a long way to go yet if they're to halt or even slow the rise in infections.

One woman told us: "I'm not sure India should have given so many vaccines away before vaccinating its own population."

The government's own data showed it had sent nearly 70 million doses overseas since January - enough to easily vaccinate the entire populations of Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta.

The country famously sent out vaccine stocks to Bhutan which inoculated 93% of its population in just over a fortnight.

The Indian government had reassured its citizens only days before the 1 May rollout that the vaccination programme which began in January for its elder population would be extended to everyone 18 years old and over.

There's been a very slow take-up in the vaccines up until now, (around 2% are fully inoculated), possibly because they'd been informed the country had beaten coronavirus - and possibly because of worries over the vaccine side-effects.

But that was a few months ago.

Since then, the virus has ripped through the Indian population, overwhelming its fragile health service; causing an acute shortage in oxygen supplies; and transformed the country which once boasted it was in the pandemic end-game into the global epicentre of the disease.

Many scientists believe the only way India is going to get on top of the virus is to vaccinate.

Many will be questioning why this wasn't started earlier and with vigour.

But the country which is home to the world-famous Serum Institute India (SII), the globe's biggest vaccine manufacturer, must surely be in a good position to do just that now?

The institute seemed well ahead of the game having signed a deal with AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, long before the vaccine had been authorised in mid 2020.

It was to manufacture a "billion doses for low and middle income countries".

But it was still attempting to fulfil its contractual obligations overseas up until mid-April when the country was recording world record highs in daily coronavirus infections.

The Indian government has now temporarily halted vaccine exports while it gets to grip with one of the worst crises it has ever endured.

But the signs are not good. And vaccines are far from the only shortage.

Despite days ago promising that the oxygen shortfall would be sorted, we still saw queues and queues of people in Delhi, some of whom have waited 10 hours to try to fill up a cylinder of oxygen for hospitals who don't have supplies for their sick relatives.

One young woman who's mother is ill in hospital with COVID said she'd been looking for oxygen for the past three days.

"When cases started rising up," Urvashi Sharma told us, "I thought the government had a plan... but it turns out they didn't... within the first week, I understood the government had no idea and they're not prepared for anything... that we don't have enough ventilators in one hospital, never mind whatever we need for the entire city or entire nation."

Delhi's High Court judges have now been forced to step in, warning the government it needs to fulfil its obligations, follow through on its guarantees to sort the oxygen and provide the capital with enough oxygen.

"Enough is enough," the judges ruled. "Water has gone above the head. Now we mean business. You will arrange everything now."

This is all happening nearly two weeks after the crisis ignited - and as the capital city is hearing that yet more patients - including a doctor - died when oxygen supplies ran out at a Delhi hospital for about 80 minutes.

Hospital chiefs from the Batra Hospital reported at time of writing that 12 people had died after their oxygen stocks were depleted.

SOS calls from hospitals and relatives across the country are still filling social media pleading for oxygen, just days after the prime minister said he was putting the nation on a war-footing to try to solve the crisis.

I'm sitting late at night in Delhi listening to an official from Batra Hospital saying he only has enough oxygen until early morning.

"It's been a harrowing nine days," he said. "We are battling all the time. We are constantly running out of oxygen. The enemy is not at the doorstep. It's right inside our houses."

The worry for India is that the virus spread, the virus deaths and the virus chaos does not seem to be abating one bit. Rather, it seems to be growing.

SKY

 

[LongHorn]

This is heartless, I would have fed the baby even if I died from corona later. Allah SWT says: Saving a life is like saving entire humankind. It is not good when you fear death.

People have lost all sense of perspective in this pandemic..... was reading how some guy dumped his Covid positive mother on the road as he feared getting infected

 

[Giannis]

I get the impression that some in India are embarrassed about what is happening there regarding Covid-19? Almost as if India is a huge economy, super-state where something like Covid shouldn't be occurring.

The harsh reality is that this virus doesn't care how big your economy is or who you think you are.

The reality is that the world doesn't see India the way indians see it, it's still a poor developing country with a lot of problems - this disaster isn't seen as unsurprising in the west cause they think it's how things usually are in India. That's the harsh reality.

 

[cricketjoshila]

The reality is that the world doesn't see India the way indians see it, it's still a poor developing country with a lot of problems - this disaster isn't seen as unsurprising in the west cause they think it's how things usually are in India. That's the harsh reality.

Reality is that the world doesn't see India as Pakistanis want them to.

 

[Giannis]

Reality is that the world doesn't see India as Pakistanis want them to.

Uh you need to step foot out of India, as an American I can tell you the world sees India like any other poor country

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

Reality is that the world doesn't see India as Pakistanis want them to.

World is banning flights from India and sending aid to help the poor population dying on the streets. Hopefully this chanda makes it way to the right people rather than being gobbled up by the government

 

[kaayal]

During first wave of covid and lockdown, it was the poor migrants that affected and therefore nobody cared. But this time it’s young people of the Indian middle class dying. Both Centre and State are running like headless Chicken now . BJP is in a strange situation where they can’t even buy the virus or incite a “controlled violence” against Covid to take over the control.

 

[Giannis]

During first wave of covid and lockdown, it was the poor migrants that affected and therefore nobody cared. But this time it’s young people of the Indian middle class dying. Both Centre and State are running like headless Chicken now . BJP is in a strange situation where they can’t even buy the virus or incite a “controlled violence” against Covid to take over the control.

Interesting.

Could you elaborate on these "controlled violence" tactics the Indian government has used in other areas?

 

[guna]

India was always ripe to be taken down by a pandemic. A massively overcrowded country with horrendous hygiene habits never stood a chance against the new variants of COVID. Vaccinating 1.3 billion people is no joke. No amount of lockdowns could have stopped this.
Majority of Indians have to work everyday to eat. This was bound to happen. The only thing I would blame the government is the lack of preparations to provide relief to the COVID-19 patients. Planning has been very poor.

 

[IAJ]

Reality is that the world doesn't see India as Pakistanis want them to.

Firstly the people here who keep repeating India is poor country and third World country, they should stop these things as that would not stop the virus or make anything better.

Having said that I have to say you have completely lost it. You have made any post against India a personal matter. You have no idea of what people outside India think about India. The people outside India are not only the rulers of countries allied with India.

If you come to Norway and see what people think about India you will be surprised. To them India is a poor country where majority is poor and many lives in slums. And there a tiny majoriy of rich people who have fled the country. This is what the common man knows here through local media.

And before you bring in any another Pakistani related thing I can also tell you that Pakistan is also seen as a very poor country just like India.

India have asked for help and the Norwegian gov are giving NOK 20 millions ( ~2,4 million USD) in aid. This is what we read in papers here.

 

[Itachi]

Firstly the people here who keep repeating India is poor country and third World country, they should stop these things as that would not stop the virus or make anything better.

Having said that I have to say you have completely lost it. You have made any post against India a personal matter. You have no idea of what people outside India think about India. The people outside India are not only the rulers of countries allied with India.

If you come to Norway and see what people think about India you will be surprised. To them India is a poor country where majority is poor and many lives in slums. And there a tiny majoriy of rich people who have fled the country. This is what the common man knows here through local media.

And before you bring in any another Pakistani related thing I can also tell you that Pakistan is also seen as a very poor country just like India.

India have asked for help and the Norwegian gov are giving NOK 20 millions ( ~2,4 million USD) in aid. This is what we read in papers here.

Norwegian embassy statement doesn't coincide with what you wrote.

 

[jeetu]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

Wow. Hope you get better soon man. Best wishes with you.

Stay safe

 

[dblock]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

Hope you fully recover soon. As you said you were in a fortunate position with access to medical support.

Oxygen meters can be quite volatile and at least the chinese mass produced ones can give innacurate reading and in a climate of panic that's not the best for a scarce resource.

 

[ahsan17]

Reality is that the world doesn't see India as Pakistanis want them to.

It's got nothing to do with Pakistan, but just plainly how India is viewed.

 

[Itachi]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

What were your symptoms?

 

[jeetu]

What were your symptoms?

I got fever from my wife (who healed up in 3 days on her own ). So i was expecting same (to get cured on my own). On the outside my forehead was quite normal. But thermometer inside mouth was 103F (reduced to 101 F after Paracetamol 650). However fever just refused to go away. Also i started overdeveloping breathing issue. It was due to Pneumonia developing in lungs.
In hospital's ICU i was injected with Remdesivir few times. I think it helped me get out of their faster.

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

I got fever from my wife (who healed up in 3 days on her own ). So i was expecting same (to get cured on my own). On the outside my forehead was quite normal. But thermometer inside mouth was 103F (reduced to 101 F after Paracetamol 650). However fever just refused to go away. Also i started overdeveloping breathing issue. It was due to Pneumonia developing in lungs.
In hospital's ICU i was injected with Remdesivir few times. I think it helped me get out of their faster.

Wow. So if you hadn’t gotten hospital bed and oxygen access outcome could’ve been bad.

Happy to say you’ve recovered man. Hope you stay safe and get back to full health soon iA.

 

[jeetu]

Wow. So if you hadn’t gotten hospital bed and oxygen access outcome could’ve been bad.

Happy to say you’ve recovered man. Hope you stay safe and get back to full health soon iA.

Thanks. Without medical facilities , i would be pretty much gone. You should take care too , this version of Covid hits fast and hard.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I already got vaccinated yesterday. fever coming and going with bodyache. The situation and management in Assam is working efficiently.

Nice.

Here, dose 1 went smoothly. All hell broke loose by dose 2.

Lines of very old people standing not getting the second dose.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

In my view, vaccination shouldn't be held hostage to vagaries of technology especially during a pandemic which had already ravaged us.

It should have been walk in from the start, even door to door vaccinations especially considering how densely populated we are. I'm sure we'd have far better vaccination numbers by now had we chose this method!

Ideally yes if we had enough vaccines in stock.

But since there was always going to be a tight game with vaccine rollout, it defo should have been managed better.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I got fever from my wife (who healed up in 3 days on her own ). So i was expecting same (to get cured on my own). On the outside my forehead was quite normal. But thermometer inside mouth was 103F (reduced to 101 F after Paracetamol 650). However fever just refused to go away. Also i started overdeveloping breathing issue. It was due to Pneumonia developing in lungs.
In hospital's ICU i was injected with Remdesivir few times. I think it helped me get out of their faster.

Glad to hear you are safe, mate.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

And you think sanghis won't do that! They'll even surpass 34-years misrule of left within their first term.


Hell, no! You and I both know why sanghis keep winning!


Whilst that may be true, things were quite different on ground. Sanghis dug their own grave while fomenting riots on Delhites. That was their undoing.

1. Sanghis will probably be just as bad or worse. But when people of a state are willing to change sides, it keeps every party on tenterhooks. And allows outsiders to enter too.

2. Sanghis lost Delhi cos Kejriwal performed. Those idiots tried to make it all about Shaheen Bagh, India vs Pakistan...but when you are up against a performer, thats the worst thing you can do unless there is a massive underlying anger to be exploited.

Manish Sisodia went to the Shaheen Bagh protest site and almost lost his seat. Of course the muslim AAP mla won handomsely (proibably due to massive minority population in his area).

The same is playing out in Kerala. Pinrayi Vijayan had performed amazingly well reg Covid so even tho he screwed up Sabarimala, he was able to prevail. Congress apart from infighting, didn't have any solid angle. Their defeat was expected.

What wasn't expected was BJP decimation in Bengal ) ) )

Damn......that was fun.

Mamta is a nutcase but turns out BJP was all hot air.

Our Supreme Leader went all out for a certain state forgetting about the nation and looks he is going to get decimated there.

Now he has a thumping loss and a PR nightmare to deal with.

(But at the end he got increased voteshare...so nice consolation prize lol).

 

[MenInG]

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 3,92,488 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in India in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country increased to 1,95,57,457 and 3,689 deaths were recorded from across India. By Sunday morning, 3,07,865 persons were discharged from the hospitals.

As per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday, the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to 84,599 in the age bracket of 18-44. The ministry stated that the vaccination was administered to a total of 16,48,192 persons across the country.

In the last 24 hours, the country lost 3,782 lives to the COVID-19 resurge and recorded 3.92 lakh positive cases. This is the third time when the daily death toll crossed the 3,500-mark in the country.

AIIMS Chief Dr Randeep Guleria suggested that lockdowns must be imposed I'm hotspots to tackle the COVID-19 situation. He said, "No country can sustain such numbers. "

 

[cric_man]

1. Sanghis will probably be just as bad or worse. But when people of a state are willing to change sides, it keeps every party on tenterhooks. And allows outsiders to enter too.

2. Sanghis lost Delhi cos Kejriwal performed. Those idiots tried to make it all about Shaheen Bagh, India vs Pakistan...but when you are up against a performer, thats the worst thing you can do unless there is a massive underlying anger to be exploited.

Manish Sisodia went to the Shaheen Bagh protest site and almost lost his seat. Of course the muslim AAP mla won handomsely (proibably due to massive minority population in his area).

The same is playing out in Kerala. Pinrayi Vijayan had performed amazingly well reg Covid so even tho he screwed up Sabarimala, he was able to prevail. Congress apart from infighting, didn't have any solid angle. Their defeat was expected.

What wasn't expected was BJP decimation in Bengal ) ) )

Damn......that was fun.

Mamta is a nutcase but turns out BJP was all hot air.

Our Supreme Leader went all out for a certain state forgetting about the nation and looks he is going to get decimated there.

Now he has a thumping loss and a PR nightmare to deal with.

(But at the end he got increased voteshare...so nice consolation prize lol).

So all those COVID super spreader rallies for nought?

 

[OldWarHorse]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

Great to know you have overcome the worst. Take care man.

 

[cricketjoshila]

World is banning flights from India and sending aid to help the poor population dying on the streets. Hopefully this chanda makes it way to the right people rather than being gobbled up by the government

World banned flights from UK and SA also.

India gave vaccines to 95 countries. Its help acknowledged by various government including US

Those who live on Chanda, think everyone is like that.

 

[cricketjoshila]

It's got nothing to do with Pakistan, but just plainly how India is viewed.

We will see in a few weeks time.

 

[MP2011]

So all those COVID super spreader rallies for nought?

Appears so. All those millions of black money spent, high profile defections, riots etc amount to nought now. The 2 bigots appear so hollow today, not that they weren't earlier.

 

[MP2011]

"Sorry": New Zealand High Commission Drops SOS To Congress, Gets Oxygen

New Delhi: The New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi landed in controversy on Sunday after tweeting an appeal to the youth wing of the opposition Congress for medical oxygen amid the unprecedented coronavirus crisis in India that has crippled its healthcare system.
The diplomatic mission quickly deleted the tweet as many wondered whether they had come under government pressure to do so but the Congress splashed photos on social media of its activists delivering the cylinders anyway.

"We are trying all sources to arrange for oxygen cylinders urgently and our appeal has unfortunately been misinterpreted, for which we are sorry," the high commission said in a follow-up tweet.

The Indian Youth Congress live-tweeted its delivery of the medical oxygen, adding that the patient inside was "critically ill".

Stung by the episode, the Ministry of External Affairs advised foreign missions "not to hoard essential supplies, including oxygen".

"The Chief of Protocol and Heads of Divisions are in continuous touch with all High Commissions, Embassies and MEA is responding to their medical demands, especially those related to Covid. This includes facilitating their hospital treatment. Given the pandemic situation, all are urged not to hoard essential supplies, including oxygen," the foreign ministry said.

The exchange prompted many to question whether the New Zealand mission had been coerced into deleting the tweet because it was embarrassing for the Indian government.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sor...n-2426253?pfrom=home-ndtvelex_bigstories_live

 

[MP2011]

So apparently its now a crime for a foreign mission to ask for Oxygen from opposition parties. Well done Jaishankar!

Didn't expect such an erudite man becoming such a hate filled person! But that happens with the kind of company he is keeping.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

so all those covid super spreader rallies for nought?

nought.

Nil.

Nada.

Zip.

 

[OMB]

Lockdown In Odisha From May 5 to May 19 To Contain Covid Spread

Odisha has logged 4.5 lakh cases since the start of the pandemic; 10.413 infections were recorded just yesterday.

A 14-day lockdown has been announced in Odisha between May 5 and May 19 to break the chain of transmission as the state sees a spike in Covid cases like the rest of the country, hit by a devastating second wave.
"There shall be lockdown throughout the state with the effect from May 5 (Wednesday) till 5 am of May 19 (Wednesday). However, there shall be a complete shutdown on weekends, starting from 6 pm on Fridays to 5 am on Mondays," the order issued by the Odisha government said, news agency ANI reported. There are no restrictions on healthcare or other emergency services.

Odisha has logged 4.5 lakh cases since the start of the pandemic; 10.413 infections were recorded just yesterday, as per the Health Ministry data.

"During the lockdown, intra-state movement of individuals by road, except for medical reasons and for activities permitted, will be prohibited," the order said.

Malls, cinema halls, educational institutions, salons will also remain close during the lockdown.

Last week, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said after a Covid review meet: "We are in the midst of a severe crisis in the country. Many states and metro cities are witnessing a huge strain on the healthcare system. We need to be extremely cautious and alert in ensuring all measures to manage the situation in Odisha."

We are in the midst of a severe crisis in the country. Many States and metro cities are witnessing a huge strain on the healthcare system. We need to be extremely cautious and alert in ensuring all measures to manage the situation in #Odisha. pic.twitter.com/RKVsgwfI81
— Naveen Patnaik

Yesterday, the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi extended the lockdown for a third straight week as the national capital continues to witness a rise in Covid caseload. The struggle of patients in finding a hospital bed or basic resources such as medical oxygen has made global headlines.

On Saturday, India reported over 4 lakh cases in 24 hours in a new grim global record. This morning, the caseload surged to 1.95 crore with 3.92 lakh fresh cases.

AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria, while speaking to NDTV on Saturday, said India's healthcare system is "stretched to the limit" and "aggressive lockdowns" - like the one imposed in March last year - in areas with positivity rates over 10 per cent are needed to contain the second COVID-19 wave. "We have to work aggressively to bring this number down. No healthcare system in the world can manage this kind of load. The issue of aggressive containment or lockdown, or whatever, is key," he stressed.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lockdown-in-odisha-from-may-5-to-may-19-news-agency-pti-2426250#News_Trending

 

[OMB]

I was on the brink of death last due Covid complication. Luckily i have a high reputed cousin in a hospital, so i could manage to get Oxygen and ICU bed. I interacted with several doctors during my stay at hospital. Most of them are shocked at oxygen unnecessary hoarding. Faulty "Oxymeter" assessment are root cause behind oxygen panic in Delhi. People tend to go crazy as soon as they see their SpO2 drop even slightly then things cascade from bad to worse. i was guilty of same.
Covid has left me literally bed ridden, no energy is left in in body as of now. But in 2-3 days i should be close to pre-covid shape.

Welcome back. Happy to know you are out of trouble now.

Would appreciate if you take out time and share with us your perspective about the entire Covid-19 pandemic and the on ground reality about where you live.

 

[OMB]

Final-Year MBBS Students May Be Called For Covid Duty: Government Sources

Medical personnel doing Covid duty will be given preference in government recruitment as well as a financial incentive, sources said.

New Delhi: Medical students may be roped in to boost India's response to the coronavirus crisis, government sources said on Sunday after a meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review efforts to contain the surge in COVID-19 cases that has overwhelmed the country and its healthcare system.
The Prime Minister reviewed ways to augment human resources for effective management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, sources said following the meeting that was attended by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, the Health Secretary and other officials.

"In the meeting, many steps to incentivize students and pass-outs of medical and nursing courses to join Covid duty were taken, details of which will come out tomorrow," sources said.

"Decisions may include delaying NEET and incentivising MBBS pass-outs studying for it to join Covid duty. The decisions may also include utilizing services of final year MBBS and nursing students in Covid Duty. Those medical personnel doing Covid duty will be given preference in government recruitment as well as a financial incentive," they added.

The meeting came amid reports of healthcare personnel feeling overwhelmed in some parts of the country due to the surge in the COVID-19 cases, with testing facilities also strained.

On Saturday, a doctor was among 12 people who died at Delhi's Batra Hospital after the facility ran out of medical oxygen - for the second time in the space of a week. Separately, a resident doctor at a private hospital in the capital died by suicide due to severe stress.

The second COVID-19 wave in India has overwhelmed hospitals, morgues and crematoriums and left families scrambling for scarce medicines and oxygen. And while India is the world's biggest producer of COVID-19 vaccines, shortages of the shots in some states have hindered the start of a mass vaccination drive.

Ahead of the surge in cases, leaders of all political parties, including PM Modi, led political rallies at which large crowds flouted rules on social distancing and mask-wearing.

Some experts blame the rallies and mass religious gatherings attended by millions for the severity of the second wave.

PM Modi has been criticised for focusing on the state elections instead of making the pandemic his top priority.


The central government has meanwhile been accused of failing to respond to a warning in early March from its own scientific advisers that a new and more contagious variant was taking hold in the country.


https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-pm-narendra-modi-to-hold-meeting-at-9-30-am-to-review-covid-situation-2426200

 

[MP2011]

Scientific Advisers Say Centre Ignored Warning Of Surge: Report

New Delhi: A forum of scientific advisers set up by the government warned officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus taking hold in the country, five scientists who are part of the forum told Reuters. Despite the warning, four of the scientists said the federal government did not seek to impose major restrictions to stop the spread of the virus.
Millions of largely unmasked people attended religious festivals and political rallies that were held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition politicians.

Tens of thousands of farmers, meanwhile, continued to camp on the edge of New Delhi protesting PM Modi's agricultural policy changes. The world's second-most populous country is now struggling to contain a second wave of infections much more severe than last year, which some scientists say is being accelerated by the new variant and another variant first detected in Britain.

India reported 386,452 new cases on Friday, a global record. The spike in infections is the country's biggest crisis since PM Modi took office in 2014.

It remains to be seen how his handling of it might affect PM Modi or his party politically.

The next general election is due in 2024.

Voting in the most recent local elections was largely completed before the scale of the new surge in infections became apparent. The warning about the new variant in early March was issued by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium, or INSACOG.

It was conveyed to a top official who reports directly to the Prime Minister, according to one of the scientists, the director of a research centre in northern India who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Reuters could not determine whether the INSACOG findings were passed on to PM Modi himself.

PM Modi's office did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

INSACOG was set up as a forum of scientific advisers by the government in late December specifically to detect genomic variants of the coronavirus that might threaten public health.

INSACOG brings together 10 national laboratories capable of studying virus variants. INSACOG researchers first detected B.1.617, which is now known as the Indian variant of the virus, as early as February, Ajay Parida, director of the state-run Institute of Life Sciences and a member of INSACOG, told Reuters.

INSACOG shared its findings with the health ministry's National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) before March 10, warning that infections could quickly increase in parts of the country, the director of the northern India research centre told Reuters.

The findings were then passed on to the union health ministry, this person said.

The health ministry did not respond to requests for comment.

Around that date, INSACOG began to prepare a draft media statement for the health ministry.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...t-2426312?pfrom=home-ndtvelex_bigstories_live

 

[ChTab]

India coronavirus: New record deaths as virus engulfs India

India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the pandemic began - a day after it became the first country to see more than 400,000 new cases.

Its health ministry said 3,689 people had died within the past 24 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the health minister on Sunday morning to review the crisis.

Hospitals are battling to treat patients amid a chronic shortage of beds and medical oxygen.

Distressing images of families begging for hospital beds and life-saving supplies have been emerging for more than 10 days, while morgues and crematoriums remain overwhelmed.

Amid the crisis, vote counting started on Sunday for elections held in five states in March and April.

What's the latest?
On Saturday, 12 people died at Delhi's Batra Hospital after it ran out of oxygen - for the second time in a week.

The Times of India newspaper reported 16 deaths in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh due to oxygen shortages in two hospitals, and six in the Delhi suburb of Gurgaon.

Delhi High Court has now declared it will start punishing officials if life-saving supplies don't make it to hospitals.

"Water has gone above the head. Enough is Enough," said Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Patil.

Experts have warned that India's official death toll is a significant under-count. They have cited low testing rates and the number of people dying at home, especially in rural areas.

How is India doing on vaccination?
All adults in India are now eligible for a coronavirus vaccine. But the planned launch of a nationwide drive on Saturday faltered as several states said they did not have enough doses to start vaccinating those aged 18-44.

Despite being the world's biggest producer of vaccines, the country is suffering an internal shortage and has placed a temporary hold on all exports of AstraZeneca to meet domestic demand.

The Health Ministry said on Sunday that 84,599 people in the age bracket had been given a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

India has been using two vaccines - the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab (known locally as Covishield) and another made by Indian firm Bharat Biotech (Covaxin). The Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine has also been approved for use, and the first 150,000 doses arrived on Saturday.

What are other countries doing to help?
Countries worldwide have sent a flood of emergency medical supplies. As of Thursday, 40 nations had sent shipments.

The first of several planes from the US carrying oxygen cylinders, N95 masks and rapid diagnostic tests arrived in Delhi on Friday.

"The bond between the oldest democracy & the largest one keeps getting fortified," India's health ministry tweeted.

The US had previously been criticised for imposing a ban on sending raw materials for vaccines abroad, which limited India's ability to make more of the AstraZeneca jab. The measure was lifted last week.

A German military aircraft with 120 ventilators reached India on Saturday, and the UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed on Sunday that the country would send more ventilators "very shortly".

Why isn't India in full lockdown?
The central government is reluctant to impose a national lockdown, which the prime minister has called a "last resort". Senior leaders fear the economic impact, after last year's lockdown saw India's output fall by a record 24% in April-June compared to a year earlier.

The human cost could also be severe. Last year's 68-day national lockdown saw millions of India's migrant workers make arduous journeys back to their home villages after they found themselves unemployed and running out of money.

The poor, especially undernourished children and pregnant women who rely on government programmes, found it difficult to access benefits. Immunisation programs were halted, and those suffering from serious illnesses struggled to access crucial health services.

But several states and union territories do have restrictions in place.

Odisha was the latest to announce a two-week lockdown, to run from 5-19 May, joining hard-hit Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal.

Other states, including populous Uttar Pradesh, have either night curfews or weekend lockdowns.

The Indian Express newspaper reports that India's Covid-19 taskforce, which advises the government, is pushing hard for a nationwide lockdown to help subdue the devastating second wave.

Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, said on Saturday that an "immediate" shutdown for a "few weeks" could break the chain of transmission in India.

Mr Modi has been criticised for allowing millions of people to gather for religious festivals and huge political rallies in March and April, with minimal social distancing and very little mask-wearing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56961940

 

[jeetu]

Welcome back. Happy to know you are out of trouble now.

Would appreciate if you take out time and share with us your perspective about the entire Covid-19 pandemic and the on ground reality about where you live.

No issue , my aim to write here is to share what i saw and my experience. For starters i live in Delhi , which ideally should have low issues. Ground reality is as bad as they are. Everyone affected now will need to utilize their complete connections and goodwill to get a hospital bed with oxygen supply. Hoarding of resources are making situation worse. People are buying Oxygen tank at heavy price. 90% of it will ultimately goes to waste. Covid is strong virus which requires safeguards. Its very tough to maintain such order. If people slip at wrong time , life can be lost. While i am cured of current Covid , its still nearby and can strike me again. Only my chances of survival will be far less so i needs to be extra carefull.

 

[OMB]

No issue , my aim to write here is to share what i saw and my experience. For starters i live in Delhi , which ideally should have low issues. Ground reality is as bad as they are. Everyone affected now will need to utilize their complete connections and goodwill to get a hospital bed with oxygen supply. Hoarding of resources are making situation worse. People are buying Oxygen tank at heavy price. 90% of it will ultimately goes to waste. Covid is strong virus which requires safeguards. Its very tough to maintain such order. If people slip at wrong time , life can be lost. While i am cured of current Covid , its still nearby and can strike me again. Only my chances of survival will be far less so i needs to be extra carefull.

Ok Thanks.
May your signature line come true

 

[Ahmad-GERMANFC]

Good news today. Both deaths and total cases lower

 

[MP2011]

Good news today. Both deaths and total cases lower

Yeah. Hopefully we've turned a corner and the cases will go on reducing like this.

 

[MenInG]

New Delhi: A day after reporting its worst-ever single-day death toll, India on Monday saw a sharp decline in the daily cases and casualties. According to the Health Ministry, as many as 3.68 lakh new infections and 3,417 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours across the country.

In view of the frightening rise in COVID-19 cases and deaths, many state governments have either imposed fresh lockdowns or extended the ongoing lockdowns in their respective territories.

Meanwhile, several countries like Germany, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States continue to provide COVID-related supplies to India in order to better equip it to fight the deadly pandemic.

 

[Third_Umpire]

Good news today. Both deaths and total cases lower

Hopefully the long road to flattening the curve has begun. Heart goes out to the common man in India.

 

[OMB]

China Deletes Social Media Posts Mocking India Over COVID-19 Crisis After Backlash

A post from China’s top law enforcement body appeared to mock India’s response to a devastating second wave of COVID-19 cases.

A social media post by China's top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country's successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China.

Photos of the Tianhe module launch and its fuel burn-off were compared with what appeared to be a mass outdoor cremation in India, and captioned “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.” The post on Saturday by the Communist Party's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on its official Sina Weibo account was accompanied by a hashtag noting that new COVID-19 cases in India had surpassed 400,000 a day.

Later that day, it could no longer be found. Many Chinese social media users expressed shock and anger at the insensitivity of the post.

“We hope everyone gives attention to the Chinese government and mainstream public opinion supporting India's fight against the epidemic,” China's foreign ministry said in response to a request for comment. The office of the ministry's spokesperson added that more supplies will continue to be sent to India in the coming days showing China's support through practical action.

Official social media accounts should “hold high the banner of humanitarianism at this time, show sympathy for India, and firmly place Chinese society on a moral high ground,” Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of Communist Party-backed Global Times newspaper, wrote on Weibo commenting on the deleted post. Hu said such methods were not an appropriate way for official social media accounts to gain traffic.

”I don't think we can expect a clarification from the Party account in question, but I do think there was no consensus on this post or else it would not have been removed so quickly,” said Manya Koetse, the editor-in-chief of What's On Weibo, a site that tracks trends on the social media platform.

Ties between China and India have been rocky in recent months. A border dispute that killed dozens last year and hurt economic ties between the two nations has fanned nationalistic sentiment in both countries. Tensions remain despite ongoing high-level talks, with India most recently urging early disengagement from all friction points along the border.

That didn't prevent President Xi Jinping from sending a message of condolence to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and offering to provide assistance to help the South Asian country deal with a fierce surge in COVID-19 cases.

Another deleted post that first appeared Friday compared China's “fire god mountain” - the name of the emergency hospital complex built in Wuhan - with a photo of a mass cremation in India on the official Weibo account of China's Ministry of Public Security. It too was criticised, with social media users saying it was “morally problematic.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Friday that the Red Cross Society of China, local governments, non-governmental organizations and Chinese enterprises are “trying their best to collect the anti-epidemic supplies urgently needed by India, and deliver them to the Indian people as soon as possible.”

- With assistance from Tom Hancock.

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/social-networking/news/india-covid-19-cases-deaths-china-post-weibo-social-media-criticism-2426896

 

[IAJ]

"Medical experts say actual numbers across the country of 1.35 billion may be five to 10 times higher than the official tally." That means upto 200 million people have or have had the virus. Insane numbers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...near-20-million-peak-seen-nearing-2021-05-03/

 

[Firebat]

Volunteers provide oxygen as India’s COVID-19 cases near 20 million

India’s tally of coronavirus infections rose on Monday to just short of 20 million, propelled by a 12th straight day of more than 300,000 new cases, as scientists predicted the pandemic could peak in the next couple of days.

Total infections since the start of the pandemic have reached 19.93 million, swelled by 368,147 new cases over the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 3,417 to 218,959, health ministry data show. At least 3.4 million people are currently being treated.

But medical experts say actual numbers could be five to 10 times higher.

Hospitals have filled to capacity, supply of medical oxygen has run short and morgues and crematoriums have been swamped as the country grapples with the surge. Patients are dying on hospital beds, in ambulances and in carparks outside.

“Every time we have to struggle to get our quota of our oxygen cylinders,” said B.H. Narayan Rao, a district official in the southern town of Chamarajanagar, where 24 COVID-19 patients died, some from a suspected shortage of oxygen supplies.

"It's a day-to-day fight," added Rao, as he described the hectic scramble for supplies.

In many cases, volunteer groups have come to the rescue.

Outside a temple in the capital, New Delhi, a group of Sikh volunteers is providing oxygen to patients lying on benches inside makeshift tents, hooked up to a giant cylinder. Every 20 minutes or so, a new patient comes in.

"No one should die because of a lack of oxygen. It's a small thing otherwise, but nowadays, it is the one thing every one needs," Gurpreet Singh Rummy, who runs the service, told Reuters. He called it an oxygen "langar", the word used by Sikhs for a communal free kitchen.

Offering a glimmer of hope, the health ministry said positive cases relative to the number of tests fell on Monday for the first time since at least April 15.

Modelling by a team of government advisers shows coronavirus cases could peak by Wednesday this week, a few days earlier than a previous estimate, since the virus has spread faster than expected.

At least 11 states and regions have ordered curbs on movement to stem infections, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is reluctant to announce a national lockdown, concerned about the economic impact.

"In my opinion, only a national stay at home order and declaring medical emergency will help to address the current healthcare needs," Bhramar Mukherjee, an epidemiologist with the University of Michigan, said on Twitter.

"The number of active cases is accumulating, not just the daily new cases. Even the reported numbers state there are around 3.5 million active cases."

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...near-20-million-peak-seen-nearing-2021-05-03/

 

[finalfantasy7]

how many people been vaccinated in total? roughly how many people were vaccinated in a single day / if its yesterday a day before - last daily figure u have for india.

predicted date that when whole of india will be vaccinated?

 

[street cricketer]

how many people been vaccinated in total? roughly how many people were vaccinated in a single day / if its yesterday a day before - last daily figure u have for india.

predicted date that when whole of india will be vaccinated?

Google has been displaying every covid related statistic pretty well.

Roughly 9.5% of the population has received at least a single dose and 2% have been vaccinated fully with double dose.

 

[finalfantasy7]

Google has been displaying every covid related statistic pretty well.

Roughly 9.5% of the population has received at least a single dose and 2% have been vaccinated fully with double dose.

thats a fast roll out - good to hear - rough idea when whole population should receive both jabs? i understand it will be a estimate, im just curious

 

[King-Misbah]

thats a fast roll out - good to hear - rough idea when whole population should receive both jabs? i understand it will be a estimate, im just curious

It will take many months, it won't really help in this surge of cases as far as I understand.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

"Medical experts say actual numbers across the country of 1.35 billion may be five to 10 times higher than the official tally." That means upto 200 million people have or have had the virus. Insane numbers.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...near-20-million-peak-seen-nearing-2021-05-03/

This damn virus is improving itself each time it infects a new person.

The horror.

 

[finalfantasy7]

It will take many months, it won't really help in this surge of cases as far as I understand.

still a very good roll-out, as ur pakistani yourself you understand how slow ours is - expecting 70m doses to be vaccinated by the end of this yr

 

[King-Misbah]

still a very good roll-out, as ur pakistani yourself you understand how slow ours is - expecting 70m doses to be vaccinated by the end of this yr

I am not too sure about Pakistan, issue with Pakistan is that our illiterate population deny covid. Some say Imran Khan introduced it etc. I do know that Pakistan is starting vaccine manufacturing (Cansino) this month with 3000 000 a month.

 

[OMB]

New Delhi: The vengeful second wave of the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across India as 357,229 new cases in the past 24 hours have taken the country’s caseload past the 2 crore-mark for the first time since the pandemic began.

India added 357,229 fresh infections on Monday, taking the total case tally to 2,02,82,833, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The death toll mounted to 222,408 with 3,449 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, while several experts believe the actual figure could be much higher.

As many as 3,20,289 patients were discharged from hospitals yesterday, taking the overall recoveries to 1,66,13,292.

There are currently 34,47,133 active cases in India, comprising 17 per cent of the overall infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate is at 81.91 per cent.

India’s caseload had crossed 20 lakh on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the 1-crore mark on December 19. The country witnessed the grim milestone of 1.50 crore on April 19.

 

[OMB]

Covid-19: Big dip in Mumbai cases, the worst may be over

MUMBAI: Almost a month after Mumbai registered its worst single-day tally of 11,206 Covid-19 cases, the graph of the second wave dipped sharply on Monday, with 2,624 cases detected in a 24-hour period. While the 23,542 tests done to detect these cases were lower than the city's daily average of 44,000 (in April), officials said the worst appears to be over as far as the second wave is concerned.

However, the daily toll continued to be high with 78 deaths recorded on Monday, showing a daily case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.9%, almost twice the daily reported last week. officials have maintained that the daily toll will plateau this week and start dropping thereafter. The city's tally so far is 6.58 lakh cases and 13,372 deaths.

Similarly, reported a 15% dip in daily detection and fatalities on Monday, the second consecutive day of a decline in cases. The state reported 48,621 cases and 567 deaths, taking total cases to 47.7 lakh while the toll touched 70,851.

Officials said daily detections were down owing to fewer tests over the weekend and fatalities had dipped due to delay in updating data. The state conducted 2.1 lakh tests in the last 24 hours, a dip from the 2.5-2.7 lakh tests it conducts during the weekdays.

“Mumbai's daily positivity rate is low (11.3%) though we did fewer tests over the weekend,” said additional municipal commissioner . In contrast, positivity rate on April 4 was 30%.
BMC commissioner I S Chahal, in a statement on Monday, said “our aggressive testing policy has resulted in reduction of positivity rate.”

However, he noted that there has been a reduction in demand for tests in the last few days. “It has been the consistent policy of MCGM to do maximum testing to flush out coronavirus from Mumbai’s environment” he said.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/covid-19-big-dip-in-mumbai-cases-the-worst-may-be-over/articleshow/82379993.cms

 

[King-Misbah]

I do not trust Indian government, there seems to be quiet in the media in the past few days &#55358;&#56596;

 

[kabbirann]

I can't help contrasting the response here in AU to the nightmare that is taking place in India.
There was an outbreak in Victoria and the state premier with the CMO did daily press conferences and lead from the front and in India the leadership whether at state or central level is just absent except for Kerala.

It is just tragic and heartbreaking to see what is happening in India with so many Indians dying just starved of oxygen.My mother was in India last year till June and never got covid - this variant seems much more contagious and deadlier.

 

[MP2011]

"You Can Bury Your Head In Sand Like Ostrich, But...": Court Raps Centre

New Delhi: The Central government's failure to implement the Delhi High Court's order on immediate supply of full quota of oxygen to Delhi evoked the judges' wrath today. The court -- which had ordered that Delhi must be given its full quota of oxygen "by whatever means" -- asked the government to explain why a contempt case should not be initiated against it.
"Enough is enough. We will not take a 'no' regarding oxygen supply. There is no way that you will not supply 700 metric tonne oxygen immediately. We will not hear anything except compliance," the judges said.

"Contempt proceedings can be the last thing," added the judges, who have been hearing a bunch of petitions on the oxygen shortage for more than two weeks.

Over this period, despite the court's repeated urging, the Centre has remained firm on its stance that Delhi has been allocated oxygen according to a calculation that applies to all states and it is the Delhi government's mismanagement that has led to the crisis.

Around 40 people have died in the national capital meanwhile as their hospitals ran out of oxygen. Most hospitals have been flagging shortage every few hours. Even today two hospitals -- one catering only to children -- have flagged shortage since morning.

"You can bury your head in sand like ostrich, we won't... Are you living in an ivory tower?" the judges said, pointing out that the Supreme Court had also ordered the Centre to provide 700 metric tonne of oxygen to Delhi and not just 490 metric tonne.

When the Center said it would file a compliance affidavit before the Supreme Court tomorrow, the judges said, "We fail to understand what the affidavit will achieve when the necessary oxygen is not being brought to Delhi. Not even a day's allocated oxygen (to Delhi) has been distributed".

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/you...raps-centre-2427942?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

 

[MP2011]

So current regime doesn't have any responsibility towards so many deaths happening...Its all states' doing....Hmmm....

 

[jeetu]

There are many variants of Covid which have left Doctors guessing. The day before i was about to get discharged. A patient came with good oxygen percentage , had no chest trouble. But he was detected COVID positive with consistent high fever. His issue persisted depite given every major medicine.

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

There are many variants of Covid which have left Doctors guessing. The day before i was about to get discharged. A patient came with good oxygen percentage , had no chest trouble. But he was detected COVID positive with consistent high fever. His issue persisted depite given every major medicine.

The damn thing is evolving at an alarming pace.

I won't be surprised if in next 12 months all current vaccines become useless against a *insert country/region name* variant.

 

[Itachi]

So current regime doesn't have any responsibility towards so many deaths happening...Its all states' doing....Hmmm....

Yes. center allocates the oxygen supply and every state in India takes the responsibility of logistics supply. In case of Delhi, the state govt still unable to provide adequate logistics to bring the allocated oxygen to the state from the plants.

This is where court asked center to intervene and provide the logistics since the state is failing to do so.

 

[Itachi]

There are many variants of Covid which have left Doctors guessing. The day before i was about to get discharged. A patient came with good oxygen percentage , had no chest trouble. But he was detected COVID positive with consistent high fever. His issue persisted depite given every major medicine.

Not all covid positives have chest congestion. last year, I was covid positive and went to hospital (I was living alone so went to hospital for better care). I only had fever and no other symptoms.

There are no specific symptoms for covid in the sense that it can directly point towards covid.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

I do not trust Indian government, there seems to be quiet in the media in the past few days ��

Their godi media is busy taking shots at the cargo airplane that arrived from Pakistan with medical supplies to help with Covid in India, and laying blame on it that it entered into India from a wrong airspace exit.
Hilarious video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGa9BeqtXIk
watch it at 0:54


Seriously yar, I have yet to see such hatred filled people burning in the fire of their own malice that is deeply rooted in their hearts.

Glad that there are some good and fair people still left in India who welcomed the help from Pakistan

 

[MP2011]

Yes. center allocates the oxygen supply and every state in India takes the responsibility of logistics supply. In case of Delhi, the state govt still unable to provide adequate logistics to bring the allocated oxygen to the state from the plants.

This is where court asked center to intervene and provide the logistics since the state is failing to do so.

So you didn't get it, again! Not surprising though.