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Really? Thankfully I live with my parents. I have heard one of my relative suffering such side effects. But my parents didn't go through any of that.
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Really? Thankfully I live with my parents. I have heard one of my relative suffering such side effects. But my parents didn't go through any of that.
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yeah. the older people doesn't show side effects but for 18-40 range, it may show same severe as covid. it generally lasts for 2-3 days max as I've seen among my friends and colleagues.
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Indian doctors warn against using cow poop as COVID cure. NY Post
As COVID-19 ravages India, some have taken to rubbing cow feces and urine on their bodies as a way to fight the virus.
Doctors are warning against the practice, saying there’s no proof it boosts immunity or helps treat COVID.
“There are also health risks involved in smearing or consuming these products — other diseases can spread from the animals to humans,” Dr. J.A. Jayalal, national president of the Indian Medical Association, told Reuters.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/india...s-covid-cure/?utm_source=whatsapp_sitebuttons
As COVID-19 ravages India, some have taken to rubbing cow feces and urine on their bodies as a way to fight the virus.
Doctors are warning against the practice, saying there’s no proof it boosts immunity or helps treat COVID.
“There are also health risks involved in smearing or consuming these products — other diseases can spread from the animals to humans,” Dr. J.A. Jayalal, national president of the Indian Medical Association, told Reuters.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/india...s-covid-cure/?utm_source=whatsapp_sitebuttons
Indian doctors warn against using cow poop as COVID cure. NY Post
As COVID-19 ravages India, some have taken to rubbing cow feces and urine on their bodies as a way to fight the virus.
Doctors are warning against the practice, saying there’s no proof it boosts immunity or helps treat COVID.
“There are also health risks involved in smearing or consuming these products — other diseases can spread from the animals to humans,” Dr. J.A. Jayalal, national president of the Indian Medical Association, told Reuters.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/india...s-covid-cure/?utm_source=whatsapp_sitebuttons
Sanghi's again proving how special they are.
And all that talk about not caring about western opinion and then they go hawking a laudatory article on Modi from the " daily guardian " pretending their parody U.P version is the real thing.
Either they are the lalooest folks ever to inhabit earth or they hate Muslims so much they don't care how foolish and cringey they appear.
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This is not just 'any company', they're the most reputed pharma brands in the world.
Pfizer got approved for emergency use by the rigorous regulatory bodies of the US, UK and countries who take vaccine safety seriously. In a pandemic, you discard the unnecessary protocols and use only the essential ones.
India should have followed suit but the govenrment didn't take the pandemic seriously and now their dealing in dead bodies all over the country. You're blind love for Modi has made you suspend all critical thinking. Shame.
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The one argument against giving a blind approval to Pfizer is that South Asians have a distinctly different body health infrastructure, so to speak, and past vaccines have had to be altered just a bit to fit our (and other) sample groups.
Pfizer haven't done this work, so rolling it out en masse is probably a bad idea.
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Since you want the pfizer vaccine asap in to indian health care (because it is the big brand):
1. What are the essential protocols which should be used for emergency introduction of untested vaccines?
2. What are unnecessary protocols? Do indemnity bond, which frees pfizer from any liability should be taken as unnecessary one?
You have no idea what non tested vaccines or drugs can do. These protocols are there for safety of people rather than anything to do with the govt. You can be emotional but if something goes wrong, it has the amplitude of surpassing covid deaths multi fold.
You don't take such decisions with emotions. You take them with logics and data that is with you.
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Indian doctors warn against using cow poop as COVID cure. NY Post
As COVID-19 ravages India, some have taken to rubbing cow feces and urine on their bodies as a way to fight the virus.
Doctors are warning against the practice, saying there’s no proof it boosts immunity or helps treat COVID.
“There are also health risks involved in smearing or consuming these products — other diseases can spread from the animals to humans,” Dr. J.A. Jayalal, national president of the Indian Medical Association, told Reuters.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/10/india...s-covid-cure/?utm_source=whatsapp_sitebuttons
Can one of our Indian posters explain the religious significance behind this?
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No religious significance. Anyone claiming that hinduism encourages cow dung use is a top quality *****.
But actually, cow dung, like any other organic decay material, can boost immunity if it enters the body. But it is more likely to make you sick first.
Won't cure COVID-19 infection though.
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There were significant amounts of Indian origin people in UK and US who have had their vaccine done with no problem. There was no intent to save people’s lives in India. My opinion is that the Indian government thought this as a big business deal to benefit themselves. Selling Covaxin and Covishield with such a high price itself shows how keen they are on vaccinating all Indians.
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I think its an occurance with only one of the two vaccines out there and that too not with everyone.. the other one is quite smooth tbh.
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That’s interesting because from what I’ve read and heard it holds religious significance although I know very little about Hinduism:
Lord Krishna and Cow Dung
“In purushottam sahastra nam in vol. 10, name of lord Krishna Himself is given as “gaushthanganah gati priyah” means lord Krishna happily performs pastimes in cow dung in cowshed. In Srimad Bhagavatam 10.6.20, it is described that, after being breast fed by Putna, a demoness, Lord Krishna was given a bath with cow urine, Goraj (dust raised by cows feet) and cow dung was applied over body of Lord Krishna by gopis.”
https://www.astroved.com/articles/significance-of-cow-dung-in-hinduism
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If the cow is healthy, has been eating fresh grass and herbs, and has been drinking clean and unpolluted water, then the dung may have some therapeutic value. It was like that many centuries ago, when Lord Krishna existed. The cows of today that drink dirty water and eat polluted plants certainly don't yield any therapeutic dung.
Outside of the Bimaru belt in India, Hindus nowadays only use dried cow dung cakes to make fires. It is certainly not used for anything else.
And actually, even human faeces is used for therapeutic purposes these days.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30180-2/fulltext
You are the same person who will again go after Modi if the vaccine causes casualties blaming him for waiving bridging trials and indemnity. Its rather your blind hate for Modi. Modi has followed due diligence in accordance with medical science. See if any western countries authorize vaccine without a bridging trial. AZ is still not authorized in USA.
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Thanks but I’m still confused if cow dung holds religious significance in Hinduism? From the link I posted it sounds like it certainly does.
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Also the link you posted regarding human feces is an audited medical procedure not the rubbing of fecal matter on one’s body or digestion.
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A day after several bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were found washed up along the banks of the Ganga at Mahadeo ghat in Chausa in Bihar, 71 of them were retrieved and disposed of by the district administration after post-mortem on Tuesday. Tissue and other samples have also been preserved.
“We retrieved 71 dead bodies and disposed them after post-mortem. DNA samples has been preserved. The district administration is on alert to prevent such incidents in future. Officials have been directed to be vigilant and patrol the banks of the river,” a release issued by the Buxar district administration said on Tuesday.
The release also said that there was “sufficient fire wood at the Chausa cremation ground for funerals”. The clarification came allegations from villagers that the high cost of firewood had led to many families jettisoning bodies in the river rather than cremating them.
Earlier, the Buxar Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Singh also had told The Hindu that 71 dead bodies were retrieved from the river and “post-mortems were done at the ghat (bank) itself as they were highly decomposed” .
Ram Ashray Yadav, who sells firewood for cremations at the Mahadeo ghat (bank) at Chausa, said, “most of the bodies were buried in a large pit dug up by a JCB machine on the bank of the river.”
“The district administration has made arrangement of a generator for power supply at the ghat (river bank) and deputed an official here. Earlier, the district administration officials were seen at the ghat till late on Monday night working by the light of torches and mobiles,” Mr. Yadav told The Hindu over phone.
Asked how many dead bodies were buried, he said, “It was very difficult to count.”
“But, now no bodies are seen in the river water at the ghat,” he added.
Earlier, district officials had said the bodies found floating in river Ganga would be cremated with dignity by the government.
On Monday, several bodies were found floating in the Ganga at Mahadeo ghat in Chausa of Buxar in Bihar. Buxar shares its border with districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The district officials had said the bodies might have floated in from eastern Uttar Pradesh like Varanasi and Allahabad.
“The dead bodies were bloated. They seemed to be in the water for at least 5-7 days. It needs to be investigated from where they’ve come. They could be from Varanasi or Allahabad of UP”, senior official of the district K K Upadhayay had told media persons. Videos of bloated dead bodies had also gone viral on social media sparking outrage and shock among villagers.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of Jal Shakti and MP from Jodhpur Gajendra Singh Shekhawat posted a tweet tagging the chief ministers of both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh — Nitish Kumar and Yogi Adityanath — to take immediate cognizance of such incidents.
“The incident of dead bodies found floating in river Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar area is unfortunate. This is certainly an issue of investigation. The Modi (PM Narendra Modi) government is committed to Mother Ganga’s purity and free flow. This incident is unexpected. The concerned States should take immediate cognisance of it,” tweeted Mr Shekhawat in Hindi.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...le34532439.ece/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
“We retrieved 71 dead bodies and disposed them after post-mortem. DNA samples has been preserved. The district administration is on alert to prevent such incidents in future. Officials have been directed to be vigilant and patrol the banks of the river,” a release issued by the Buxar district administration said on Tuesday.
The release also said that there was “sufficient fire wood at the Chausa cremation ground for funerals”. The clarification came allegations from villagers that the high cost of firewood had led to many families jettisoning bodies in the river rather than cremating them.
Earlier, the Buxar Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Singh also had told The Hindu that 71 dead bodies were retrieved from the river and “post-mortems were done at the ghat (bank) itself as they were highly decomposed” .
Ram Ashray Yadav, who sells firewood for cremations at the Mahadeo ghat (bank) at Chausa, said, “most of the bodies were buried in a large pit dug up by a JCB machine on the bank of the river.”
“The district administration has made arrangement of a generator for power supply at the ghat (river bank) and deputed an official here. Earlier, the district administration officials were seen at the ghat till late on Monday night working by the light of torches and mobiles,” Mr. Yadav told The Hindu over phone.
Asked how many dead bodies were buried, he said, “It was very difficult to count.”
“But, now no bodies are seen in the river water at the ghat,” he added.
Earlier, district officials had said the bodies found floating in river Ganga would be cremated with dignity by the government.
On Monday, several bodies were found floating in the Ganga at Mahadeo ghat in Chausa of Buxar in Bihar. Buxar shares its border with districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The district officials had said the bodies might have floated in from eastern Uttar Pradesh like Varanasi and Allahabad.
“The dead bodies were bloated. They seemed to be in the water for at least 5-7 days. It needs to be investigated from where they’ve come. They could be from Varanasi or Allahabad of UP”, senior official of the district K K Upadhayay had told media persons. Videos of bloated dead bodies had also gone viral on social media sparking outrage and shock among villagers.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of Jal Shakti and MP from Jodhpur Gajendra Singh Shekhawat posted a tweet tagging the chief ministers of both Bihar and Uttar Pradesh — Nitish Kumar and Yogi Adityanath — to take immediate cognizance of such incidents.
“The incident of dead bodies found floating in river Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar area is unfortunate. This is certainly an issue of investigation. The Modi (PM Narendra Modi) government is committed to Mother Ganga’s purity and free flow. This incident is unexpected. The concerned States should take immediate cognisance of it,” tweeted Mr Shekhawat in Hindi.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...le34532439.ece/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Centre, RSS On "Positivity" Drive To Offset Criticism Over Covid
New Delhi: Amid massive national and international criticism of the Narendra Modi government's handling of the Covid second wave, a big concerted push for positivity has been planned, sources said. A three-pronged strategy seems to have been initiated by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the central government and even the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP.
Last week, central government officials including some joint secretary rank officials, were made to attend a workshop, sources said. Its focus reportedly was better communication and highlighting of the positive work being done by the government to negate any criticism of the handling of the Covid crisis.
The official Twitter handle for the Prime Minister's monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat also mentions that the powerful message of positivity needs to be communicated.
Union ministers, too, have been tweeting efforts like the movement of Oxygen Express and stories and articles on the government's outreach at the time of the pandemic.
At the party level too, efforts are being made to write off or counter any criticism of the Central government's handling of the crisis.
In the most recent example, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's criticism in the Congress working committee met with a sharply worded letter by the BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda.
This event is going to include lectures and speeches by top motivators, religious gurus and even prominent industrialists. The theme will be on spreading positivity.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is also expected to address the nation as part of this positivity drive.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cen...-drive-to-offset-criticism-over-covid-2439774
New Delhi: Amid massive national and international criticism of the Narendra Modi government's handling of the Covid second wave, a big concerted push for positivity has been planned, sources said. A three-pronged strategy seems to have been initiated by the Bharatiya Janata Party, the central government and even the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the BJP.
Last week, central government officials including some joint secretary rank officials, were made to attend a workshop, sources said. Its focus reportedly was better communication and highlighting of the positive work being done by the government to negate any criticism of the handling of the Covid crisis.
The official Twitter handle for the Prime Minister's monthly radio address Mann Ki Baat also mentions that the powerful message of positivity needs to be communicated.
Union ministers, too, have been tweeting efforts like the movement of Oxygen Express and stories and articles on the government's outreach at the time of the pandemic.
At the party level too, efforts are being made to write off or counter any criticism of the Central government's handling of the crisis.
In the most recent example, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi's criticism in the Congress working committee met with a sharply worded letter by the BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda.
This event is going to include lectures and speeches by top motivators, religious gurus and even prominent industrialists. The theme will be on spreading positivity.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is also expected to address the nation as part of this positivity drive.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cen...-drive-to-offset-criticism-over-covid-2439774
SMS sent, no. of people registered, poetry — India’s health minister is busy this pandemic
At a time when Indians want to queue up to get vaccinated as fast as possible, the Narendra Modi government’s health ministry is boasting about the number of “SMS successfully delivered” and giving us poetry — “Safai, Dawai, Kadai, Jeetenge corona se ladai”.
Then there is the captain of the ship facing a massive Covid wave — Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. But his Twitter timeline for the past few weeks is rainbows and sunshine. He is playing a completely different numbers game and throwing out fast data to drown your questions. The accuracy of official data and the relevance of the data we are being given, however, has been called into doubt by many experts.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said it was sad to see the health minister “occupy alternative reality while the nation gasps for breath & the world sees Indians suffering.” Imagine if Dr Fauci was boasting about SMS’ sent in the US. Others called for our health minister’s resignation on social media platforms.
On 28 April, when India recorded over 3,000 deaths for the second day straight, our health minister tweeted a colourful graphic about the CoWin website, which is being used to book vaccine slots, and how it has successfully sent out 1.45 crore text messages. A true Marie Antoinette moment. [/b]
Then on 1 May, when vaccinations opened up for the 18+ group, Dr Vardhan was praising his “friend” Anupam Kher’s tactless column on rising together against adversity.
Since then, Harsh Vardhan has not commented or tweeted about the rising cases or deaths in India — just the number of vaccines, texts, and tests. According to government numbers, India crossed 4,00,000 daily cases for the first time on 30 April — the first country in the world to do so. And on that day, the health minister tweeted about vaccines, “steady rise in daily recoveries”, aid from the US and UK, and mild Covid cases, among other things. But he never acknowledged that India had crossed a massive threshold in terms of case count. And not in a good way.
Even when social media was full of cries about patients unable to get beds, medicines and oxygen, his timeline did not reflect any of the anguish that the rest of the country was facing.
People were live-tweeting their own deaths but Harsh Vardhan was busy celebrating marginal increases in vaccinations — all in colourful and rather garish graphics. His timeline is almost a brochure now for the health ministry, never mind the pandemic.
At one point, between 7 and 8 May, there was an increase of barely 2 lakh in vaccination numbers. But in usual fashion, it was promoted like some big accomplishment.
And this continues, the numbers that matter to Harsh Vardhan are vaccinations, testing and foreign help. All of these are important, no doubt. But instead of any meaningful data such as the rate of increase in vaccinations or testing, or which state has got what from the foreign aid we’ve received, or the vaccinations as percentage of population, we are celebrating wins that aren’t actually there. That’s what led to this terrible second wave — complacency and a misplaced sense of victory.
For a country that is suffering from its worst wave of the pandemic and an extremely high positivity rate, testing has been around 18 lakh for the past one week at least. (Something the health minister’s Twitter handle heralded as “India crosses a major landmark”). But there is a need to augment testing by a lot.
Every day, the health minister posts about the number of vaccines handed over to states and the vaccinations carried out but since 1 May, he has not talked about the fact that several districts are yet to start inoculating the 18-45 age group, especially in south India. And those that have started, play a game of fastest-finger-first for vaccine slots. Or that many above 45+ are struggling to get a slot for their second dose. Or that people are paying exorbitant amounts for these life-saving vaccines.
He has not even acknowledged that the country is facing an oxygen crisis. And yet, every little move the government makes to increase oxygen resources is publicised in full HD. Including a slow-mo drone shot of a train carrying a tanker of oxygen.
Stressed after reading all this? Eat dark chocolate with 70 per cent cocoa to reduce Covid-related stress — as recently recommended by Harsh Vardhan.
At this point, everything is about image restoration for the Modi government.
So, Harsh Vardhan, the health minister during India’s worst health crisis, tweets about PM Modi’s achievements, takes jabs at former PM Manmohan Singh in letters, talks about election victories, and attends the launch of Ramdev’s Coronil.
In all this, the people of the country have been left to fend for themselves, and are doing it to the best of their abilities.
https://theprint.in/opinion/pov/sms...ia-health-minister-busy-this-pandemic/655550/
At a time when Indians want to queue up to get vaccinated as fast as possible, the Narendra Modi government’s health ministry is boasting about the number of “SMS successfully delivered” and giving us poetry — “Safai, Dawai, Kadai, Jeetenge corona se ladai”.
Then there is the captain of the ship facing a massive Covid wave — Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. But his Twitter timeline for the past few weeks is rainbows and sunshine. He is playing a completely different numbers game and throwing out fast data to drown your questions. The accuracy of official data and the relevance of the data we are being given, however, has been called into doubt by many experts.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said it was sad to see the health minister “occupy alternative reality while the nation gasps for breath & the world sees Indians suffering.” Imagine if Dr Fauci was boasting about SMS’ sent in the US. Others called for our health minister’s resignation on social media platforms.
On 28 April, when India recorded over 3,000 deaths for the second day straight, our health minister tweeted a colourful graphic about the CoWin website, which is being used to book vaccine slots, and how it has successfully sent out 1.45 crore text messages. A true Marie Antoinette moment. [/b]
Then on 1 May, when vaccinations opened up for the 18+ group, Dr Vardhan was praising his “friend” Anupam Kher’s tactless column on rising together against adversity.
Since then, Harsh Vardhan has not commented or tweeted about the rising cases or deaths in India — just the number of vaccines, texts, and tests. According to government numbers, India crossed 4,00,000 daily cases for the first time on 30 April — the first country in the world to do so. And on that day, the health minister tweeted about vaccines, “steady rise in daily recoveries”, aid from the US and UK, and mild Covid cases, among other things. But he never acknowledged that India had crossed a massive threshold in terms of case count. And not in a good way.
Even when social media was full of cries about patients unable to get beds, medicines and oxygen, his timeline did not reflect any of the anguish that the rest of the country was facing.
People were live-tweeting their own deaths but Harsh Vardhan was busy celebrating marginal increases in vaccinations — all in colourful and rather garish graphics. His timeline is almost a brochure now for the health ministry, never mind the pandemic.
At one point, between 7 and 8 May, there was an increase of barely 2 lakh in vaccination numbers. But in usual fashion, it was promoted like some big accomplishment.
And this continues, the numbers that matter to Harsh Vardhan are vaccinations, testing and foreign help. All of these are important, no doubt. But instead of any meaningful data such as the rate of increase in vaccinations or testing, or which state has got what from the foreign aid we’ve received, or the vaccinations as percentage of population, we are celebrating wins that aren’t actually there. That’s what led to this terrible second wave — complacency and a misplaced sense of victory.
For a country that is suffering from its worst wave of the pandemic and an extremely high positivity rate, testing has been around 18 lakh for the past one week at least. (Something the health minister’s Twitter handle heralded as “India crosses a major landmark”). But there is a need to augment testing by a lot.
Every day, the health minister posts about the number of vaccines handed over to states and the vaccinations carried out but since 1 May, he has not talked about the fact that several districts are yet to start inoculating the 18-45 age group, especially in south India. And those that have started, play a game of fastest-finger-first for vaccine slots. Or that many above 45+ are struggling to get a slot for their second dose. Or that people are paying exorbitant amounts for these life-saving vaccines.
He has not even acknowledged that the country is facing an oxygen crisis. And yet, every little move the government makes to increase oxygen resources is publicised in full HD. Including a slow-mo drone shot of a train carrying a tanker of oxygen.
Stressed after reading all this? Eat dark chocolate with 70 per cent cocoa to reduce Covid-related stress — as recently recommended by Harsh Vardhan.
At this point, everything is about image restoration for the Modi government.
So, Harsh Vardhan, the health minister during India’s worst health crisis, tweets about PM Modi’s achievements, takes jabs at former PM Manmohan Singh in letters, talks about election victories, and attends the launch of Ramdev’s Coronil.
In all this, the people of the country have been left to fend for themselves, and are doing it to the best of their abilities.
https://theprint.in/opinion/pov/sms...ia-health-minister-busy-this-pandemic/655550/
So this bloody clown who is masquerading as our health minister during this catastrophe is advising people to eat dark chocolates to ward off Corona, inaugurating a crook's shady vaccine, celebrating his party's poll victories, celebrating marginal increase in vaccinations numbers, citing that stooge Anupam Kher!
No wonder we're in a deep gutter courtesy these clowns! Will the NRIs of this forum who are hardcore devotees of these clowns accept this creature as health minister of their adopted homeland?
No wonder we're in a deep gutter courtesy these clowns! Will the NRIs of this forum who are hardcore devotees of these clowns accept this creature as health minister of their adopted homeland?
Meanwhile NRI indians returning to the US are facing another issue:
https://www.slashgear.com/us-customs-asks-travelers-to-stop-putting-cow-dung-in-baggage-11672415/
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New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded its highest-ever single-day death toll due to the deadly Covid-19 virus after official figures released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Affairs stated that 4,205 people succumbed to the coronavirus in just the past 24 hours.
While the positivity rate is showing a declining trend, the fatalities are rising at an alarming rate due to the overwhelmed healthcare system that was not equipped to tackle a pandemic of this scale.
With the 4205 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll has also crossed the 2.5 lakh-mark and mounted to 2,54,197, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
India recorded its previous highest single-day death toll on May 8 when 4,187 had died due to the virus in the 24-hour period before that.
The country logged its highest single-day spike of 4,14,188 cases on May 7.
There were 3,48,421 new infections in the past one day, taking the country’s overall caseload to 2,33,40,938.
As many as 3,55,338 were discharged from hospitals and other medical facilities across the country yesterday, taking the overall hospital recovery count to 1,93,82,642.
There are currently 37,04,099 active cases in India, while 17,52,35,991 people have received their first or both doses of vaccines so far.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday said that the highly-powerful double mutant variant from India, which is responsible for the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, has been found in as many as 44 countries so far.
The UN health agency informed that the B.1.617 variant of the Covid-19 virus, which was first detected in India in October 2020, was found in genome sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database “from 44 countries in all six WHO regions”, and that the WHO also received “reports of detections from five additional countries”.
The WHO had earlier this week declared ‘B.1.617’ as ‘variant of concern’.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...4205-succumb-to-virus-in-past-24-hours/755955
While the positivity rate is showing a declining trend, the fatalities are rising at an alarming rate due to the overwhelmed healthcare system that was not equipped to tackle a pandemic of this scale.
With the 4205 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll has also crossed the 2.5 lakh-mark and mounted to 2,54,197, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
India recorded its previous highest single-day death toll on May 8 when 4,187 had died due to the virus in the 24-hour period before that.
The country logged its highest single-day spike of 4,14,188 cases on May 7.
There were 3,48,421 new infections in the past one day, taking the country’s overall caseload to 2,33,40,938.
As many as 3,55,338 were discharged from hospitals and other medical facilities across the country yesterday, taking the overall hospital recovery count to 1,93,82,642.
There are currently 37,04,099 active cases in India, while 17,52,35,991 people have received their first or both doses of vaccines so far.
The World Health Organization on Wednesday said that the highly-powerful double mutant variant from India, which is responsible for the devastating second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, has been found in as many as 44 countries so far.
The UN health agency informed that the B.1.617 variant of the Covid-19 virus, which was first detected in India in October 2020, was found in genome sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database “from 44 countries in all six WHO regions”, and that the WHO also received “reports of detections from five additional countries”.
The WHO had earlier this week declared ‘B.1.617’ as ‘variant of concern’.
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/...4205-succumb-to-virus-in-past-24-hours/755955
Think of the situation as natural calamity - earthquake, tsunami etc. The whole article is a personally directed rant trying to incite outrage based on someone's behavior. It would be more objective if it cited what was done/not done quantitively/qualitatively. Even better point out those things in his control that were not done. That would be a true reflection of his performance not that you found his poetry irritating.
Yeah, since this article thoroughly exposed this clown's gutter level performance, it has to be a rant, right?
I ask you again, given a choice would you be ok with this clown as your health minister, assuming you're an NRI?
As for things which are under his control, for starters things should have never come to such a pass where people are dying without Oxygen on roads & footpaths!
Amongst his primary responsibilities as health minister of India was to have seamless supply of vaccines to all states right from 15th January 2021 when the vaccination program was started in India. Ok, manufacturing of vaccines is a long process and it takes time, but at least the vaccination rate should not have been as tardy as it has been during last 3 months! Results are there for all of us to see.
Instead, he was in cahoots with his master in exporting vaccines to other nations in the name of vaccine maitri!
6.5 crore doses of those vaccines which were exported to other nations so that his master could look good internationally, would've been enough in vaccinating entire eligible population of Delhi & Mumbai!
Now tell me, you seriously think these are not his KRAs and that he has passed with flying colors in at least these 2 areas!
Amongst his primary responsibilities as health minister of India was to have seamless supply of vaccines to all states right from 15th January 2021 when the vaccination program was started in India. Ok, manufacturing of vaccines is a long process and it takes time, but at least the vaccination rate should not have been as tardy as it has been during last 3 months! Results are there for all of us to see.
Instead, he was in cahoots with his master in exporting vaccines to other nations in the name of vaccine maitri!
6.5 crore doses of those vaccines which were exported to other nations so that his master could look good internationally, would've been enough in vaccinating entire eligible population of Delhi & Mumbai!
Now tell me, you seriously think these are not his KRAs and that he has passed with flying colors in at least these 2 areas!
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The health minister is more akin to a cheerleader than anything else. The incompetent fool must go
This clown is not going anywhere! Did any of these ever go anywhere despite being total failures in their respective ministeries,
Rajnath Singh
Nirmala
Mota bhai
Piyush Goyal
Smriti Irani
Pradhan
Ravi Shankar Prasad
Pokhriyal
Javadekar
This happens when small time incompetent clowns are thrust far bigger responsibilities than they've ever handled in their lives! And this cabinet is full of them, led by the master clown himself.
Vaccines delays have been discussed. Most of it attributed to uncle SAM. We rely on material supply from US which has been curbed. India is a big pharma supplier cant afford to ban vaccine supplies in entirety. Its childish tantrum to say so.
O2 supply: no one can anticipate/prepare enough for the kind of surge we have seen in a vast country with poor medical infra overnight. You can put anyone in the govt for that matter.
lol, that's why its imperative not to go with fake WhatsApp forwards!
Read this,
Only 3% of sanctioned funds were released to build 11 new AIIMS. Further, a 2018 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) revealed that the shortage of faculty posts ranged from 55% to 83% in the six new AIIMS and shortage of non-faculty posts ranged from 77% to 97%. The report even read that, "1,318 equipment having an estimated cost of Rs 454 crore remained undelivered as on 31 March 2017 for periods up to 25 months from the due date of delivery."
https://www.factchecker.in/fact-che...-medical-institutions-misleading-claim-744810
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LOL..Not this one again
I get that now. Its US which is responsible for all those lakhs who have been killed during this second wave, feku despite being PM of this country for 7 years, has no responsibility whatsoever for all this mayhem.
You learn something new everyday especially when it comes from WhatsApp university!
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India's New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Shows Cambridge Tracker
A variant of the virus first identified in India appears to have higher rates of transmission and preliminary evidence suggests potentially reduced effectiveness of certain antibodies, the World Health Organization said in its latest report.
The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
"But there is substantial variation among states and union territories in their trajectories, with cases continuing to increase over the next two weeks in areas such as Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Tripura," the researchers wrote.
India's New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Shows Cambridge Tracker
Health services remain overwhelmed and several hospitals face a shortage in oxygen supplies.
The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
"But there is substantial variation among states and union territories in their trajectories, with cases continuing to increase over the next two weeks in areas such as Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Tripura," the researchers wrote.
The projections are based on reported numbers and are in line with those from some other experts, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advisers. India reported a record 414,188 new cases on May 7 -- about 32% higher than the world's previous peak reported by the U.S. last year but with just a fraction of the testing and vast undercounting -- and official data suggest daily deaths could continue near the unprecedented 4,000-level.
Health services remain overwhelmed and several hospitals face a shortage in oxygen supplies. With the state being criticized for failing to ensure critical needs including oxygen and medicines, businesses are suspending operations and offering employees time off "to heal."
A variant of the virus first identified in India appears to have higher rates of transmission and preliminary evidence suggests potentially reduced effectiveness of certain antibodies, the World Health Organization said in its latest report.
The nation has reported more than 300,000 new infections for more than 20 straight days. The numbers are probably vastly undercounted, experts say.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-new-covid-cases-have-peaked-cambridge-tracker-shows-2439897
A variant of the virus first identified in India appears to have higher rates of transmission and preliminary evidence suggests potentially reduced effectiveness of certain antibodies, the World Health Organization said in its latest report.
The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
"But there is substantial variation among states and union territories in their trajectories, with cases continuing to increase over the next two weeks in areas such as Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Tripura," the researchers wrote.
India's New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Shows Cambridge Tracker
Health services remain overwhelmed and several hospitals face a shortage in oxygen supplies.
The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
"But there is substantial variation among states and union territories in their trajectories, with cases continuing to increase over the next two weeks in areas such as Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Tripura," the researchers wrote.
The projections are based on reported numbers and are in line with those from some other experts, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advisers. India reported a record 414,188 new cases on May 7 -- about 32% higher than the world's previous peak reported by the U.S. last year but with just a fraction of the testing and vast undercounting -- and official data suggest daily deaths could continue near the unprecedented 4,000-level.
Health services remain overwhelmed and several hospitals face a shortage in oxygen supplies. With the state being criticized for failing to ensure critical needs including oxygen and medicines, businesses are suspending operations and offering employees time off "to heal."
A variant of the virus first identified in India appears to have higher rates of transmission and preliminary evidence suggests potentially reduced effectiveness of certain antibodies, the World Health Organization said in its latest report.
The nation has reported more than 300,000 new infections for more than 20 straight days. The numbers are probably vastly undercounted, experts say.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-new-covid-cases-have-peaked-cambridge-tracker-shows-2439897
Not sure whats fake. All the nos attributed to NDA were projects setup/sanctioned by NDA. Atal govt lost power and his 6 sanctioned projects were completed by subsequent govts - both upa1, 2 & nda modi1. The ones sanctioned by Modi are in various stages of development.
So who fathered/founded/sanctioned these projects? Surely none of the congress govt in 60 years
Ref: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...nder-modi-government-here-is-the-full-picture
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Indian health agency chief says most of country should remain locked down for 6-8 weeks
The head of the main Indian health agency responding to the coronavirus has said districtsreporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the rampaging disease.
Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said in an interview that lockdown restrictions should remain in place in all districts where the rate of infection is above 10% of those tested.
Currently, three-fourths of India's 718 districts have what is known as a test-positivity rate above 10%, including major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai and the tech hub of Bengaluru.
Bhargava's comments are the first time a senior government official has outlined how long lockdowns, which already encompass large parts of country, need to continue to rein in the crisis in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has shied away from imposing a nationwide lockdown because of the economic impact and has left it to state governments.
Several states have introduced varying levels of curbs on economic activity and public movement to stop the spread of the virus, which are mostly being reviewed and extended on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
"The high positivity districts should remain (shut). If they come to 5% from 10% (positivity rate) we can open them, but that has to happen. That won't happen in six-eight weeks, clearly," Bhargava said in an interview at the New Delhi headquarters of the ICMR, the country's top medical research body.
Referring to the capital, one of India's hardest hit cities where the positivity rate reached around 35% but has now fallen to about 17%, Bhargava said: "If Delhi is opened tomorrow, it will be a disaster."
India is in deep crisis in the current wave of COVID-19 infections with around 350,000 cases and 4,000 deaths being reported daily. Hospitals and morgues are overflowing, medical staff is exhausted and oxygen and drugs are running short.
Many experts say the actual case tallies and deaths could be five to 10 times higher.
Modi and other top political leaders have faced a public backlash for addressing mass election rallies where no major COVID-19 safety protocols were followed. The federal government also didn't intervene to stop a religious festival in a northern state in March that was attended by millions of devout Hindus.
'SLIGHT DELAY'
Bhargava did not criticise the Modi government but conceded there had been a delay in responding to the crisis.
"I think the only discontent we have was there was a slight delay accepting the 10% (recommendation), but that did happen," he said.
He said an April 15 meeting of the National Task Force on COVID-19 had made the recommendation to the government to lock down areas with a 10% positivity rate or higher.
Yet, in a televised speech on April 20, Modi dissuaded states and said a lockdown should be used as "last resort" and the focus should remain on "micro containment zones".
On April 26 - more than 10 days after the task force meeting - India's home (interior) ministry wrote to states, asking them to implement strict measures for "large containment areas" in hard-hit districts, but only for 14 days.
India's home and health ministries, as well as Modi's office, did not respond to requests for comment.
Reuters reported earlier this month the head of the National Centre for Disease Control had privately told an online gathering that strict lockdown measures were required in early April. read more
Two senior ICMR officials told Reuters the organization was frustrated about political leaders addressing large rallies and allowing religious gatherings, saying the actions publicly flouted required safety measures. Modi himself addressed several of the political meetings, maskless.
"Our messaging has been completely incorrect, not in sync with the situation," said one of the officials, referring to the government. "We have miserably failed."
Bhargava denied there was any discontent within the ICMR and added the agency was on the same page with policymakers. Without commenting directly on political leaders, he said mass gatherings during COVID-19 should not be acceptable in India or anywhere else.
"It's common sense," he said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-health-agency-chief-says-most-country-should-remain-locked-down-6-8-weeks-2021-05-12/
The head of the main Indian health agency responding to the coronavirus has said districtsreporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the rampaging disease.
Dr. Balram Bhargava, head of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), said in an interview that lockdown restrictions should remain in place in all districts where the rate of infection is above 10% of those tested.
Currently, three-fourths of India's 718 districts have what is known as a test-positivity rate above 10%, including major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai and the tech hub of Bengaluru.
Bhargava's comments are the first time a senior government official has outlined how long lockdowns, which already encompass large parts of country, need to continue to rein in the crisis in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has shied away from imposing a nationwide lockdown because of the economic impact and has left it to state governments.
Several states have introduced varying levels of curbs on economic activity and public movement to stop the spread of the virus, which are mostly being reviewed and extended on a weekly or fortnightly basis.
"The high positivity districts should remain (shut). If they come to 5% from 10% (positivity rate) we can open them, but that has to happen. That won't happen in six-eight weeks, clearly," Bhargava said in an interview at the New Delhi headquarters of the ICMR, the country's top medical research body.
Referring to the capital, one of India's hardest hit cities where the positivity rate reached around 35% but has now fallen to about 17%, Bhargava said: "If Delhi is opened tomorrow, it will be a disaster."
India is in deep crisis in the current wave of COVID-19 infections with around 350,000 cases and 4,000 deaths being reported daily. Hospitals and morgues are overflowing, medical staff is exhausted and oxygen and drugs are running short.
Many experts say the actual case tallies and deaths could be five to 10 times higher.
Modi and other top political leaders have faced a public backlash for addressing mass election rallies where no major COVID-19 safety protocols were followed. The federal government also didn't intervene to stop a religious festival in a northern state in March that was attended by millions of devout Hindus.
'SLIGHT DELAY'
Bhargava did not criticise the Modi government but conceded there had been a delay in responding to the crisis.
"I think the only discontent we have was there was a slight delay accepting the 10% (recommendation), but that did happen," he said.
He said an April 15 meeting of the National Task Force on COVID-19 had made the recommendation to the government to lock down areas with a 10% positivity rate or higher.
Yet, in a televised speech on April 20, Modi dissuaded states and said a lockdown should be used as "last resort" and the focus should remain on "micro containment zones".
On April 26 - more than 10 days after the task force meeting - India's home (interior) ministry wrote to states, asking them to implement strict measures for "large containment areas" in hard-hit districts, but only for 14 days.
India's home and health ministries, as well as Modi's office, did not respond to requests for comment.
Reuters reported earlier this month the head of the National Centre for Disease Control had privately told an online gathering that strict lockdown measures were required in early April. read more
Two senior ICMR officials told Reuters the organization was frustrated about political leaders addressing large rallies and allowing religious gatherings, saying the actions publicly flouted required safety measures. Modi himself addressed several of the political meetings, maskless.
"Our messaging has been completely incorrect, not in sync with the situation," said one of the officials, referring to the government. "We have miserably failed."
Bhargava denied there was any discontent within the ICMR and added the agency was on the same page with policymakers. Without commenting directly on political leaders, he said mass gatherings during COVID-19 should not be acceptable in India or anywhere else.
"It's common sense," he said.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-health-agency-chief-says-most-country-should-remain-locked-down-6-8-weeks-2021-05-12/
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so itachi hows the states which have decided to go into lockdown/ partially lockdown
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Yup. there's already a telegram channel which updates vide posting of govt orders from each state.
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I mean, that I posted few pages ago that India do smart lockdown at leat like Pakistan but, u were against it - saying it will cause starvation, and the daily workers can't survive.
As some sates have applied the lockdown / smart lockdown - has it worked or not?
One good thing done by the Modi government this time is that he didn’t start a Nation wide lockdown. The government gave power to individual states to decide their restrictions according to the incidence rate.
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Lol I googled and a lot of these years don’t line up
Whatever floats these guys' boats! Also as I mentioned above, only 3% funds have been sanctioned for their construction which means this was just another jumla from jumla babu in his long list of jumlas!
OTOH, see how quickly funds have been released for feku's vanity projects like Sardar Patel statue and Central Vista!
Which means they at least accepted, albeit silently what a big blunder it was to impose a nation wide lockdown last year at a notice of 4 hours!
Lockdown was a stupid decision. The 6foot distance and face masks also do not work.
Vaccination is the only way to go. With massive population, it was always an uphill task. With the virus mutating fast, it is going to infect faster than before.
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Don't have details about financial circumstances about other states.
My state is going from tomorrow (partial lockdown). May be I can give atleast from a rural (my work area) point of view a months later.
It wasn't just a stupid decision, it was a blunder of Himalayan proportions especially considering how many Indians got adversely affected from this dictatorial farmaan.
As for masks, I think masks still work provided one wears them properly. I use double masks whenever I got out.
It has traumatised many people. There was no planning to support people who lost their jobs due to it.
Everyone including WHO were advocating for Lockdown and anyone who do not do this was deemed as a fool. Modi Government went with the flow. It was a blunder.
Whoever advocated and asked for lockdown should be prosecuted and put in jail. I am talking about famous doctors who appeared on TV and scared the living bajeesus out of common folk. They have completely gone into hiding.
Why should a place/district be locked down if there are 0 cases coming out it? Why should all the economic activity be halted just because a place thousands of miles away from it, is getting 50-100 cases at worst! Worse still, there were 12 deaths (564 positive cases in total!) when the first lockdown was announced!
You don't lock 138 crores of people down just because 12 people died prior to that! And how many died just due to that megalomaniac lockdown, at least 100 times more!
Last year's lockdown was many times worse decision than demonetization which itself was biggest loot ever in our history!
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Modi should fire his PR guy. Power of “positivity” is a horrible slogan considering what’s going on in India. It almost seems like they are making fun of their own people with that slogan.
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New Delhi: A day after India witnessed record number of deaths in the country due to the deadly Covid-19 virus, the country saw more than 4,000 casualties for the second consecutive day after 4,120 more people died in the past 24 hours due to the infection.
As per data collated by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there were 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in the past one day, taking the country’s overall caseload to 2,37,03,665.
With 4,120 more fatalities, the death toll has mounted to 2,58,317.
A total of 3,52,181 people have been discharged from various hospitals and medical facilities across India in the last 24 hours, taking the overall discharge tally to 1,97,34,823. This figure does not include people who have been in home isolation after contracting the virus and have recovered at home.
There are currently 37,10,525 active cases in the country right now.
India recorded its highest-ever single-day death toll of 4,205 on Tuesday. The country saw 4,187 deaths on May 7, the previous highest one-day fatality count.
As per data collated by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there were 3,62,727 new coronavirus infections in the past one day, taking the country’s overall caseload to 2,37,03,665.
With 4,120 more fatalities, the death toll has mounted to 2,58,317.
A total of 3,52,181 people have been discharged from various hospitals and medical facilities across India in the last 24 hours, taking the overall discharge tally to 1,97,34,823. This figure does not include people who have been in home isolation after contracting the virus and have recovered at home.
There are currently 37,10,525 active cases in the country right now.
India recorded its highest-ever single-day death toll of 4,205 on Tuesday. The country saw 4,187 deaths on May 7, the previous highest one-day fatality count.
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Divert surplus oxygen from Delhi quota to other states, says Manish Sisodia
Sisodia said earlier as cases were increasing exponentially, oxygen demand had also increased, and now that cases had dropped, beds have also opened up in hospitals and oxygen demand has also dropped.
Delhi’s positivity rate has fallen to 14 per cent, and the reduction in daily admissions in hospitals has brought down the capital’s oxygen demand from 700 metric tonne to 582 metric tonne per day, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday .
Addressing a digital press conference, Sisodia said the Delhi government had written to the Centre to divert the surplus oxygen to other more needy states. “In Delhi, around 15 days ago, COVID cases were rising like a flood. Positivity rate had also increased to 35%. Around 80,000-1,00,000 tests were being conducted every day, and around 27,000-28,000 patients were being admitted on a daily basis,” he said.
“As on today, the positivity rate has reduced to 14% and daily admissions have reduced to 10,400. Cases have dropped rapidly,” he added
Sisodia said earlier as cases were increasing exponentially, oxygen demand had also increased, and now that cases had dropped, beds have also opened up in hospitals and oxygen demand has also dropped.
“When there was a huge demand for oxygen, we had calculated that we would be needing 700 metric tonne oxygen(per day) keeping in mind the number of cases in hospitals, bed occupancy etc… We received 700 metric tonne only on one day but because of the support of the Centre, Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, Delhi started getting sufficient oxygen supply,” he said.
Sisodia said this led to a fall in the SOS calls from hospitals, and in the last 24-48 hours, they had barely received one call from any hospital.
“Today as per new calculations based on bed occupancy and number of admissions in hospitals, we have found that Delhi now needs 582 metric tonne oxygen (per day). Today, as a responsible government, we have written to the Delhi government saying we need 582 metric tonne instead of 700 metric tonne oxygen, and the extra oxygen we are receiving – above the 590 metric tonne quota – should be given to other states which need it more,” he said.
Sisodia was also asked about the shortage of vaccines in the capital. “I have already said that exporting 6.5 crore vaccines without keeping in mind the need for it to be administered to citizens of this country, has led to this shortage. But I am hopeful that the government will increase vaccine production manifold in collaboration with companies here, and also bring in vaccines which have been approved in foreign countries.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/divert-surplus-oxygen-from-delhi-quota-to-other-states-says-manish-sisodia-7313449/
Sisodia said earlier as cases were increasing exponentially, oxygen demand had also increased, and now that cases had dropped, beds have also opened up in hospitals and oxygen demand has also dropped.
Delhi’s positivity rate has fallen to 14 per cent, and the reduction in daily admissions in hospitals has brought down the capital’s oxygen demand from 700 metric tonne to 582 metric tonne per day, said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Thursday .
Addressing a digital press conference, Sisodia said the Delhi government had written to the Centre to divert the surplus oxygen to other more needy states. “In Delhi, around 15 days ago, COVID cases were rising like a flood. Positivity rate had also increased to 35%. Around 80,000-1,00,000 tests were being conducted every day, and around 27,000-28,000 patients were being admitted on a daily basis,” he said.
“As on today, the positivity rate has reduced to 14% and daily admissions have reduced to 10,400. Cases have dropped rapidly,” he added
Sisodia said earlier as cases were increasing exponentially, oxygen demand had also increased, and now that cases had dropped, beds have also opened up in hospitals and oxygen demand has also dropped.
“When there was a huge demand for oxygen, we had calculated that we would be needing 700 metric tonne oxygen(per day) keeping in mind the number of cases in hospitals, bed occupancy etc… We received 700 metric tonne only on one day but because of the support of the Centre, Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, Delhi started getting sufficient oxygen supply,” he said.
Sisodia said this led to a fall in the SOS calls from hospitals, and in the last 24-48 hours, they had barely received one call from any hospital.
“Today as per new calculations based on bed occupancy and number of admissions in hospitals, we have found that Delhi now needs 582 metric tonne oxygen (per day). Today, as a responsible government, we have written to the Delhi government saying we need 582 metric tonne instead of 700 metric tonne oxygen, and the extra oxygen we are receiving – above the 590 metric tonne quota – should be given to other states which need it more,” he said.
Sisodia was also asked about the shortage of vaccines in the capital. “I have already said that exporting 6.5 crore vaccines without keeping in mind the need for it to be administered to citizens of this country, has led to this shortage. But I am hopeful that the government will increase vaccine production manifold in collaboration with companies here, and also bring in vaccines which have been approved in foreign countries.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/divert-surplus-oxygen-from-delhi-quota-to-other-states-says-manish-sisodia-7313449/
"To Prove We Worked": UP Doctors Quit Posts Over 'Endless' Covid Review
Lucknow: Fourteen government doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, just 40 km from capital Lucknow, who are in charge of rural hospitals in the district, have resigned from their posts saying they are being made the scapegoats for the rise in Covid infections in the district.
The doctors are in charge of Community Health Centres and Primary Health Care centres in Unnao. Both these places are rural hospitals that provide frontline healthcare to villages.
Eleven of the 14 doctors who signed on a joint resignation letter visited the office of Unnao's chief medical officer on Wednesday evening and handed over the letter to his deputy. In the letter, reviewed by NDTV, the doctors say that despite working hard in the pandemic, punitive action and bad behavior is being meted out to doctors without any basis.
Unnao's district magistrate issued a fresh statement this afternoon, saying things have been sorted out and that the doctors have taken back their resignations. "We had spoken to them last evening itself and they had taken back their decision in the night itself. They met with me today. I listened to their problems and gave them solutions and have assured them their concerns will be attended to. We spoke in a cordial manner. This was an internal matter," district magistrate Ravindra Kumar said in a statement.
"The problem is that our teams are working round the clock, but it seems we are being marked out for 'not working'. The DM, other officials, even the SDM and the tehsildar are all supervising us and holding review meetings. Our teams leave at noon, track and isolate Covid positive patients, get sampling done, distribute medicines and then, once we are back, we get calls from SDM asking to come for review meetings. Even if someone is posted 30 km away, he or she is bound to travel all the 30 km for these review meetings. We have to prove that we have worked. It seems it is being suggested that because we are not working, the Covid infection is spreading," said Dr Sharad Vaishya, one of the doctors who signed on the resignation letter.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...weve-worked-2440686?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
Lucknow: Fourteen government doctors in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao, just 40 km from capital Lucknow, who are in charge of rural hospitals in the district, have resigned from their posts saying they are being made the scapegoats for the rise in Covid infections in the district.
The doctors are in charge of Community Health Centres and Primary Health Care centres in Unnao. Both these places are rural hospitals that provide frontline healthcare to villages.
Eleven of the 14 doctors who signed on a joint resignation letter visited the office of Unnao's chief medical officer on Wednesday evening and handed over the letter to his deputy. In the letter, reviewed by NDTV, the doctors say that despite working hard in the pandemic, punitive action and bad behavior is being meted out to doctors without any basis.
Unnao's district magistrate issued a fresh statement this afternoon, saying things have been sorted out and that the doctors have taken back their resignations. "We had spoken to them last evening itself and they had taken back their decision in the night itself. They met with me today. I listened to their problems and gave them solutions and have assured them their concerns will be attended to. We spoke in a cordial manner. This was an internal matter," district magistrate Ravindra Kumar said in a statement.
"The problem is that our teams are working round the clock, but it seems we are being marked out for 'not working'. The DM, other officials, even the SDM and the tehsildar are all supervising us and holding review meetings. Our teams leave at noon, track and isolate Covid positive patients, get sampling done, distribute medicines and then, once we are back, we get calls from SDM asking to come for review meetings. Even if someone is posted 30 km away, he or she is bound to travel all the 30 km for these review meetings. We have to prove that we have worked. It seems it is being suggested that because we are not working, the Covid infection is spreading," said Dr Sharad Vaishya, one of the doctors who signed on the resignation letter.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...weve-worked-2440686?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll
So this is how our front line warriors are being treated! Instead of showering them with rose petals and what not, its better to let them do their work which they know far better than these netas and bureaucrats!
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Its just a local matter where there is miscommunication between administration and the doctors. Many administrators don't exactly know the system and hence, though policies were made in good faith, it may backfire at times and create inconvenience. They raised complaints, it was sorted out, all back to work.
It happens in work place all the time between operational staff and administrative staff. If someone is working in a govt sector, he or she knows it pretty well. Same is prevalent in large private sectors too.
You create noises for every little things.
Yeah, everything is little for you just like powers that be! Power of positivity you see!
Kudos!
Covid cases were being reported all over India. Modi Govt blindly followed what American doctors were advocating for. Hence Modi Govt should take the blame.
I still see articles from Left wing liberal media outlets printing articles with Titles like "How many more people have to die before Government brings back Lockdown!". Even now on CNN, experts like Dr.Sanjay Gupta are advocating for lockdown.
See this pathetic statement from Rahul Gandhi. He still wants lockdown. No point bashing Modi Government for what they have done. Even if Congress were there in Power, they would have done the same.
Only way to stop Covid-19 spread now is full lockdown: Rahul ..
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...ockdown-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/82382717.cms
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OK, all the best
What's this with bringing in Congress or any other party? Why does it matter who did this? Whosoever did it, was a blunder nonetheless!
What Rahul says doesn't matter, he says a lot of things most of which don't make any sense! He doesn't have power to do anything!
However those who have, well you know what they've done and not done to avert this tragedy! The buck stops at their doors, not anyone else's. Like they claimed to have defeated Corona, they should take all the blame too for this catastrophe!
They can't have it both ways, no?
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This is an age old problem which has no solution in any system. That's why labor unions were formed in the first place in various countries to keep a balance. That doesn't mean it will always be balanced (the power struggle between administrative and operational staff) but one knows where to look at if he feels he has been burdened with more than what he should be responsible of.
The doctors know it too which is why they agreed to take back the resignation and continue their service.
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How low can this heartless fascist, Yogi Adityanath and his govt go?
This is a third party reporting that is unbiased
This is a third party reporting that is unbiased
Oxygen shortage kills 26 COVID patients in Goa's hospital; CM blames dearth of truck drivers
Lack of expert drivers manning trucks ferrying oxygen has led to the oxygen shortage crisis in Goa's top hospital, Goa Medical College, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane claimed that 26 persons died within four hours due to shortage of oxygen at the apex health facility.
Rane, who has been at loggerheads with Sawant over control of the state's Covid management apparatus, has now urged the Bombay High Court to probe the oxygen shortage issue at the Goa Medical College and take over the Covid management system at the health facility.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rane said that 26 patients admitted to a Covid ward at the hospital, had died between 2 am and 6 am on Tuesday morning.
"I request the High Court to check if there is mismanagement or shortage and bring out a white paper using experts... High Court should take over Covid management of GMC," Rane said, adding that the key issue was not mismanagement, but shortage of oxygen which led to the deaths. "We need 1,200 (jumbo) cylinders, but yesterday we got only 400," Rane also said.
Sawant on Tuesday morning visited the Covid ward, which witnessed the more than two dozen fatalities, insisted that it was not oxygen shortage which led to the deaths. The cause of deaths Sawant claimed was because oxygen tanks could not reach the patients in time.
Sawant also met patients and relatives of admitted patients at the Covid ward, who complained about regular drop in oxygen supply through nights.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday evening, after a meeting with GMC officials, Sawant said that lack of expert drivers had led to irregular oxygen flow to the health facility.
"Once oxygen cylinders arrive here, they does not reach (the wards). This was a priority issue," Sawant said.
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/oxygen-sh...ospital-cm-blames-dearth-truck-drivers-836194
Lack of expert drivers manning trucks ferrying oxygen has led to the oxygen shortage crisis in Goa's top hospital, Goa Medical College, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday, even as Health Minister Vishwajit Rane claimed that 26 persons died within four hours due to shortage of oxygen at the apex health facility.
Rane, who has been at loggerheads with Sawant over control of the state's Covid management apparatus, has now urged the Bombay High Court to probe the oxygen shortage issue at the Goa Medical College and take over the Covid management system at the health facility.
Earlier on Tuesday, Rane said that 26 patients admitted to a Covid ward at the hospital, had died between 2 am and 6 am on Tuesday morning.
"I request the High Court to check if there is mismanagement or shortage and bring out a white paper using experts... High Court should take over Covid management of GMC," Rane said, adding that the key issue was not mismanagement, but shortage of oxygen which led to the deaths. "We need 1,200 (jumbo) cylinders, but yesterday we got only 400," Rane also said.
Sawant on Tuesday morning visited the Covid ward, which witnessed the more than two dozen fatalities, insisted that it was not oxygen shortage which led to the deaths. The cause of deaths Sawant claimed was because oxygen tanks could not reach the patients in time.
Sawant also met patients and relatives of admitted patients at the Covid ward, who complained about regular drop in oxygen supply through nights.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday evening, after a meeting with GMC officials, Sawant said that lack of expert drivers had led to irregular oxygen flow to the health facility.
"Once oxygen cylinders arrive here, they does not reach (the wards). This was a priority issue," Sawant said.
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/oxygen-sh...ospital-cm-blames-dearth-truck-drivers-836194
These clowns never cease to amaze me! He is the bloody CM of Goa and not some small time official who is saying this. That's how casually these bloody clowns take people's lives!
However as per devotees, this is a 'little' matter and is blown out of proportion!
However as per devotees, this is a 'little' matter and is blown out of proportion!
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New Delhi: In a worrisome situation, India witnessed over 4,000 COVID 19 deaths for the third consecutive day in the past 24 hours, pushing the fatality count to 2,62,317, the union ministry of health and family welfare reported on Friday. The country's overall coronavirus caseload increased to 2,40,46,809 as 3,43,144 more people were found to be infected with the deadly contagious virus since yesterday.
A total of 3,44,776 people have been discharged from various hospitals and COVID facilities across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the overall discharge tally to 2,00,79,599.
Currently, India has 37,04,893 active cases.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.50 per cent, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent., the data stated.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated that as many as 31,13,24,100 samples have been tested in the country till May 13, out of which 18,75,515 samples were tested on May 12.
As per the union health ministry, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 17,92,98,584.
A total of 3,44,776 people have been discharged from various hospitals and COVID facilities across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the overall discharge tally to 2,00,79,599.
Currently, India has 37,04,893 active cases.
The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 83.50 per cent, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.09 per cent., the data stated.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated that as many as 31,13,24,100 samples have been tested in the country till May 13, out of which 18,75,515 samples were tested on May 12.
As per the union health ministry, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 17,92,98,584.
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Delhi’s silver lining: ‘Oxygen need drops, can divert to others’
Delhi's positivity rate has been below 20 per cent over the past week and dropped to 14 per cent Thursday when 10,489 cases were recorded. This has also led to a reduction in demand for hospital beds: out of 23,423 earmarked for Covid patients, over 5,000 are available
AFTER WEEKS of a bitter face-off with the Centre over the shortage of oxygen for Covid treatment during the second wave, and with at least 23 deaths reported from hospitals due to supplies running out, the Delhi government said the situation has improved to the extent that requirement has dipped from 700 metric tonnes per day to 582 metric tonnes.
In a webcast Thursday, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that his government has now asked the Centre to divert extra supplies to other states in need.
“Today as per new calculations based on bed occupancy and number of admissions in hospitals, we have found that Delhi now needs 582 metric tonnes oxygen (per day). Today, as a responsible government, we have written to the Central government saying we need 582 metric tonnes instead of 700 metric tonnes oxygen, and the extra oxygen we are receiving…should be given to other states, which need it more,” he said.
Delhi’s positivity rate has been below 20 per cent over the past week and dropped to 14 per cent Thursday when 10,489 cases were recorded. This has also led to a reduction in demand for hospital beds: out of 23,423 earmarked for Covid patients, over 5,000 are available.
Between May 1 and May 11, however, Delhi got more than 700 MT oxygen only on May 5. Two days earlier, the supply hit a low of 434 MT.
At one point, the situation was so dire that 21 patients at Jaipur Golden Hospital and 12 at Batra Hospital died as oxygen reserves were depleted. Many hospitals were posting pleas for liquid medical oxygen and cylinders on social media for patients who were on high-flow support and ventilators.
Even a week ago, numerous SOS calls from hospitals about oxygen running out were being made on an hourly basis. On May 4 alone, 49 such calls were made to Delhi government officers.
“In Delhi, around 15 days back, Covid cases were rising like a flood. Positivity rate had also increased to 35 per cent. Around 80,000-1,00,000 tests were being conducted every day, and thousands of patients were being admitted on a daily basis. Now, positivity rate has reduced to 14 per cent and daily cases have reduced to 10,400,” Sisodia said.
Setting up PSA oxygen generation plants across hospitals, most of them over the past week, has helped reduce demand, he said.
“When there was a huge demand for oxygen, we had calculated that we would be needing 700 metric tonne oxygen (per day) keeping in mind the number of cases in hospitals, bed occupancy, etc… We received 700 metric tonne only on one day but because of the support of the Centre, Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, Delhi started getting sufficient oxygen supply,” he said.
Sisodia said this led to a fall in SOS calls, and in the last 24-48 hours, they had barely received one call from any hospital.
Asked about the shortage of vaccines in the capital, he said: “I have already said that exporting 6.5 crore vaccines, without keeping in mind the need for it to be administered to citizens of this country, has led to this shortage. But I am hopeful that the government will increase vaccine production manifold in collaboration with companies here, and also bring in more vaccines which have been approved in foreign countries.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/delhis-silver-lining-oxygen-need-drops-can-divert-to-others-7314307/
Delhi's positivity rate has been below 20 per cent over the past week and dropped to 14 per cent Thursday when 10,489 cases were recorded. This has also led to a reduction in demand for hospital beds: out of 23,423 earmarked for Covid patients, over 5,000 are available
AFTER WEEKS of a bitter face-off with the Centre over the shortage of oxygen for Covid treatment during the second wave, and with at least 23 deaths reported from hospitals due to supplies running out, the Delhi government said the situation has improved to the extent that requirement has dipped from 700 metric tonnes per day to 582 metric tonnes.
In a webcast Thursday, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that his government has now asked the Centre to divert extra supplies to other states in need.
“Today as per new calculations based on bed occupancy and number of admissions in hospitals, we have found that Delhi now needs 582 metric tonnes oxygen (per day). Today, as a responsible government, we have written to the Central government saying we need 582 metric tonnes instead of 700 metric tonnes oxygen, and the extra oxygen we are receiving…should be given to other states, which need it more,” he said.
Delhi’s positivity rate has been below 20 per cent over the past week and dropped to 14 per cent Thursday when 10,489 cases were recorded. This has also led to a reduction in demand for hospital beds: out of 23,423 earmarked for Covid patients, over 5,000 are available.
Between May 1 and May 11, however, Delhi got more than 700 MT oxygen only on May 5. Two days earlier, the supply hit a low of 434 MT.
At one point, the situation was so dire that 21 patients at Jaipur Golden Hospital and 12 at Batra Hospital died as oxygen reserves were depleted. Many hospitals were posting pleas for liquid medical oxygen and cylinders on social media for patients who were on high-flow support and ventilators.
Even a week ago, numerous SOS calls from hospitals about oxygen running out were being made on an hourly basis. On May 4 alone, 49 such calls were made to Delhi government officers.
“In Delhi, around 15 days back, Covid cases were rising like a flood. Positivity rate had also increased to 35 per cent. Around 80,000-1,00,000 tests were being conducted every day, and thousands of patients were being admitted on a daily basis. Now, positivity rate has reduced to 14 per cent and daily cases have reduced to 10,400,” Sisodia said.
Setting up PSA oxygen generation plants across hospitals, most of them over the past week, has helped reduce demand, he said.
“When there was a huge demand for oxygen, we had calculated that we would be needing 700 metric tonne oxygen (per day) keeping in mind the number of cases in hospitals, bed occupancy, etc… We received 700 metric tonne only on one day but because of the support of the Centre, Supreme Court and Delhi High Court, Delhi started getting sufficient oxygen supply,” he said.
Sisodia said this led to a fall in SOS calls, and in the last 24-48 hours, they had barely received one call from any hospital.
Asked about the shortage of vaccines in the capital, he said: “I have already said that exporting 6.5 crore vaccines, without keeping in mind the need for it to be administered to citizens of this country, has led to this shortage. But I am hopeful that the government will increase vaccine production manifold in collaboration with companies here, and also bring in more vaccines which have been approved in foreign countries.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/delhis-silver-lining-oxygen-need-drops-can-divert-to-others-7314307/
Coronavirus has a 'right to live' like rest of us: Ex-U'khand CM
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday said that coronavirus is a living organism which has a right to live.
"Seen from a philosophical angle, coronavirus is also a living organism. It has the right to live like the rest of us. But we (humans) think ourselves to be the most intelligent and are out to eliminate it. So it is constantly mutating itself," he told a private news channel in Dehradun.
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/coronavirus-has-a-right-to-live-ex-ukhand-cm/20210514.htm
Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday said that coronavirus is a living organism which has a right to live.
"Seen from a philosophical angle, coronavirus is also a living organism. It has the right to live like the rest of us. But we (humans) think ourselves to be the most intelligent and are out to eliminate it. So it is constantly mutating itself," he told a private news channel in Dehradun.
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/coronavirus-has-a-right-to-live-ex-ukhand-cm/20210514.htm
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Hearing men in their 30's and 40's are dying from the Indian variant.
This variant is clearly more dangerous then the Initial Wuhan Variant and the subsequent Kent and South American Variants.
This variant is clearly more dangerous then the Initial Wuhan Variant and the subsequent Kent and South American Variants.
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That's good.
May be this scumbag Trivendra guy can volunteer with his own body for Corona virus to live in?
That will be a great example of standing behind your words and leading by example.
Not necessarily. The thing is, the sheer number of people infected in India is so high, you are going to end up with some people in 30s and 40s who end up dying. Likely India is seeing 2m cases per day if we go by figures not given by Indian government.
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Yes you're right, it's bound to be higher due to probability.
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