The Indian Premier League 2021 is currently going through a challenging phase, with some of the members of the contingents having tested positive for COVID. Thus, this might force overseas players to reconsider their participation this season.
The reports, which surfaced on Monday, claimed that the last order Centre placed was in March 2021 for 100 million doses of Serum Institute of India's Covishield and 20 million doses of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
During their phone call, the two leaders also discussed about the measures being undertaken to arrest the spread of virus.
The COVID-19 situation in Gujarat is turning severe by each day.
The shortage comes at a time when India has opened vaccination for all adults from May 1.
Covid-19 seems to have caught up with the 2021 Indian Premier League. After a couple of players from Kolkata Knight Riders tested positive, now reports are coming in of three Chennai Super Kings members testing positive.
District In-charge Minister Suresh Kumar said 24 patients including Covid-19 patients, died at Chamarajanagar District Hospital due to oxygen shortage among other reasons in the last 24 hours.
The Arvind Kejriwal government informed Delhi High Court that a request had been communicated to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on May 2 for the Indian Army to be deployed in the city so that help can be provided to people and additional facilities can be set up.
Night curfew will continue to be in force in all the districts from 8 pm to 7 am daily. The order said that only essential services will be allowed during the lockdown and night curfew.
In the deadliest week yet of the Covid-19 pandemic, India recorded more than 26 lakh new cases and nearly 23,800 deaths in the past seven days, although daily infection numbers registered a slight drop after hitting a peak of over 4 lakh on Friday.
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