The conversation came hours after the United States reversed its earlier stand on supplying raw materials meant for manufacturing of vaccines, and assured New Delhi that it will immediately rush medical aid to the Covid-hit nation.
Founder Trustee of NBF & Member of Parliament Sri Rajeev Chandrasekhar donated 15 oxygen concentrators to Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya who along with NBF will identify patients who would urgently need oxygen concentrator support
On Monday, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat met the Prime Minister and informed him that retired medical personnel or those who had taken premature retirement in the last two years were being recalled to assist in Covid-19 facilities within the proximity of their present place of residence.
In a telephonic conversation, the two leaders reviewed the progress in various ongoing bilateral initiatives.
"Your institution is singularly responsible for the second wave of Covid-19. Election Commission officers should be booked on murder charges probably," the HC observed.
Pat Cummins is an Australian pacer who currently plays for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. India is currently undergoing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, while there has been an acute shortage of enough oxygen to treat the patients.
With the second wave of Coronavirus infecting lakhs of Indians on a daily basis, the need to ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour is necessary now more than ever. Besides masks, gloves and sanitisers, blood oxygen monitors or oximeters have become a common household requirement today. Here's a guide on how to use a pulse oximeter.
Union Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, in a tweet, said, "All efforts to strengthen India's fight against the pandemic are on. 318 Philips Oxygen Concentrators on @airindiainflight from JFK Airport land at @DelhiAirport. Let there be no doubt. We will turn the tide."
The plant can manufacture 1050 tonnes of oxygen every day, which the owners were willing to provide free of cost. However, the permission comes with a rider.
Indian Railways is going to deliver more than 140 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen by Monday through "Oxygen Express".
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