India is currently reporting the sharpest growth rate of 7.6 per cent in new Covid cases, which is 1.3 times higher than case growth rate of 5.5% reported in June 2020.
Even though the PMO is yet to come out with a clarification, Union Minister Piyush Goyal lashed out at the Maharashtra government. Goyal said he was saddened to see Uddhav Thackeray gimmicks on oxygen shortage.
Maharashtra Cabinet minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik alleged that the Central government was blocking the sale of Remdesivir to Maharashtra by 16 private manufacturing companies.
Asianet Newsable reached out to Dr Basavaraj Kuntoji, Consultant-Internal Medicine at Manipal Hospital in Malleshwaram, Bengaluru, to understand more about this scenario.
Following the Prime Minister's appeal, Swami Avdheshanand Giri requested people not to come for holy dips in the river Ganga in large numbers, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and to follow all rules.
Senior officials briefed the Prime Minister on the availability of oxygen and its projected use across 12 high-burden states (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan) in the next 15 days.
By contrast, the team found little to no evidence that the virus spreads easily via large droplets, which fall quickly through the air and contaminate surfaces.
In a viral video, the hospital staff was seen dancing during their duty hours. The COVID warriors played the Bollywood song 'Sochna Kya Jo Bhi Hoga' inside the hospital's corona patient ward to entertain their patients and let them know not to give up faith. It is unknown that where this incident took place.
Monuments like Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb, Safdarjung Tomb, Qutub Minar come under ASI and are centrally protected monuments.
He also added that the situation in Karnataka is different and should not be compared with other states.
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