No firm commitment on delivery of vax by manufacturers: Rane
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Panaji, May 4 : Very few governments have received firm commitment vis-a-vis delivery of vaccines for the 18-45 age group, Goa s Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Tuesday.
Rane did not specify a date by when the vaccination drive in the age bracket of 18-45 years was likely to begin in Goa. CM is pursuing that. Let us see. Order is placed by the government of Goa. Every state government has placed orders, but they have not got any firm commitment, except for a few governments from the respective companies, he said.
Goa doctors rue lack of hospital beds, oxygen, focus on VIP patients
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Panaji, May 2 : Despite public assurances by both Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Goa s Covid health facilities are falling short of oxygen supply, a government doctors association said on Sunday.
In a letter to the Dean of the state s top health facility, the Goa Medical College, the Goa Association of Resident Doctor also said that despite dealing with more than two dozen patients at a time, resident doctors in government hospitals are being pressured to give preferential treatment to VIP patients .
The super-speciality block of the hospital will be converted into a COVID-19 hospital to cater to the increasing number of infected patients, the chief minister said.
Goa s popular beach villages to go in for partial lockdown?
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Goa s popular beach villages to go in for partial lockdown. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, April 28 : Goa s most popular coastal strip, the Calangute-Candolim beach stretch extremely popular with beachgoers and tourists may go for a partial lockdown, in the wake of increasing number of Covid-19 cases in the area.
According to Ports Minister and local MLA Michael Lobo, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant late on Tuesday, gave the go-ahead for the district administration, local elected representatives, health and police officials to meet on Wednesday afternoon to finalise the plan for a partial lockdown of the beach villages of Candolim, Calangute and parts of Arpora, in a bid to stem the Covid tide.