Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday cautioned that the chances of a third Covid wave were quite real, and asserted his government was preparing on a war-footing to combat it.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday cautioned that the chances of a third Covid wave were quite real, and asserted his government was preparing on a war-footing to combat it. He said that the indications of a third wave are coming from the UK where coronavirus cases are rising again despite 45 per cent of its population being vaccinated. So, we cannot afford to sit idle, he told an online event to inaugurate 22 new PSA oxygen plants at nine hospitals across Delhi. He said these plants have a total production capacity of 17.3 MT, and they will strengthen the preparations to fight Covid. As many as 17 more oxygen plants will be started by July, he said.
NEW DELHI: Two days after the Centre approved extending the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks, many people in the 45+ age group who had booked their second dose on the CoWin portal got a rude shock. They were turned away from vaccination centres across the city on Saturday. They had no inkling of the change and the CoWin portal didn’t in any way reflect it.
Arguments broke out at the vaccination centres with people who had completed 42-56 days after the first dose claiming they had not received any message or mail and should be allowed the second dose. The civil defence volunteers and other officials had a hard time convincing them that they had to go back.
Two days after the Centre approved extending the gap between two doses of the Covishield vaccine from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks, many people in the 45+ age group who had booked their second dose on the CoWin portal got a rude shock. They were turned away from vaccination centres across the city on Saturday. They had no inkling of the change and the CoWin portal didn’t in any way reflect it.
COVID-19: Delhi Police Swiftly Release Medical Supplies Seized in Raids to Hospitals
Generally, whenever police seize any material during raids it takes ages for it to be disposed off after approaching courts. However, in the case of medical supplies for COVID-19, it is being done in 48 hours.
People carry oxygen cylinders after refilling them in a factory, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave.
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New Delhi: With hoarding and black-marketing of COVID-19-related medicines and essential equipment taking place, the Delhi Police has now begun approaching courts for early release of such seized material, to be given away to COVID-19 centres or hospitals. In the latest major seizure, the Delhi Police recovered over 500 oxygen concentrators which had been stocked up by alleged black-marketeers in Lodhi Colony, Khan Market and other parts of New and South Delhi.