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I dread waking up these days. My hands tremble as I switch on the phone to check my WhatsApp messages. This morning was no different. Sure enough,there was tragic news we had lost a member of our extended family. I froze. This has now become a ‘ghar, ghar ki kahani’, with the most staggering and stupefying loss of precious lives to a virus that is mutating faster than the vaccine. Those succumbing to it come in all categories vaccinated, non-vaccinated , healthy, unhealthy, old, young, middle-aged, children.
By Sophie Jeong, Zamira Rahim, Aditi Sangal and Nicholas Pearce, CNN
Updated 1:22 p.m. ET, April 19, 2021
What you need to know
The global tally of deaths from Covid-19 has surpassed 3 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Half of all US adults have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine as the Biden administration begins the next stage today of vaccine eligibility for people age 16 and older.
India has reported more than 1 million cases in the past five days, according to a CNN tally of figures from the Indian health ministry.
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MUMBAI: Amid a surge in Covid cases and high demand for beds in private hospitals, the BMC has appointed 70 auditors for all 35 major private Covid hospitals to ensure patients are not overcharged, get beds and hospitals follow discharge policy.
Two auditors will work in shifts so that patients can file complaints if they are overcharged. Apart from 25 auditors, two nodal officers have been appointed to oversee the auditors and take complaints from patients. “Auditors will also look into bed reservation. 80% of all beds are allotted through the ward war room only. The hospitals have to update real time bed vacancy data on the BMC dashboard,” a senior civic official said.
As per reports, Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Chahal said that there is no immediate rush to enforce lockdown in Mumbai. He further stated that the situation is under control in Maximum City.