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28 April, 2021, 5:10 pm
A shipment of vital medical supplies from the United Kingdom arrives in New Delhi, India April 27, 2021 in this still image taken from a video. ANI/REUTERS TV via REUTERS
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Vital medical supplies began to reach India on Tuesday as hospitals starved of life-saving oxygen and beds turned away coronavirus patients, and a surge in infections pushed the death toll close to 200,000.
A shipment from Britain, including 100 ventilators and 95 oxygen concentrators, arrived in the capital New Delhi, though a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain had no surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to spare.
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Indian companies are stepping in to fill the gaps in India’s healthcare infrastructure, crumbling under an explosion of covid-19 cases, supplying medical oxygen, cryogenic vessels, and oxygen concentrators. The Tata group, Reliance Industries Ltd, JSW Group, Adani group, ITC Ltd, and Jindal Steel and Power Ltd are among many top Indian companies helping hospitals with emergency supplies.
On Tuesday, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) formed a task force to work with central and state governments to raise oxygen supply through capacity enhancement and imports. It will also look into logistics issues related to transport, cylinder availability and policy-level interventions.
Reliance Industries to set up 1,000-bed COVID-19 hospital in Gujarat
By Mansoor| Updated: 29th April 2021 12:17 am IST
Ahmedabad: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) will set up a 1,000-bed COVID-19 hospital with oxygen facility at Jamnagar in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region where it operates the world’s largest crude oil refinery, with the 400-bed facility getting operational in the next five days, the state government said Wednesday.
Responding to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s request, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani has directed the company officials to build a 1,000-bed COVID-19 hospital with oxygen in Jamnagar, the state government said in a statement.
Ambani has informed the chief minister that by the next Sunday, a 400-bed hospital with oxygen facility will be started by Reliance Industries in Jamnagar.
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(Bloomberg) Deutsche Bank AG is considering one of the most flexible return-to-office policies among large international banks. Moves to restart travel in Europe are gathering pace, as Britain followed France with plans for a digital vaccine passport.
New global coronavirus cases rose for the ninth consecutive week, by a record 5.7 million, as a 52% surge in India outweighed declines in most regions, the World Health Organization said. Companies around the world are stepping in to help ease the crisis, as India’s death toll surpassed 200,000.
Deutsche Bank AG is considering one of the most flexible return-to-office policies among large international banks. Moves to restart travel in Europe are gathering pace, as Britain followed France with plans for a digital vaccine passport.