The exact number of people affected with mucormycosis in India is unclear, as reports of the fungal infection among Covid-19 patients and those on steroids began to surface earlier this month.
India s COVID-19 crisis jacks up cost of living, dying
India s second wave of coronavirus has not only created shortages of oxygen, medicines, and hospital beds, but also of wood for funeral pyres, hearses, and crematorium slots
Reuters | May 15, 2021 | Updated 12:12 IST
Ashok Khondare, a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune, had already borrowed money to pay for his sister s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after contacting Covid-19.
While trying to overcome the tragedy, he also had to deal with money problems that increased with his sister s death.
The only available hearse driver charged 5,000 Indian rupees ($68) for a 6-km (four-mile) journey to the nearest crematorium five times the going rate. When Khondare reached there, there was a long queue of dead bodies and waits of more than a day. He agreed to pay another 7,000 rupees to jump the queue.
Sadananda Gowda said government is doing its job sincerely, however some shortcomings have surfaced.
Bengaluru:
Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Sadananda Gowda today sought to know whether people in the government should hang themselves for their failure to produce vaccines as was directed by the court. The court has with good intention said everyone in the country should get vaccinated. I want to ask you, if the court says tomorrow that you have to give this much (of vaccine), if it has not been produced yet, should we hang ourselves? Mr Gowda told reporters in Bengaluru.
Replying to queries on the shortage of vaccine, the Union Minister stressed on the plan of action of the government and said its decisions are not guided by any political gain or by any other reason.
AstraZeneca pledges $250,000 as humanitarian aid to India amid COVID-19 crisis
The aid to India is part of the $1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic
PTI | May 12, 2021 | Updated 09:03 IST
Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged $250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the $1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.