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As Covid Cases Surge, India May Need More Than Double The Medical Oxygen It Produces
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Covid-19 patients wearing oxygen masks receives free oxygen in Langar. India faces shortage of medical oxygen. (Photo by Pradeep Gaur/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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As India faces a deadly second Covid-19 wave, 392,488 new cases were reported on Sunday by the health ministry. So far, less than 2% of the country’s 1.3 billion population has been fully vaccinated and hospitals are running out of supplies. “It s absolutely equivalent to a war,” says Rahul Tambe, an internal medicine doctor at Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital in Mumbai, India’s most populous city. A total of 215,542 deaths and nearly 19.6 million cases have been reported across the country.
Persons Of Trust In Malta’s Ministries Considered Frontliners For COVID-19 Vaccine
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Persons of trust in Malta’s many ministries were considered frontliners for the COVID-19 vaccine, jumping up the priority list for the crucial jabs.
Following a series of parliamentary questions from David Thake, six ministries confirmed that persons in their ministries were considered frontliners according to regulations.
These were Ministry for the Elderly and Active Ageing; the Ministry for Solidarity and Family; the Ministry for Energy, Enterprise, and Sustainable Development; the Ministry for Education; the Ministry for Home Affairs; and the Ministry for Transport and Infrastructure.
The Health Ministry, which is leading the fight against COVID-19, completely ignored the question, instead referencing the total number of people in Malta who have received a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
€106,376 in school equipment stolen over eight years
Cash, credit cards and computer equipment are among the stolen items
26 April 2021, 9:00pm
by Nicole Meilak
729 items were reported stolen from public educational institutions since 2013, according to the Ministry for Home Affairs.
Replying to a parliamentary question on behalf of the ministry, Minister Byron Camilleri said that a total 729 thefts were reported from educational institutions, amounting to €106,376.
The University of Malta filed 144 reports, the most from any institution, with an additional 108 items stolen from the university s library.
MCAST followed with 87 theft reports.
Computer equipment was the most expensive loss, with €26,848 worth of hardware stolen between 2013 and 2021. Another €10,268 was stolen in cash form.