Panaji: A leading foreign player who excelled in the Indian Super League (ISL) last season has tested positive for Covid-19, prompting Spain to launch.
Panaji: Goa police’s anti-terrorist squad (ATS) appears ill-equipped to deal with the frequent alerts the state receives, as its vehicles five ramshackled jeeps that break down regularly are barely enough to take on the increasingly well-equipped terrorists should they decide to strike in Goa.
A source told TOI that ATS has been sending proposals for replacement of old vehicles to Goa police, but there doesn’t seem to be any progress in the matter.
Two of the jeeps are two decades old, and two others are around 10 years old.
The four patrol Margao, Vasco, Panaji and Mapusa. Superintendent of police (SP) Bossuet Silva, who is in charge of motor transport, said, “Goa police is in process of allotting new vehicles to the ATS”.
The horror unfolded around 1:25am on Thursday when relatives began making SOS calls saying that oxygen levels were dropping at GMC. Wards 143, 144, 145, 146 and 149 faced oxygen shortage.
PANAJI: Tragedy struck the Goa Medical College (GMC) again on Thursday, with 15 Covid-19 patients dying due to erratic supply of oxygen. As many as 26 patients had died at the premier state government hospital on Tuesday.
The deaths took place a day after the Bombay high court directed the state government to ensure that there are no more casualties at GMC due to oxygen shortage.
“The oxygen interruptions are causing problems leading to deaths. Last night, the interruption that was caused between midnight and 8am caused 15 deaths,” GMC nodal officer Dr Viraj Khandeparkar told the high court, which is hearing a PIL regarding oxygen shortage.