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The Delhi govt urged the railways to provide nearly 5000 beds to meet the increasing requirement arising out of the sudden spike in coronavirus cases.
Kejriwal said that Delhi recorded over 25,000 daily COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours.
He further informed that less than 100 ICU beds are vacant in Delhi hospitals.
New Delhi: In order to tackle the rising COVID-19 cases, the Delhi government on Sunday (April 18) requested the railways to furnish 5,000 beds by deploying COVID-care coaches at the Shakur Basti and the Anand Vihar stations, while also identifying other such facilities.
In a letter to Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma, Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Dev apprised Sharma of the dire COVID-19 situation and the dearth of hospital beds in the city.
Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists
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A year after lakhs of workers made their way back to their home States after the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020, their condition has not changed much.
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Migrant workers arriving from Maharashtra stand in a queue at Patna Junction April 15, 2021 to undergo a COVID-19 test. | Photo Credit: PTI
A year after lakhs of workers made their way back to their home States after the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020, their condition has not changed much.
With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, migrant workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday.
Covid-19: At the current pace, India will need another 13 months to vaccinate 60% of the population
The central government has fast-tracked emergency approvals for foreign-produced vaccines. 6 hours ago Nearly three months into India s vaccination drive, at least 10 state governments have reported a shortage of vaccines. | Sam Panthaky/AFP
At the current pace of vaccination, India only had enough vaccine stock to last a week from April 8, our analysis of data released by the central government has found. This could deplete faster considering India’s average wastage rate of 6.5%.
On April 8, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
said that India has 2.4 crore vaccine doses in stock and 1.9 crore doses in the pipeline. At the rate of 35 lakh doses per day that India has averaged in April, the doses in stock would not last more than a week from April 8 and those in the pipeline would help sustain for another five days.
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Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has organized several major elections: those for the Bihar’s Legislative Assembly in November 2020 and indirect elections of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) held in March and June 2020. On 6 April 2021, State Assembly elections were organized in four Indian states and one union territory, calling alltogether 185 million eligible voters to decide the faith of 824 Assembly seats, making these elections one of the largest organized during the pandemic.
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