Centre bans use of liquid oxygen for all non-medical purposes
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital gets 5 tonnes of oxygen. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 25 : To ensure that there is no lack of oxygen in the Covid-19 hospitals across the country, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday banned use of liquid oxygen for any non-medical purpose while directing its manufacturing units to maximise production and make it available to the government for medical purposes only.
The ministry, in an order, stated that the National Executive Committee (NEC), under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, has taken certain decisions to ensure the uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen across the country.
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New Delhi: The Air Force has brought four high-capacity oxygen tankers from Singapore and offloaded them at the Panagrh air base in West Bengal, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs said on Saturday. TNS
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Saat Rasta wears a deserted look during restrictions imposed by the state government amid rising Covid-19 cases, in Mumbai.
In view of the pandemic situation in the country, the Centre on Sunday expressed urgent need for states to consider strict COVID management and control measures in surge areas to bring situation under control in areas reporting higher cases. Existing infrastructure may not be able to cope with this kind of surge, Union Health Ministry said. Districts fulfilling any of the two criterias to be considered for taking intensive action and local containment measures. Local containment primarily focused on restricting intermingling of people is to be undertaken for 14 days for breaking chain, Centre said.
Centre, Bengal lock horns over O2 supply
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UP to set up 10 oxygen plants in a week. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, April 24 : The central and the West Bengal government locked horns over the supply of oxygen from the state to other states following the oxygen crisis in different hospitals in Delhi amid an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.
A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the Centre not to divert the oxygen scheduled for the state to other states, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs wrote back to all the states and union territories to comply with the order of Delhi High Court and allow transportation of oxygen without any hindrance.