Coimbatore MLA writes to Centre to tackle Covid crisis in district
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Chennai, May 25 : Coimbatore South MLA and national president of BJP Mahila Morcha, Vanathi Srinivasan, wrote to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday, urging him to constitute a high-level team to assess and assist the Tamil Nadu government in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
The senior leader said in the letter that Coimbatore district is witnessing an unprecedented spike in Covid cases at more than 4,000 per day, putting a huge strain on the resources of the state.
The Congress has blamed the Centre for negligence in Covid management that led to a loss of thousands of lives, arguing that a better-planned vaccination drive would have prevented such a grim scenario in the country.
Congress veteran and former finance minister P. Chidambaram told
The Telegraph: “The central government should immediately approve Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson without insisting on further trials in India or any onerous conditions. In return for immediate approval, the government should get written commitment from each of the three to supply a large number of doses on an accelerated delivery schedule.”
This insistence on the intervention of the central government has come on a day the American pharmaceutical company Moderna refused to directly deal with the government of Punjab. A Punjab government official said Moderna replied saying it can only deal with the central government according to its policy. Punjab, as well as other states, was exploring pos
Patanjali Dairies head Sunil Bansal dies of COVID-19, company says had no role in his allopathic treatment
Sunil Bansal, who was Vice President in the Dairy Division of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, died on May 19.
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NEW DELHI: Sunil Bansal, who headed the dairy business of Yoga guru Ramdev s Patanjali Ayurved, died of COVID-19, the company said on Monday, adding it had no role in his allopathic treatment.
Bansal, 57, who was Vice President in the Dairy Division of Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, died on May 19.
A specialist in dairy science, Bansal joined Patanjali s dairy business in January 2018 when the company announced its plans to sell packaged cow milk and other milk-based products including curd, buttermilk and cheese.
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Health Minister Harsh Vardhan - PTI×
This trend has been witnessed for eight consecutive days now
India has seen a sharp decrease in active Covid19 caseload from a level of 37 lakhs few weeks back to 27 lakhs now. Another positive sign is that the daily cases are below 3 lakhs for the eighth consecutive day, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan noted during his address at 27th meeting of Group of Ministers on Covid19 held via video conferencing.
He highlighted that the number of recoveries is more than the number of new Covid cases for the the 11th consecutive day.
Among those who attended the virtual meeting are Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Chemical and Fertilizers, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare and Vinod K Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog.