Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the high burden states over the prevailing COVID-19 situation there.
UPDATED: April 23, 2021 10:42 IST
A fire broke out at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Mumbai’s Virar on Friday morning, leaving 13 Covid patients dead. (Photo: India Today)
A fire broke out at Vijay Vallabh Hospital in Virar in Mumbai early on Friday morning. Thirteen Covid-19 patients lost their lives in the incident, the hospital s CEO Dr Dilip Jain confirmed.
There were 90 patients in the hospital, 18 of them in the ICU when the fire broke out after a blast in the AC unit, an official said. The dead include five women and eight men.
Visuals showed the smoke-filled ICU in a disarray after the blaze, with the ceiling falling off in some places, beds and other furniture strewn around and kin of the deceased wailing outside the hospital.
Kejriwal used PM Modi s conference with CMs on COVID-19 to play politics: Govt sources ANI | Updated: Apr 23, 2021 13:41 IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal used the COVID-review conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a platform to play politics, government sources informed on Friday, adding that his speech was not meant for solutions but to evade responsibility. (He) chose to spread lies on vaccine prices despite knowing that the Centre does not keep one vaccine dose with itself and shares with states only, sources told ANI.
They further said that Kejriwal raised the point of airlifting oxygen but was unaware that it was already being done.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the high burden states over the prevailing COVID-19 situation there. The meeting was held virtually.
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