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Indian Army lends a helping hand to J&K amid lockdown
To help the civil administration in the fight against Corona, all medical personnel from the armed forces, who have retired or taken pre-mature retirement in the last two years, are being recalled to work in Covid facilities within proximity of their present place of residence.
This step has been taken as the country is witnessing a surge in COVID positive cases and an upward trend in the death rate.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on Monday called on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to brief him about the preparations and operations being undertaken by the Armed Forces to deal with the pandemic.
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A patient wearing an oxygen mask sitting inside an ambulance waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 25. (Reuters) Social Share
New Delhi – India ordered its armed forces on Monday to help tackle surging new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, as nations including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged urgent medical aid to try to contain an emergency overwhelming the country’s hospitals.
The situation in the world’s second most populous country is “beyond heartbreaking”, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, adding that WHO is sending extra staff and supplies, including oxygen concentrator devices.
US, Britain rush supplies to India
Retired military medics recalled as new Covid infections hit a record peak for fifth day
Renu Singhal, seeing her Covid-19 positive husband gasping for breath, tries to resuscitate him but couldn’t save his life. Even as she performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her husband, Ravi Singhal died on her lap inside an autorickshaw outside a hospital in Agra, India. Photo: India Today Agencies Agencies
The United States and Britain rushed ventilators and vaccine materials to virus-stricken India yesterday while Italy lifted many Covid-19 restrictions in a bid to kickstart a near normal summer.
India is battling a catastrophic, record-breaking outbreak that has overwhelmed hospitals and set crematoriums working at full capacity.
With cases rising by more than 350,000 in 24 hours, some northern states say they are unable to cope with influx of patients and dead, with crowded medical facilities running out of oxygen supplies and beds