In a major decision, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday issued a global tender to acquire 1 crore vaccines, an official said.The bids were issued after Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray cleared a proposal, said .
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Additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani told the committee that 38 mucormycosis patients are being treated at the civic-run BY Nair Hospital, 34 at KEM Hospital, 32 at Sion Hospital and seven at Cooper Hospital, he said.
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Prabhakar Shinde, the BJP s group leader in the BMC said the information was provided to the civic body s standing committee upon his query.
As many as 111 patients, all COVID-19 survivors, are undergoing treatment for the fungal infection mucormycosis in Mumbai hospitals, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed on Wednesday. Prabhakar Shinde, the BJP s group leader in the BMC said the information was provided to the civic body s standing committee upon his query.
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government about the steps it had taken to check the spread of COVID-19 among children.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni said experts had cautioned the nation about the third wave and said that children might be the most vulnerable and that authorities must take pre-emptive steps and strengthen health infrastructure in the State. The court directed the State to file an affidavit elucidating all the measures by May 19.
Anil Sakhare, senior advocate and counsel for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), informed the HC that till April 2021, a total of 10,000 children under the age of 10 had contracted COVID-19 and 17 of them had died of the infection. He added that at least 33 children between the age of 10 and 18 had died of COVID-19 in Mumbai so far.