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Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: State may impose 15-day lockdown starting Wednesday night
Maharashtra government has imposed statewide restrictions till May 1 in the wake of the Covid-19 situation. Section 144 is in place across the state. The state is likely to face a strict lockdown for 15 days as Covid-19 cases in the state have continued to surge despite strict restrictions for a week. A demand for a complete lockdown was made by most ministers in the state cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, and CM Uddhav Thackeray is likely to make an official announcement by addressing the state on Wednesday. The state on Tuesday reported 62,097 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the tally to 39,60,359, while 519 more patients succumbed to the infection, said a health department official. The new fatalities pushed the statewide toll to 61,343, he said. Out of the 519 fatalities, 307 occurred in the last 48 hours and 114 last week, while 98 deaths took place in the period befo
With the number of fresh COVID-19 cases surging on a daily basis, the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services in Pune has been receiving over 9,000 calls per day for ambulances. Control Room Manager Dr Pravin Sadhale told ANI, We take 9,000-10,000 calls per day, including COVID emergencies and others. Panic has increased now. The Manager added that around 937 ambulances are placed across Maharashtra. The ambulances have all the safety gears including PPE kits for shifting the patients. The earlier call flow was for accident and pregnancy cases now the more cases are for COVID-19 related symptoms. We do have other calls also but they are relatively less, Sadhale said.
Maharashtra ambulance service receives over 9,000 calls daily as COVID-19 cases surge ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 08:44 IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 21 (ANI): With the number of fresh COVID-19 cases surging on a daily basis, the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services in Pune has been receiving over 9,000 calls per day for ambulances.
Control Room Manager Dr Pravin Sadhale told ANI, We take 9,000-10,000 calls per day, including COVID emergencies and others. Panic has increased now.
The Manager added that around 937 ambulances are placed across Maharashtra. The ambulances have all the safety gears including PPE kits for shifting the patients.
The earlier call flow was for accident and pregnancy cases now the more cases are for COVID-19 related symptoms. We do have other calls also but they are relatively less, Sadhale said.
21 April 2021, 14:32 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has cancelled plans to visit India and the Philippines during his country`s extended holiday starting in late April amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, a senior government spokesman said on Wednesday.
21 April 2021, 14:11 PM
BJP spokesperson
Sambit Patra on Wednesday (April 21) said that the Congress party is trying to sell its failed product yet again and it is seeing the pandemic as an opportunity for the same. When things shouldn t be politicised, Congress, especially Gandhi family is doing politics. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra gave an interview and Rahul Gandhi tweeted. The nation is watching how they are criticising and it will give them a reply. The arrogance of Gandhi family is being reflected, he said.
Maharashtra: Maximum 108 calls from Mumbai, Pune; majority of them Covid-related
Pune and Mumbai had made the maximum calls for 108 ambulances from March till November this year, Dr Dnyaneshwar Shelke, Chief Operating Officer, MEMS told The Indian Express. Updated: December 23, 2020 11:11:17 am
After Mumbai, the highest number of calls for assisting Covid-19 emergencies were from Chandrapur (29,666), Solapur (21,328), Yavatmal (20,308) and Ahmednagar (19,464). (Express photo by Sahil Walia/File)
As many as 7 lakh persons were attended to by the Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS)’s 108 ambulances from March till November this year across the state. Of these, 4.2 lakh persons had Covid-19.
Pune and Mumbai had made the maximum calls for 108 ambulances from March till November this year, Dr Dnyaneshwar Shelke, Chief Operating Officer, MEMS told