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Updated: May 02, 2021 23:54 IST The requirement for hospital beds, oxygen and medicines will continue to escalate at the current pace of the pandemic. says industry body. Share Article AAA Roadside vendors wear face masks as a precaution against coronavirus sell vegetables and fruits, in Hyderabad on May 2, 2021.   | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna The requirement for hospital beds, oxygen and medicines will continue to escalate at the current pace of the pandemic. says industry body. Indian industry has urged the government to deploy the armed forces and central security forces to manage the...

Introduce national policy on admissions to hospitals in two weeks The Supreme Court, in an order released late on Sunday, directed the Centre to ensure that the deficit of oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients in the national capital should be rectified on or before the midnight of May 3. A Special Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ordered the Centre to act “in collaboration” with States to “prepare a buffer stock of oxygen for emergency purposes and decentralise the location of the emergency stocks”. “The emergency stocks shall be created within the next four days and is to be repl...

COVID-19 lockdown: 75% Delhi residents prefer another extension by a week, says survey The survey, conducted by community social media platform LocalCircles, sought residents' perception if they support the further imposition of a complete lockdown in the city after May 3 Joe C Mathew | May 1, 2021 | Updated 11:38 IST The survey, conducted by community social media platform LocalCircles, received responses from more than 32,000 residents across all 11 districts of Delhi Delhites, in huge majority, are favouring yet another extension of lockdown, suggests a survey. While 75% of respondents pr...

Similar approvals for China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines are expected in the coming days and weeks, WHO has said.

Number of those immunised in 18-44 age group not clear