The Supreme Court has termed the Covid-19 situation as almost a national emergency . Many hospitals in the country have been grappling with a shortage of oxygen supply amid spiralling Covid cases. The Delhi High Court had ordered the Centre to forthwith provide oxygen by whatever means to hospitals facing shortage of the gas in treating serious patients, observing it seems human life is not important for the state.
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Hospital situation
States across India are facing a grim situation with Hospitals running out of beds, vaccine stock, oxygen cylinders and remdesivir injections. In what can be deemed as a national Covid emergency, Maharashtra is left with only 2 days of vaccine stock. BMC has said that if vaccines don’t come in by Tuesday, then Centres may be shut from Wednesday.
State Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said Maharastra is administering 3.5 lakh vaccinations per day with a capacity of 8 lakh vaccinations in Maharashtra. However, they have asked the Centre for 50 lakh vaccines a week. He added that people are being turned down in Maharashtra due to shortage of vaccines.
British PM cancels India visit due to COVID crisis, to holds talks remotely this month
Pressure had been mounting on Johnson to call off the visit amid growing concerns of a new variant of COVID-19 detected in the country
PTI | April 19, 2021 | Updated 15:18 IST
Boris Johnson was scheduled to visit India next week
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his planned visit to India next week due to the coronavirus situation in the country, Downing Street said on Monday. Johnson will instead speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month to launch their plans for the future UK-India partnership, with their physical meeting expected later in the year. In the light of the current coronavirus situation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not be able to travel to India next week, Downing Street said in a joint statement on behalf of the British and Indian governments.