A 12 year old has filed a petition in Delhi High Court seeking direction to vaccinate children between 12-17 year age group immediately. The petition seeking immediate inoculation of children comes amid warnings that the third wave of Covid-19 is most likely to affect children.
Despite signs of second wave plateauing in many states, prepare for the long haul May 12, 2021, 1:31 PM IST
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Even as Centre cites caseloads over the last fortnight to signal that 18 states are recording a plateauing of fresh Covid infections and active nationwide cases have dropped for the third day in succession, this second wave could be amidst us for several weeks. Nearly 3.5 lakh fresh infections were detected on Wednesday, which is nearly four times the peak of the first wave in mid-September. So the plateauing isn’t really cause for too much relief. Moreover, there is undeniable evidence that the virus is spreading in rural areas of the country.
Patients across India struggle to find beds
The second wave of Covid-19 in India has proved to be more fatal and contagious than the first one. Even as Centre commits to increase the production of O2 in the coming days, the situation on-ground is getting grimmer with each passing day. States across India, especially the ones that are witnessing a high case load, including Maharashra, Delhi, West Bengal and others are reporting a shortage of Oxygen and lack of hospital beds.
Delh CM Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday tweeted that he has sought Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar’s support in facilitating transport of oxygen trucks from Haryana to Delhi and the latter has assured full support.