A Ramzan like no other: COVID shadow on Muslim fasting month
As the holy month of Ramzan nears its end with Eid likely to be celebrated on May 13 or 14 in India, depending on the sighting of the moon, Covid fears hang like a cloud over the festivities.
By PTI| Published: 12th May 2021 4:22 pm IST Hyderabad: Devotees come out, after offering prayers on the First Friday of the Holy month of Ramzan, at historic Makkah Masjid, in Hyderabad, Friday, April 16, 2021. (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: The shadows over Ramzan are darker this time and the despair deeper, the scramble for oxygen, hospital beds and even a decent burial for their loved ones eclipsing the gloom that marked the fasting month last year.
Full Transcript | Centre Failed To Provide Alternative Sources for Vaccine Supply: Chidambaram
The Wire s Mitali Mukherjee interviewed the Congress Rajya Sabha MP to discuss the COVID-19 situation in India.
P. Chidambaram. Photo: PTI
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As COVID-19 rages across the country, with India reporting the highest number of active cases and daily deaths, the only way out of this grim situation seems to be vaccination.
The Wire‘s Mitali Mukherjee interviewed Congress Rajya Sabha MP P. Chidambaram, who was also the finance minister and home minister under Manmohan Singh, on the issue to discuss the Centre’s missteps, from sourcing to supply, distribution and pricing.
What is unfortunate is that when the US and other nations extended assistance, the hyper-nationalistic brigades gloat on social media that the prime minister and his NSA forced them to "capitulate".
People wait in an observation room after receiving their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, at the vaccination centre of the Rajawadi Hospital, in Mumbai, Friday, May 7, 2021. PTI Photo/Kunal Patil
MUMBAI: Mumbai reported 3,039 new coronavirus infections and 71 fatalities on Friday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
It took the city s caseload to 6,71,394 and death toll to 13,687.
After more than a month, the number of active cases dipped below 50,000 on Friday. There are 49,499 active cases in the city now.
Also, on the seventh day in a row, the daily rise in cases in the country s financial capital remained below 4,000.
With 35,224 tests conducted during the day, the total of coronavirus tests carried out in the city so far increased to 56,44,402.