As bodies pile up, Karnataka struggles to reduce deaths in second wave of COVID-19
A combination of a new virus variant, state government s inadequate preparedness and people s lack of awareness on what to do when symptoms surface is being blamed by experts for high deaths.
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Family members perform the last rites of a person who succumbed to COVID-19, at an open-air crematorium on the outskirts of Bengaluru. (Photo| Ashishkrishna HP, EPS) By Express News Service
These days, when one is informed of a death of someone known, the first question one asks is Was it COVID? , as if there is consolation over a death where COVID is not the culprit.
2 more naval ships bring liquid medical oxygen and high flow oxygen from Kuwait to Manglauru
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May 11, 2021
Mangaluru, May 11: The New Mangalore Port today handled two more Navy vessels - INS KOCHI and INS TABAR - by berthing them simultaneously.
The Navy vessel “INS KOCHI” carried 03 no.s Liquid Oxygen filled ISO containers of net weight 20 MT each, 40 no.s pallets of oxygen cylinders of one ton each & 02 no.s of 10 litres high flow oxygen concentrators, where as “INS TABAR” carried 02 no.s Liquid Oxygen filled ISO containers of net weight 20 MT each & 30 no.s pallets of oxygen cylinders of one ton each.
People wait outside a vaccination centre in Bengaluru on Friday. Shortage of doses is affecting the drive
BENGALURU: With not enough vaccines for all eligible age groups, the Karnataka government has asked public vaccination centres to use the current stocks to inoculate only those due for the second jab. Essentially, the full vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers and citizens aged above 45, who have taken the first dose, is being prioritised.
A circular in this regard was sent to officials on May 7 and displayed at all government-run health centres on Saturday. The directive implies that the 45-plus who have not taken the first dose may not get slots.
People wait outside a vaccination centre in Bengaluru on Friday. Shortage of doses is affecting the drive
BENGALURU: With not enough vaccines for all eligible age groups, the Karnataka government has asked public vaccination centres to use the current stocks to inoculate only those due for the second jab. Essentially, the full vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers and citizens aged above 45, who have taken the first dose, is being prioritised.
A circular in this regard was sent to officials on May 7 and displayed at all government-run health centres on Saturday. The directive implies that the 45-plus who have not taken the first dose may not get slots.
People wait outside a vaccination centre in Bengaluru on Friday. Shortage of doses is affecting the drive
BENGALURU: With not enough vaccines for all eligible age groups, the Karnataka government has asked public vaccination centres to use the current stocks to inoculate only those due for the second jab. Essentially, the full vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers and citizens aged above 45, who have taken the first dose, is being prioritised.
A circular in this regard was sent to officials on May 7 and displayed at all government-run health centres on Saturday. The directive implies that the 45-plus who have not taken the first dose may not get slots.