India News: NAGPUR: Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli and Nagpur district collectors are adopting innovative measures to counter vaccine hesitancy among the tribal populat.
Nagpur: In a reversal of the trend, the number of daily Covid cases were higher in Nagpur rural as compared to those within city limits on Wednesday, .
Maharashtra Covid lockdow news live: E-pass system reintroduced for emergency travel during curbs
Maharashtra Covid lockdow news live: E-pass system reintroduced for emergency travel during curbs
Maharashtra reported over 500 Covid fatalities for the third day in a row, logging 568 deaths for the second day, to take its toll to 62,479. The state also added 67,013 cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 40.9 lakh. Meanwhile, deaths in Mumbai climbed to 75 on Thursday, the highest this year. The second Covid-19 wave has brought to the surface the pathetic state of Maharashtra’s public health system. Lack of beds of all types is overwhelming hospitals with many districts reporting 190-200% occupancy. Hingoli in Marathwada is one of the grim examples, where 121 patients were vying for 55 ICU beds early this week and 38 patients for 30 ventilators. After Hingoli where the requirement for ventilators touched 126% against availability, it was 102% and 103% for Solapur and Aurangabad resp
The Bombay High Court came down heavily on the Maharashtra government on Wednesday for its extremely callous behaviour towards the issue of procuring and allocating Remdesivir injections for COVID-19 patients and said the authorities are shirking their responsibilities. The critical remarks by the Nagpur bench of the HC came in the backdrop of a nationwide scramble for the anti- viral drug being widely used to treat COVID-19 patients. A division bench of Justices S B Shukre and S M Modak was irked that its April 19 order, directing the state government to supply 10,000 Remdesivir vials to Nagpur, badly affected by COVID-19, on that very day, was not complied with completely.