Sydney-based cardiologist Dr Yadu Singh has spent the past few days frantically calling doctors and hospitals around New Delhi and his home state of Uttar Pradesh to find a hospital bed with oxygen for a young relative who had contracted Covid-19. Singh’s niece’s husband, 29, who lives in Delhi, was having breathing difficulties but was unable to find a hospital bed in the entire city to provide oxygen treatment, as India grapples with a record.
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Health Department wanted tougher restrictions to contain the pandemic
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Reckless action: A policeman warning a driver for violating COVID-19 norms in Chennai on Monday.
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Health Department wanted tougher restrictions to contain the pandemic
The State government may not be inclined to impose, for the time being, stronger measures than what has been done to contain the spread of COVID-19, although the Health Department favoured severe restrictions.
The government order restraining functioning of cinemas, auditoriums, gyms, bars, recreation clubs, big-format shops, shopping complexes and malls came into effect on Monday. E-registration has been mandatory for those entering the State with the exception of those arriving from Puducherry.
Indian Australians Say Morrison Morally Obliged To Repatriate Citizens Stranded In India
on April 26 2021 8:36 PM India s surge has seen it add about 350,000 cases and 2,600 deaths a day, and the healthcare system has been pushed to breaking point AFP / Maude BRULARD
Indian Australians are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison s government to help stranded citizens in the COVID-19-stricken country to come home.
Syndey-based cardiologist Dr. Yadu Singh believes the government has to work towards mass repatriation. She says the Morrison government is morally obliged to do everything for Australians who are stuck there.
“I have been approached by a lot of Indians in Australia who say we actually need to do more. I urge Mr. Morrison to consider a separate quarantine facility, where they are not causing risk to other arrivals,” Singh told The Guardian.
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There are mixed feelings about Australia’s cutting of flights from India as the country faces a COVID-19 crisis spiralling out of control.
India on Friday reported the world s highest daily tally of infections for the second day running, surpassing 330,000 new cases.
New deaths also jumped to a record 2,263, the health ministry said, while officials across northern and western India warned most hospitals were full and running out of oxygen.
On Thursday, the federal government announced it was cutting repatriation and direct flight arrivals by 30 per cent from India, and people who have been there in the past two weeks would have to test negative for the virus within three days of boarding a flight to Australia.