-The Hindu India accounts for 1 in 3 cases globally With 3,32,348 new COVID-19 cases as of 11.30 p.m. IST on April 22, India reported more than 3 lakh new infections for the second consecutive day. As many as 2,247 new deaths were also recorded. The country has so far reported a total of 1,62,57,337 cases and 1,86,919 deaths. The figures do not include cases and deaths from Ladakh. The data are sourced...
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“Is there no humanity left”: Delhi HC castigates Centre for its handling of oxygen crisis
-TheLeaflet.in THE Delhi High Court Wednesday castigated the Central Government over its handling of the oxygen crisis in the city and across the country, caused by the second wave of Covid19. “It is the Centre’s responsibility to ensure supply of oxygen to hospitals running short of it. Protect fundamental rights of citizens by ensuring the supply of oxygen by whatever means”, said a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli. “There is...
More »Another Mass Exodus of Migrant Workers Likely if Delhi's Lockdown Persists -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in With a large number of units in the unorganised sector closing down and few providing residential facilities to workers, many have already started leaving. New Delhi: As the Delhi government announced a six-day lockdown from Monday to combat the spread of COVID-19, a large number of migrant workers began leaving for their home towns and villages – bringing back memories of a similar crisis in March 2020. Workers fear that the...
More »With more than 3 lakh cases, India records world’s highest single-day spike on April 21, 2021
-The Hindu The country reported as many 3,15,660 cases and 2,091 deaths. For the first time, more than 3 lakh COVID-19 cases were registered in a single day in India on April 21. As many as 3,15,660 cases and 2,091 deaths were recorded in the country as of 11.15 p.m. IST on April 21. No country has recorded more cases in a single day. The country has so far reported a total...
More »Will You Ask Patients To Wait For Oxygen, Court Slams Centre -Arvind Gunasekar
-NDTV.com As the Delhi government said it had logged a record 32,000 cases in a single day yesterday, the High Court also raised questions on the Centre's distribution policy on oxygen and vaccines. New Delhi: Taking up allegations of oxygen shortage and discrimination in resources leaving Delhi hamstrung in its Covid fight, the High Court said today if medicines were not being sent to places that really needed them, "blood is on...
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