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cOvID-19 crISIS IN INDIa

Worst-case Scenario with rising deaths

and shortage of oxygen and vaccines

Courts last at Govt; Centre reviews situation; and Air Force aircraft

bring aid from foreign countries

Our Bureau cation. The HC had also warned
New Delhi the Centre that it may consider
initiating contempt proceedings
ndia is living a nightmare. in case of non-compliance.
There is no good news on The Centre on Sunday re-
Iany front. viewed the state of COVID-19
Delhi’s new COVID-19 preparedness in Delhi in view
cases slightly dipped on Sun- of the spurt in cases across the
day to 20,394 but the city saw country.
407 deaths in the last 24 hours. Cabinet secretary Rajiv
This is the second consecutive Gauba today reviewed various
day when Delhi saw more than aspects of COVID-19 prepared-
400 deaths. According to Del- ness in Delhi. Officials of the
hi Health Department, the city Government of NCT of Delhi
also saw 24,444 discharges in the (GNCTD) made a presentation
last 24 hours. The total count of in the meeting, covering issues
cases in the city has gone up to of recent trends in the active
11,94,946 including 92,290 ac- cases, deaths and positivity rate;
tive cases and 10,85,690 recov- an iaF MCC iL 76 airlifted three cryogenic liquid oxygen tanks from Singa- availability and expansion plans
eries. The death toll has gone pore on Saturday. (ani Photo) of medical infrastructure; status
up to 16,966. of oxygen availability; home iso-
The city saw 412 deaths, Jamnagar, and two from Hin- Court order. lation procedures and helpline;
25,219 new cases, and 27,421 re- don to Bhubaneswar, the IAF A Bench of Justices Vipin ambulance services; and test-
coveries on Saturday. India on informed. Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli ing. The meeting was attended
Sunday reported 3,92,488 new C-17 transport aircraft are in an urgent hearing asked Del- by the Home Secretary Dr VK
COVID-19 cases, slightly less also preparing to airlift more hi Government to respond to Paul, member, NITI Aayog,
from yesterday’s high of over oxygen containers from Singa- the Centre’s application seek- Chief Secretary, Delhi and oth-
400,000 cases. pore, the Ministry of Home Af- ing to recall yesterday’s High er senior officials of GNCTD,
Bringing much-needed relief fairs (MHA) informed. Court order. The HC on May 1 senior officials of the Union
amid the ongoing COVID-19 “IAF C17 transport aircraft has asked Central Government Health Ministry, and Commis-
crisis in the country, the India gearing up to airlift more emp- to ensure that Delhi receives its sioners of Municipal Corpora-
Air Force (IAF)’s C-17 aircraft ty oxygen containers from Sin- allocated supply of 490 MT pos- tions of Delhi and Chairman,
on Sunday airlifted four cryo- gapore today. These containers itively today, by whatever means NDMC.
genic oxygen containers from will further boost oxygen avail- and considering the fact that The Cabinet Secretary em-
Frankfurt in Germany to Hin- ability in the country in view of Delhi is not an industrial State, phasised the need to ramp up
don airbase near Delhi. the current Covid - 19 surge. and does not have availability the medical infrastructure in
Along with this, 450 oxygen The airlift is being coordinated of cryogenic tankers of its own Delhi, at the earliest, to cater
cylinders from Brize Norton in by MHA,” the MHA Spokes- which could be requisitioned to the increasing demand for
the UK were also airlifted to the person tweeted on Tuesday. under the Disaster Manage- COVID beds, ICUs and venti-
Chennai airbase in Tamil Nadu. In view of the prevailing Ox- ment Act-like other States have lators. He also stressed the need
Additionally, C-17s airlifted ygen shortage of for Covid pa- done. to make available all relevant in-
two cryogenic oxygen contain- tients, the Delhi High Court on It falls upon the Central Gov- formation on COVID beds and
ers from Chandigarh to Bhu- Sunday issued a notice to the ernment to arrange the tankers other facilities/ medicine avail-
baneswar, two from Jodhpur Delhi Government on an appli- as well, so that the allocation ability to the public, through
to Jamnagar, two from Hindan cation filed by the Centre seek- made to Delhi could be fulfilled, dedicated websites/ apps, on the
to Ranchi, two from Indore to ing to recall yesterday’s High lest it remains only a paper allo- Continued on next page... >>

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