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stead of discussing when it would and keep the state safe from
come in India,” said Dr VK Paul, the third wave of COVID,” Dr
Member-Health, Niti Aayog Khanna said.
at the press conference here. Regarding the final decision
Lav Agarwal, Joint Secre-
tary of Union Health Ministry whether it will be conducted or
informed that a further surge not, Uttarakhand Chief Minister
Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday
in cases is being noted in some said that the Kanwar Yatra is not
states, like Manipur, Mizoram, a one-state affair and the state
Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. government will take the deci-
He also noted that there are
some states, where cases have sion after discussing it with other
come down but are still being states, including Delhi, Haryana
witnessed in the form of the pla- and Uttar Pradesh.
Earlier in March, another
teau. “We would like to request religious pilgrimage, the Kum-
to everyone, when we talk about bh Mela, was curtailed in light of
the third wave (of COVID-19), rising COVID-19 cases.
we are taking it as a weather up- An oxygen plant being installed at CWG COVID care center under
date and not understanding its preparation for the third wave, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI) In Jammu & Kashmir, Pul-
seriousness and our responsibil- wama district administration is
ities associated with it,” he said. constructing a 200-bed pre-fab-
ricated COVID Hospital in the
Agarwal also highlighted that district as part of preparations
the Centre has deputed teams in against any third wave of coro-
11 states so that they can help the navirus. The hospital is being
state governments in COVID-19
management. constructed under the direction
But some states are already of the Jammu and Kashmir ad-
ministration. The construction
preparing for the situation. Hary- work of the new COVID hospi-
ana government has decided to tal is in full swing and is expected
organise “Khelo India Youth to be completed soon. The work
Games, 2021” in February 2022
in view of the possible third wave is being executed by Small Scale
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Industries Development Corpo-
According to the state gov- ration Limited (SICOP) and the
total cost of the project is about
ernment’s release, a decision Rs 4.22 Lakh.
in this regard was taken in the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital intensifies preparations to save Non-COVID patients at the
first meeting of the Organiz- children amid fear of the third wave of COVID-19 in Lucknow. (ANI) old hospital of Pulwama had to
ing-cum-Coordination Commit-
tee regarding the preparation of suffer during the crisis created
‘Khelo India Youth Games-2021’ by the second wave of coronavi-
held under the chairmanship of rus because it was being used for
COVID patients only.
Haryana Chief Minister Mano- After the completion of the
har Lal. project, COVID patients will
The Indian Medical Associa-
tion (IMA) has also written to Ut- be treated in this new hospital
tarakhand Chief Minister Push- and the old hospital in Pulwama
kar Singh Dhami to disallow the will be used for regular patients.
Deputy Commissioner, Pulwa-
Kanwar Yatra this year in light ma, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary
of the possible third COVID-19 said that the new hospital will es-
wave. In the letter, IMA Uttara- pecially benefit people from far-
khand State Secretary Dr Ajay
Khanna expressed concerns flung areas.
about the crowds that may gath- “Everyone knows that there
er for the annual pilgrimage and is a possibility of a third wave of
COVID. This hospital will be
urged Dhami not to allow dev- beneficial for us, and our man-
otees from outside to enter the People wait to get Russian vaccine Sputnik V against COVID-19 at agement and mitigation will be
state for the Yatra. The ‘Kanwar Wockhardt Hospital, in Mumbai on Tuesday. (ANI) stronger. This will increase our
Yatra’ is an annual pilgrimage
of Lord Shiva’s devotees. Every India undertake the pilgrimage. coming proposed Kanwar Ya- capacity, and the facilities will be
year during the Hindu calen- It was cancelled last year due tra in July - August 2021... We improved. People from the far-
dar month of ‘Saavan’, thou- to the rising COVID-19 cases. should not allow devotees to en- flung areas will be benefitted the
sands of devotees from across “I request you to disallow the ter the boundaries of our state Continued on next page... >>
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