Новости за 11.05.2021

Covid vaccine supply to private hospitals in Assam has come to a complete halt for the last 10 days as vaccine shortage has compelled the state health department to open the booking of slots on the Co-WIN portal after 4pm everyday depending on the availability of doses in government-run vaccination centres.

The oxygen shortage in Bengaluru hospitals is likely to be mitigated to some extent as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is set to receive 60mt of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) on Wednesday.

Amid the third phase of Covid-19 vaccine drive in northern Karnataka, uncertainty prevails among a large section of the people aged over 45, who are still awaiting the second dose of the vaccine.

Jharkhand on Tuesday reported 129 fresh fatalities, pushing the toll to 3,982, while 6,187 new coronavirus cases raised the tally to 2,92,530, the health department said in its bulletin.

Bichitrananda Sahu, a security guard, has been waiting in front of the Aahar Centre at Master Canteen for about an hour for taking a parcel of cooked meal. “I can’t cook to save my life. After I lost my job in the lockdown, I could not return to my village.

The state government has issued an advisory for protection of senior citizens during the deadly second wave. The department of social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities (SSEPD) has asked the district collectors to implement the advisory at old-age homes run by NGOs.

With a sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths and positive cases in the city, the Kamrup (Metro) district administration has designated seven more crematoriums to dispose of bodies.

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on Monday announced promotion of all registered Class 11 examinees without exams because of the pandemic. Last year, too, the Class 11 exam could not be held in the state due to Covid-19.

Residents of Guwahati, while congratulating the new chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, urged him to take initiative to solve the problem of flash floods in the city, which is worsening year after year.

A police constable from Hunsur, Mysuru district, deferred his wedding in order to aid his colleagues in the fight against the second wave of the pandemic.

As thousands of people from the northeast are in home quarantine with Covid infection in the national capital and in urgent need of oxygen, IPS officer from Arunachal Pradesh, posted in Delhi, Robin Hibu’s ‘Helping Hands’ NGO has emerged as a saviour with an oxygen ATM facility.

Odisha on Monday reported its first case of black fungus infection Mucormycosis, in a Covid patient. A 71-year-old man from Jajpur, who has been admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, has tested positive for the rare fungal infection amid reports of rise in such cases in Delhi, Maharashtra and Gujarat.

The opposition AIUDF on Monday congratulated new chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and hoped that the new ministry under Sarma’s leadership will work for the development of the state and its people irrespective of region, caste and creed. The party sought faster rollout of vaccines amid surge in coronavirus cases in Assam.

The Puri district administration has introduced a token system for beneficiaries of 45 years and above to regulate the crowd at the vaccination centres.

Minutes after he took the oath as the chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma’s congratulatory messages from the country’s who’s who bombarded his twitter account and he replied to each message.

Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said it would take some time for her to come to terms that her husband, who had predicted three decades back that one day he would one day become the CM, has finally become one.

Under strict Covid-19 protocol, Assam governor professor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office to Himanta Biswa Sarma as the 15th chief minister of the state and to 13 cabinet ministers at the auditorium of Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra here on Monday.

Many have missed or are about to miss the deadline for the booster shot owing to the short supply of Covishield.

Assam on Monday recorded 77 Covid-related deaths — the state’s highest number of single-day fatalities since the pandemic broke out last year. At the same time, the state registered 5,803 new cases, the highest so far, after carrying out 72,197 tests.

From enforcing the lockdown to distributing free food, oximeters and medicines among the poor and needy besides maintaining law and order, the Odisha Police have not shied away from responding to the call of duty in this hour of crisis.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday flagged his ongoing battle against Covid-19 as the single top priority for now for the new government, which he assured will be a “proactive government” and will be available to the people 24X7.

For the fifth consecutive day, the state on Monday witnessed more than 10,000 Covid cases with the positivity rate well-poised above 20%. Seventeen more people died of Covid.

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has demanded an increase in medical oxygen allocation for the state, arguing that it has a higher Covid caseload than Delhi and the current allotment of 267 metric tonnes is inadequate with the infection count going up.