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Coronavirus Highlights: Containers Carrying Medical Oxygen To Be Treated At Par With Emergency Vehicles, Says Transport Ministry

Coronavirus LIVE, 8th May, Saturday: Experts said that there is increasing evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is not just a disease of the lungs as initially thought but can also cause dangerous blood clots which need to be immediately removed to save limbs in some cases. The average weekly test positivity rate – proportion of samples tested that return positive for Covid-19 – in Delhi has now dropped at least five percentage points in the past week

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Coronavirus Highlights: Containers Carrying Medical Oxygen To Be Treated At Par With Emergency Vehicles, Says Transport Ministry

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Coronavirus LIVE, 8th May, Saturday:  The average weekly test positivity rate – proportion of samples tested that return positive for Covid-19 – in Delhi has now dropped at least five percentage points in the past week, offering a much-needed glimmer of hope at a time when the Capital’s administration and its people are engaged in a brutal battle against the city’s fourth Covid wave.

New Delhi is set to push for European Union (EU) support for a waiver of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines during the India-EU Summit on Saturday, which is also expected to witness the launch of negotiations on three key trade-related agreements.

UK health officials on Friday labelled a coronavirus variant first found in India a “variant of concern” and said it appeared to spread at least as readily as the one they found last year, which went on to trigger new waves of Covid-19 and force several countries into lockdown.

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Containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen to be treated at par with other emergency vehicles: Road Transport & Highways Ministry

"In order to provide uninterrupted passage for tankers & containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) across National Highways, the user fee for such vehicles at Toll Plazas has been exempted": Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

"Keeping in view the unprecedented demand for Medical Oxygen across the country due to Covid-19, containers carrying Liquid Medical Oxygen will be treated at par with other emergency vehicles such as ambulances, for 2 months or till further orders, the Ministry added.

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