Coronavirus Highlights: Covid Patients From AP Stopped From Entering Telangana Over Supply Shortages In Hospitals
Coronavirus Highlights,10th May, Monday: Amid the uproar about vaccine shortage, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur said the government has provided 17.56 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far to states and union territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days. Amid the rise in cases of mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ infection among COVID-19 survivors, the government released an evidence-based advisory for screening, diagnosis and management of the disease and stated that it may turn fatal if not cared for.
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Coronavirus Highlights,10th May, Monday: Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday said the government has provided 17.56 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far to states and union territories for inoculation of people of all age groups and 46 lakh doses will be supplied to them in the next three days.
Thakur's remarks came in response to senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to use Rs 35,000 crore allocated in the Union Budget to ensure free vaccine for all citizens instead of the current system of multiple pricing for various users.
A document has reportedly been found wherein Chinese scientists and health officials are found discussing a “new era of genetic weapons" that could be “artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleashed. The document was written before the pandemic in 2015, news agency ANI quoted Weekend Australian that was published in news.com.au.
Amid the rise in cases of mucormycosis or ‘black fungus’ infection among COVID-19 survivors, the government released an evidence-based advisory for screening, diagnosis and management of the disease. Stating that it may turn fatal if not cared for, the government said mucormycosis is a fungal infection that mainly affects people who are medication that reduces their ability to fight environmental pathogens.
Covid Patients From Andhra Pradesh Stopped From Entering Telangana Over Supply Shortages In Hyderabad Hospitals
Hyderabad, May 10 (IANS): Covid patients from Andhra Pradesh were on Monday stopped from entering Telangana by the police, citing shortage of beds and oxygen in Hyderabad's hospitals.
Telangana police stopped ambulances bringing Covid patients from the neighbouring state to Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
Ambulances were stopped on inter-state borders in Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda districts. Police were also checking the vehicles at toll gates to stop entry of Covid patients.
The sudden move caused severe hardships to critically ill patients. People accompanying them were seen pleading Telangana police to allow them to proceed to Hyderabad.
The police officials insisted that they produce letters from hospitals where they would be seeking the treatment. They said only in cases where hospitals give in writing that they will be allotted beds and treated, they will allow them to travel to Hyderabad.
An ambulance carrying a critically ill patient from Mydukur in Kadapa district was stopped in Mahabubnagar district. After waiting for two hours at the border, the ambulance returned to Mydukur.
A woman from Anantapur accompanying her Covid positive husband broke down while requesting the police to allow them to proceed towards Hyderabad. "At the time of bifurcation (of united Andhra Pradesh) you said Telugu people are one. What is happening now," she asked the chief ministers of both the Telugu states.
Telangana BJP spokesman Krishna Sagar Rao urged the state government to allow critically ill patients from other states on humanitarian grounds. "It's fair to give priority to Telangana people in hospital admissions but in this crisis critical patients from other states should be allowed to get treatment in Hyderabad," he said.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh police said they would allow private ambulances to proceed towards Hyderabad only if they have permission from Telangana authorities. It suggested to those wanting to go to Hyderabad for treatment to take letters from hospitals concerned in Hyderabad they are ready to provide beds and treat the patients.
Telangana officials have been saying that majority of the patients undergoing treatment in Covid hospitals in Hyderabad are from neighbouring states like Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
The Telangana government had been requesting the Centre to hike the state's quota for oxygen and medicines keeping in view the large number of patients from other states undergoing treatment in Hyderabad.
Madhya Pradesh reports 9,715 fresh Covid cases, 7,324 recoveries & 81 deaths
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