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.
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.
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Ashok Kumar, the Block Development Officer of Chausa in the district, said that the administration has spotted 45 dead bodies at Mahadev Ghat.
"Chausa is located on the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh border. These dead bodies are definitely thrown in districts in Uttar Pradesh. We have deployed guards at Mahadev Ghat and cremations of dead bodies are underway," he said.
Buxar SDO K.K. Upadhyay said: "During preliminary investigation, it has appeared that the dead bodies are in decomposed state and more than 5 to 6 days old. We are interacting with our counterparts in Varanasi and Allahabad (Prayagraj) to investigate the incident and intensify vigil in the areas located on the banks of the Ganga."
Despite the district administration of disposal of dead bodies is underway in a proper manner, the situation in Mahadev Ghat is extremely shocking, with the dead bodies flowing in the river being torn apart from street dogs and vultures.
Anjoria Devi, the wife of the Dom Raja of Mahadev Ghat in Chausa, alleged that relatives of the deceased are also coming to the Ghat and throwing the dead bodies into the Ganga without cremation.
"Around 10 dead bodies are being thrown in every day. When they were asked not to do so, they assault us. They also argue who would bear the expenses of cremation," she told reporters. (PTI)
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"Oxygen Express is being run, tankers being sent on large aircraft of Air Force. Yesterday, we supplied 1000 MT of oxygen in the state. But it shouldn't remain restricted to supply, Oxygen Plants should be established too. Work is underway to set up 300 Oxygen Plants in the state," he added.
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There should not be any kind of laxity in enforcing the lockdown. Whoever violates the guideline, strict action should be taken against them, he said in a statement.
The CM said along with all efforts for investigation, treatment, vaccination and expansion of resources, the government will strictly follow the coronavirus-induced lockdown to prevent the spread of the infection. Without this, it is not possible to stop this deadly wave, he said.
Uttar Pradesh Medical Education Minister Suresh Khanna on Sunday said that people who test positive for COVID-19 are spreading fear of the disease and that is also causing many deaths.
It is everyone's responsibility not to spread fear, he told reporters after visiting the medical college here.
Khanna also visited the hospital's ICU ward.
"After testing positive for COVID-19, people are spreading fear of the disease from inside their homes to outside. Deaths are also taking place due to this fear. In such a scenario, it is our responsibility not to spread fear of COVID," Khanna said.
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Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan have been shifted from the Sitapur jail to a private hospital in Lucknow for coronavirus treatment, officials said on Sunday.
"Azam Khan has tested positive for COVID-19, and has moderate symptoms," Medanta Hospital (Lucknow) Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI.
On May 2, the jail administration tried to convince Azam Khan for treatment at Lucknow's King George's Medical University but the SP leader refused to move out of the jail.
On Sunday, he was convinced and officials confirmed in the evening that he along with his son were headed to Lucknow's Medanta Hospital.
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This comes few weeks after CM Yogi denied any oxygen shortage in the state's hospitals and promised strong action, including seizure of property, against people "spreading rumours".
Background
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.
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