Congress leader Kapil Sibal said that health may a State issue but when a disaster happens it becomes a subject of Union. Adding to it he said that Government would never agree on the fact that people did die due to lack of Oxygen in the country.
The Union health ministry has said the states have not provided any information on deaths of Covid patients in hospitals due to lack of oxygen. With a number of deaths due to oxygen shortage making headlines during the second wave, especially in Delhi, the matter drew sharp criticism from the opposition.
The government on Tuesday favoured the reopening of primary schools over secondary schools, and also emphasised that all staff should be vaccinated against Covid-19. "Once India starts considering, it will be wise to open primary schools first before opening secondary schools. All the support staff whether it be school bus drivers, teachers & other staff in the school need to be vaccinated," ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava said at a press conference today.
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"We had a detailed discussion on the political situation in Haryana, possible 3rd wave of COVID, the vaccination drive in the state, & the farmers' issue," Vij tweets
PM Modi will hold the meeting at 11 am on July 20. The report further stated that the leaders would be given a presentation of the Centre's COVID handling and the vaccination policy would be discussed with them.
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day after witnessing multiple disruptions as several Opposition members trooped into the Well of the House raising slogans and protesting over various issues.
The government of Kerala has announced a complete two-day lockdown in the state after witnessing a surge in daily new cases of COVID-19. The state is observing a complete lockdown on July 17 and July 18.
The Tokyo Olympics has registered its first Covid-19 Tokyo Olympics ,Covid-19 case, Olympic Village case in the Olympic Village six days before the Games open, organisers said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that rising Covid-19 cases in few states are still a matter of concern. Reviewing the Covid-19 situation with Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka,Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Odisha, the Prime Minister asked the CMs to adopt effective measures to combat the pandemic and focus on micro-containment zones.
Samajwadi Party will hold state-wide protests on July 15 against 'large scale fraud' in the Panchayat election.
Denying the claims of vaccine shortage, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said, the availability of COVID-19 vaccine doses has been increased to 13.50 crore for July.
India reported 38,792 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours. 41,000 people also recovered from coronavirus in a day.
: Congress Parliament strategy group meet to be held on July 14. Sonia Gandhi to chair the meet that'll be held virtually. Final call about change of leadership in Lok Sabha likely to be taken after it, other changes in LS team also possible, considering 'One Man One Post' formula.
The Uttarakhand government has decided to cancel Kanwar Yatra this year due to Coronavirus pandemic. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday acknowledged the cultural significance of Kanwar Yatra but reiterated that his government's priority remains saving lives amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Expressing his concern over the growing number of Covid cases in some districts of the northeastern states during an interaction with the Chief Ministers of the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stressed on the need to catch these signals and take strict actions at the micro level.
India's COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,10,784 with 2,020 new deaths recorded after Madhya Pradesh reconciled its fatality data, while 31,443 new coronavirus cases were reported, the lowest in 118 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
At least 50 people werekilled in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq's southern city of Nassiriya.
India reported 37,154 new cases and 724 more deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Monday, taking the caseload to 30,874,376, according to the Union health ministry’s update at 8 am. The death toll has climbed to 4,08,764.
West Bengal: Three suspected Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists arrested by Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force today.
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