Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Practically impossible to provide oxygen to other states due to rising COVID cases: Kerala CM tells Centre
Citing rising COVID- 19 cases in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to the Centre, saying it will be practically impossible to provide Oxygen to other states. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vijayan said in order to manage the crisis, the state had ensured 450 MT of buffer stock and had been managing oxygen without putting pressure on the national grid. “However, due to the demands from neighbouring states, the buffer stock was allowed to be transported and now the buffer stock is only 86 MT,” he said. “As per the decisions in the meeting of the Central Committee on Oxygen allocation held on May 6, the state will allow 40 MT to Tamil Nadu by May 10. However, after this, it will be practically impossible to allow oxygen to be taken outside the state considering the present situation,” he added. (PTI)
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Sewa spends $ 6 million on lifesaving equipment for India
Non-profit organisation Sewa International said that it has spent over $ 6 million to procure lifesaving equipment in the last two weeks as part of its ‘Help India Defeat COVID-19’ campaign. The equipment shipped to India from New York on May 7 included 260 oxygen concentrators, 1,000 oximeters and nine Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure machines, it said in a statement. MedShare, a non-profit organisation that sources and delivers surplus medical supplies and equipment to communities in need, donated the concentrators. The United Parcel Service Foundation partnered with Sewa International to ship them to New Delhi by air for free. (PTI)
Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir LIVE Updates | 302 people fined, 5 shops sealed in Udhampur for violating COVID-19 norms
As many as 302 people were fined, five shops sealed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district yesterday for violation of COVID-19 norms, police said. FIRs were also registered against the violators, they said. The police action comes amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the district. The police said 302 people were fined for violating orders issued by the district magistrate by not wearing face masks and not maintaining social distancing. (PTI)
Coronavirus in India LIVE Updates | Assam reports 5,803 new COVID cases, 77 more deaths
Assam reported record 77 COVID-19 deaths yesterday, besides the highest single-day spike of 5,803 new cases, according to the National Health Mission. There are 37,500 active cases in the state at present, it said. The state has so far reported 2,98,171 cases and 1,753 deaths. The number of patients discharged during the day is 4,231 and the total recoveries so far are 2,57,571. The recovery rate in the state is 86.38 percent. Total 24,30,843 people received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the state. (PTI)
Coronavirus Vaccine LIVE Updates | Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12
COVID-19 vaccines finally are headed for more kids as US regulators yesterday expanded the use of Pfizer’s shot to those as young as 12, sparking a race to protect middle and high school students before they head back to class in the fall. Shots could begin as soon as a federal vaccine advisory committee issues recommendations for using the two-dose vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds, expected Wednesday. Vaccinating children of all ages will be critical to a return to normalcy. Most COVID-19 vaccines rolling out worldwide have been authorized for adults. Pfizers vaccine is being used in multiple countries for teens as young as 16, and Canada recently became the first to expand use to 12 and up. (AP)
Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Twitter donates $ 15 million for COVID-19 relief in India
Microblogging giant Twitter has donated $ 15 million to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India which is battling the unprecedented second wave of the deadly pandemic. Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey yesterday tweeted that the amount has been donated to three non-governmental organisations Care, Aid India and Sewa International USA. While CARE has been given $ 10 million, Aid India and Sewa International USA have received $ 2.5 million each. (PTI)
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