Ankit_sharma03 Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 Whats it for ppl who work in crematoriums Note- Not easy to watch Vivek92 and Under_Score 1 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, ravishingravi said: Vaccine is effective. Period. However, it’s no guarantee. Under certain circumstances, you could contract and be serious. But it’s a very small percentage. @rising Most importantly, it takes 2 - 3 weeks after the 2nd dose for max immunity. I just hope this was drilled into people again and again.
Yoda-esque Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 [mention=19745]rising[/mention] Most importantly, it takes 2 - 3 weeks after the 2nd dose for max immunity. I just hope this was drilled into people again and again. I think even one dose helps although I am not too sure.I know of very aged folks who,after one side,contracted covid but suffered mild symptoms.
EnterTheVoid Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 There are no two ways about it. We got complacent and stuffed up. How we went from exporting COVID vaccines worldwide to have an Oxygen shortage nationwide, I'll never be able to truly and fully understand. beetle 1
randomGuy Posted May 4, 2021 Posted May 4, 2021 51 minutes ago, EnterTheVoid said: There are no two ways about it. We got complacent and stuffed up. How we went from exporting COVID vaccines worldwide to have an Oxygen shortage nationwide, I'll never be able to truly and fully understand. Kejriwal also till we had arnd 15k daily cases said we have sufficient beds and oxygen, and 2 days later says 'we are fked'....that's steep exponential rise for you. Although good thing is that it may fall as quickly also. Fingers crossed. Ankit_sharma03 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Yoda-esque said: 3 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said: [mention=19745]rising[/mention] Most importantly, it takes 2 - 3 weeks after the 2nd dose for max immunity. I just hope this was drilled into people again and again. I think even one dose helps although I am not too sure.I know of very aged folks who,after one side,contracted covid but suffered mild symptoms. One dose may help, but in most cases, it is not enough help. In such a situation, you take the safest possible course of action, which obviously is not what people have been doing. I understand people have to earn a living and go to work. But it was disconcerting to see pictures and videos of people gallivanting at weddings and traveling everywhere without masks like it was a post-pandemic world ... because they got vaccinated once yesterday. It was a ticking time bomb.
vvvslaxman Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 First wave did not make people this much sick. Second wave is worse. And also transmission rate is higher for tis variant. In most cases entire family get sick. Some have long term impacts. It can range from mild to severe. This is so heartbreaking also scary. People who don't need to come out should stay home.
beetle Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, randomGuy said: Kejriwal also till we had arnd 15k daily cases said we have sufficient beds and oxygen, and 2 days later says 'we are fked'....that's steep exponential rise for you. Although good thing is that it may fall as quickly also. Fingers crossed. Kejriwal is a whining con. The guy can't manage oxygen,hospitals in Delhi but is promising Punjab oxygen ,at the same time complaining about lack of oxygen. Guess what...punjab election are due soon. His words mean nothing . #@$%^&politicians and their election priorities. Edited May 5, 2021 by beetle SRT100 and randomGuy 1 1
rkt.india Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 31 minutes ago, beetle said: Kejriwal is a whining con. The guy can't manage oxygen,hospitals in Delhi but is promising Punjab oxygen ,at the same time complaining about lack of oxygen. Guess what...punjab election are due soon. His words mean nothing . #@$%^&politicians and their election priorities. Delhi doesn't have oxygen plants. How is he going to give it to punjab
ravishingravi Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Delhi doesn't have oxygen plants. How is he going to give it to punjab Well he can give free WiFi to protesting farmers.
ravishingravi Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 Mumbai seems well on its way to recovery. In 10-15 days, we will see the same in other parts of India. I am hopeful. dial_100 and randomGuy 1 1
mishra Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Under_Score said: These people also deserve free vaccine for putting their life at risk...just like the front-line workers in healthcare. TBH, Everyone deserves free vaccine. Healthcare of country is a state subject. Lord 1
rkt.india Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 3 hours ago, ravishingravi said: Mumbai seems well on its way to recovery. In 10-15 days, we will see the same in other parts of India. I am hopeful. Mumbai has lockdown. Other parts don't.
ravishingravi Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 18 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Mumbai has lockdown. Other parts don't. Lockdown means nothing in Mumbai. It has already peaked when they decided to lockdown.
Mariyam Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 8 minutes ago, ravishingravi said: Lockdown means nothing in Mumbai. It has already peaked when they decided to lockdown. I am still skeptical. The tests are lower than they were even a weak ago. https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/coronavirus-cases-mumbai-logs-2-554-new-covid-cases-in-24-hours-lowest-since-march-17-2428015 [quote] However, only 29,076 coronavirus tests were conducted over 24 hours, leading to some concern that the number of new cases reported every day may, in fact, be higher. [/quote] Also, can we look at Mumbai in isolation? Given that most who stay around Mumbai: Thane, Virar, New Bombay etc also may travel to Mumbai for work. If their respective districts are still showing a high positivity rate, Mumbai is not really out of the woods yet.
Stan AF Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 New guidelines by drug regulator CDSCO clears way for import of foreign COVID-19 vaccines like Sputnik V Dr Reddy's Laboratories, the custodian of the Sputnik V vaccine in India, has already announced the arrival of 1.5 lakh doses as first consignment of the 250 million doses it plans to import from Russia; Pfizer is reportedly negotiating an expedited approval pathway for the use of its vaccine in India SUBHAYAN CHAKRABORTY MAY 05, 2021 / 11:12 AM IST https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/new-guidelines-by-drug-regulator-cdsco-clears-way-for-import-of-foreign-covid-19-vaccines-like-sputnik-v-6855871.html So, we have a final number of imports of sputnik vaccine. 25 crore doses. Some good news finally.
Stan AF Posted May 5, 2021 Posted May 5, 2021 Where are the 300 tonnes of emergency Covid-19 supplies that have landed in Delhi in last five days? No domestic flights have taken off to carry the supplies to other parts of India, nor have states been informed about their share by the Centre. Arunabh Saikia & Supriya Sharma May 03, 2021 · 08:44 pm A consignment of 1.25 lakh vials remdesivir arrives from the US. | @MEAIndia In the past five days, 25 flights loaded with 300 tonnes of emergency Covid-19 relief supplies have landed in India’s capital from around the world. The supplies include 5,500 oxygen concentrators, 3,200 oxygen cylinders and 1,36,000 remdesivir injections, said a spokesperson of the Delhi International Airport Limited. The emergency aid could save lives. But it seems not to have reached even those who are gasping for oxygen a few km away. “As far as I know, we have not received anything so far,” said Dr Nutan Mundeja, Director General of Health Services, Delhi government. Delhi, which has nearly 100,000 active Covid-19 cases and 20,000 patients in hospital, is facing a crippling shortage of oxygen. On May 1, 12 patients, including a doctor, died in Batra Hospital after it ran out of the life-saving gas. By April 30, Delhi Airport had received 500 oxygen concentrators from the United Kingdom, 700 from Ireland. On May 2, another 1,000 oxygen cylinders arrived from the United States and 150 oxygen concentrators from Uzbekistan. Yet, hospitals and families continue to make desperate appeals for oxygen on social media, while the status of the emergency supplies remains unclear, barring oxygen generation units sent by France which have been earmarked for eight hospitals, six of them in Delhi. States in the dark Not just Delhi, the emergency relief supplies seem not to have been dispatched to other states in India. “There is no record of Covid related medical aid being sent to domestic destinations,” said the spokesperson of Delhi Airport around noon on Monday. The Ministry of External Affairs told The Hindu that an Empowered Group of Ministers and officials was fielding requests from state governments. But officials in six states told Scroll.in on Monday that they have not heard from the Centre about whether they will be receiving any share in the emergency supplies. “We really need these supplies, but we don’t even know they have arrived,” said Kumar Rahul, secretary in Punjab health department. Tamil Nadu’s health department had not heard from the Centre either. “As of now we have got no intimation about any state allotment,” said J Radhakrishnan, principal secretary in the state health department. “We don’t know what has been received by Delhi and for whom it has been received.” Bihar, which has seen a surge in the last few weeks, has also not received any of the emergency supplies. A senior health official said the state could do well with some supplies of oxygen concentrators and cylinders. In adjoining Jharkhand, Ravi Kumar Shukla, the state’s national health mission director, said the state had “no information” of any emergency supplies being allocated to it. West Bengal, which is in “drastic need of both oxygen cylinders and concentrators”, according to state officials, has not received any either. “Neither has there been any information about allocation,” said Ajoy Chakraborty, the state’s director of health services. Odisha’s state health department said the state needed more remdesivir supplies. “We haven’t received any international aid,” said Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, additional chief secretary, department of health and family welfare in the state. “I have been in talking to secretary, [the Union department of] pharmaceuticals almost every day about remdesivir.” Lack of transparency Much of the Covid-19 assistance arriving at the Delhi Airport is being handed over to the Indian government through the Indian Red Cross Society, a non-profit organisation with close links with the government. “Consignments that come from abroad are generally handed over to Indian Red Cross Society,” said the airport spokesperson. “It is they who distribute as per GOI [Government of India] directive.” A dedicated logistic facility called the Jeevoday warehouse had been set up over 3,500 square metres at the airport for the interim storage of Covid-19 relief materials, he added. Four shipments sent by the United States have landed at Delhi airport between Friday morning and Sunday night. “As each US shipment arrives, USAID is transferring ownership of provided materials upon their arrival to the Government of India through the Indian Red Cross organisation,” said a spokesperson of the US embassy in New Delhi. “We refer you to the Government of India for information about the deployment and use of these materials subsequent to their transfer.” RK Jain, the secretary general of the Indian Red Cross, said its role was confined to getting the consignments cleared through customs and handing them over to HLL Lifecare Limited, a central government company which he said was handling storage and logistics. “The allocation is done by the [health] ministry,” he said. Jain did not respond to specific queries about the status of shipments that had arrived. Another official of the Indian Red Cross, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the relief material was being stored in HLL Lifecare Limited’s warehouses in the airport’s cargo section. The official said some of the materials were “under transit”, but refused to give out more details. “You should contact the HLL and the ministry,” the official said. HLL Lifecare Limited’s chairperson Beji George also refused to field queries. Asked if any materials have been dispatched at all, George said: “It is coming and going. You may check with the ministry of health.” Questions emailed to Mandeep Bhandari, the joint secretary in the health ministry who oversees the HLL Lifecare Limited’s operations, went unanswered. He did not respond to phone calls. A person who works in the humanitarian aid sector, who did not want to be identified, said the Indian Red Cross Society did not have adequate personnel to handle relief operations on this scale. Another problem, he said, was that the customs clearance process was taking long, since the authorities were insisting on a declaration of the value of each shipment, even though the government had waived duties. “This is aid sent by other governments,” he said. “It should be cleared in one go.” Even oxygen concentrators purchased by a private hospital in Delhi were lying stacked up at the Delhi Airport, its lawyer told the Delhi High Court around 1.30 pm on Monday. The court asked the Centre to furnish details about the number of concentrators pending customs clearance at the airport. In a statement released several hours later, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs said “no such consignment is pending with custom authorities”. An update: Centre claims Covid-19 foreign aid promptly distributed, but states say process began only on May 3 Support our journalism by subscribing to Scroll+. 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