The European Commission has expressed solidarity with India as second wave continues to rage across the country. Assuring support, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said they stand with India in this hour of crisis. “The EU stands at India’s side in this most challenging time. We will also discuss how to further strengthen our strategic partnership,” she wrote in a tweet.
While 1,70,841 COVID patients across the country are on ventilator, as many as 9,02,291 patients are on oxygen support, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the pandemic situation, the minister said that 1.34 percent of COVID caseload was in ICU, 0.39 percent of cases were on ventilators and 3.70 percent COVID patients were on oxygen support.
The Supreme Court has set up a national task force that will ensure streamlining of oxygen distribution as Covid-19 crisis in the country has caused massive shortage of oxygen in hospitals. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka are some of the states that have been ravaged by oxygen shortage.
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