70 tonnes of oxygen arriving in Delhi tonight

The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the lifesaving gas will depart from Jindal Steel Works plant in Raigarh on Sunday night Railway Board Chairman Suneet Sharma said The train with four tankers will reach Delhi by Monday night he addedThe railways has chalked out plans to transport medical oxygen from Angul Kalingnagar Rourkela and Raigarh to Delhi and NCR region he said adding the Delhi government has been advised to get road tankers ready to obtain the oxygenEvery few hours as it has been for the last days hospitals across Delhi and its suburbs have been sending out desperate messages seeking help on social media and other platforms flagging their dwindling stocks of oxygenCOVID19 patients from Delhi as well as Haryana and Himachal Pradesh are rushing to Punjab amid shortage of oxygen and beds said officials on Sunday Many patients from Delhi have been admitted to hospitals in Patiala Jalandhar and other places they said ldquoPresently there are 1314 patients from Delhi who are admitted to Rajindra Hospitalrdquo Patiala Civil Surgeon Dr Satinder SinghMeanwhile Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has extended the ongoing lockdown for another week The lockdown which was scheduled to end at 5 am on April 26 will now continue till 5 am on May 3 he said ldquoWe will have to watch for a few more days whether the cases decrease or increaserdquoDelhi recorded the highest singleday rise in its COVID19 deaths at 357 on Saturday as well as over 24000 fresh cases India on Sunday morning reported 349691 new cases and a record 2767 fatalitieslsquoO2 plants in every districtrsquoAs many as 551 dedicated pressure swing Adsorption medical oxygen generation plants will be set up inside public health facilities across the country to boost availability of the lifesaving gas amid its shortage in several states battling the COVID19 surge The PMO said on Sunday that the PM CARES Fund has given inprinciple approval for allocation of funds for their installation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi directing these plants should be made functional as soon as possible He said these plants will serve as a major boost to oxygen availability at the district levelSocial media removes misleading vax postsThe government welcomes criticism but it is necessary to take action against users who misuse social media to spread panic and misinformation sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said on Sunday They said social media platforms had been asked to remove around 100 posts or URLs due to misuse and spread of fake or misleading information about the pandemic or which are communally sensitive ldquoWe will label or place a warning on tweets that advance unsubstantiated rumours disputed claims as well as incomplete or outofcontext information about vaccines Tweets which advance harmful false or misleading narratives about COVID19 vaccinations will continue to be removedrdquo a Twitter spokesperson said16960172Total no of coronavirus cases in India so far192311Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far14085110Total no of patients Recovered and discharged in India so far140916417Total no of people vaccinated so farThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever