Masses help COVID-19-hit families find beds, food via social media

With an absence of a centralstate level repository of data pertaining to availability of oxygen and ICU beds in the severelyhit states people from various walks of life are currently using social media platforms by collating information on Covid19 resources to help the needyTwitter and Facebook have become the virtual command centres with the help of users as governments fail to provide any realtime data on the availability of lifesaving drugs and beds as the crisis deepensAmid the chaos and false information being circulated is a silver lining for thousands of coronahit families from Delhi and Lucknow to Bengaluru who are seeking help on Twitter and other social media platformsSome have come forward to help people suffering from pandemicinduced mental stress via Zoom or Google Meet appsIn the next few weeks Im blocking some time to offer free psychotherapy sessions to anyone whod like a layer of support in these distressing times I can provide a safe listening space amp share some coping strategies Kindly RT for reach DMs open First come first serve posted Shruti Goutham who works in public health with Stanford Med SchoolErshad Kaleebullah editor of MySmartPricecom tweeted Two fantastic online resources for Hospital Beds here Bangalore covidbengalurucom and Delhi coronabedsjantasamvadorgbedshtml RT to help people in needSome posted information about where to find free food in such difficult timesAnkit Vengurlekar India Managing Editor at LinkedIn News posted Saroj Didi and Jaya amma are cooking fresh and homely vegetarian meals for Covid patients in HSR layout Koramangala BTM layout and Bellandur Didis Kitchen meals are free and made with love All you need to do is book DunzoSwiggy genie pickup from my home in HSR DM if you need a tiffinPrem Shankar Mishra from Lucknow tweeted Here is the information on where to find a hospital with referral and without referral along with the cost This will help reduce your waiting time and cut travel woes tooWith 352991 fresh Covid cases and 2812 deaths India saw a new record high as a deadly second wave sweeps the countryThis is the fifth straight day that over 3 lakh cases have been recorded in the country and nearly 10 lakh cases have been reported in the last 72 hoursThis 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