Over three lakh infections (3,49,691) reported on Sunday and there have been 2,767 new fatalities.
"We stand side by side with India in the shared fight against COVID-19. Vital medical equipment is on its way from the UK to India to help stop the tragic loss of life from the virus and we’ll continue to work closely with the Indian government during this difficult time," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted.
The UK will send more than 600 pieces of medical equipment to India and first nine planeloads of kit, which will include 'oxygen concentrators and ventilators' are likely to arrive in Delhi on Tuesday, April 27.
Twitter war: Congress spokesman Pawan Khera, MP Revanth Reddy, Bengal minister and TMC Moloy Ghatak's tweets 'withheld' by microblogging site company
The central government asked Twitter to take down a number of tweets, including some by lawmakers, that were critical of its handling of the pandemic.
“When we receive a valid legal request, we review it under both the Twitter Rules and local law....If the content violates Twitter’s Rules, the content will be removed from the service. If it is determined to be illegal in a particular jurisdiction, but not in violation of the Twitter Rules, we may withhold access to the content in India only" - Twitter India informed.
Pawan Khera served legal notice to Union Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and to the Twitter for pulling down of "my tweet exposing double standards on #KumbhMela & #tablighijamaat".
The Centre made an emergency order to censor the tweets. The notice is in reference to the Information Technology Act of 2000.
Under the government directives, the micro blogging site was asked to block a tweet each from the unverified accounts of Abdul Majeed, the national general secretary of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Popular Front of India chairman O.M.A. Salam, and former PFI chairman E.M. Abdul Rahiman, besides some by media personalities such as ABP News editor Pankaj Jha, former TV journalist Vinod Kapri, and the director of Netflix show ‘She’, Avinash Das.
It may be pointed out that Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader, Dattatreya Hosabole has on Saturday requested the people to be cautious against 'anti-Bharat forces'. He also cautioned against people using the power of social media to spread panic in society.
“Our hearts go out to the Indian people in the midst of the horrific COVID-19 outbreak. We are working closely with our partners in the Indian government, and we will rapidly deploy additional support to the people of India and India’s health care heroes,” US secretary of state Antony Blinken.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said : "The US is deeply concerned by the severe Covid outbreak in India. We are working around the clock to deploy more supplies and support to our friends and partners in India as they bravely battle this pandemic".
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PM CARES approves funds for 551 oxygen plants :: Delhi Lockdown extended, US 'working' to deploy supplies to help India
New Delhi:
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday extended the corona-induced Lockdown till May 3, next Monday.
As the numbers surge, there are reports that hospitals in Delhi are turning away patients. Shortage of medical oxygen and beds have only added to the crisis.
At the national level, the number of cases has shot up to 349,691 in the past 24 hours. This was the fourth straight day of record peaks.
Delhi has so far reported 13,541 deaths due to Covid19 with the total number of cases rising up to 981,000 and recoveredcases standing at 875,000.
The Union Health Ministry said, five states — Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat and Kerala — contribute 54 per cent of the cases.
International cooperation and extension of help is also coming in.
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that the United States was working around the clock to deploy supplies to help India tide over the crisis.
"The US is deeply concerned by the severe Covid outbreak in India. We are working around the clock to deploy more supplies and support to our friends and partners in India as they bravely battle this pandemic,"he tweeted.
Meanwhile, in his monthly radio broadcast, Mann-Ki-Baat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid importance on the vaccination process to deal with the crisis.
"....it is my appeal that don’t get swayed by any rumour about the vaccine. You all must be knowing that people above 45 years of age can benefit from the free vaccine that has been sent to all state governments by the government of India," he said.
The Prime Minister also said, from May 1, the vaccines are to be made available for every person above 18 years in the country.
"Now the Corporate Sector, companies too will be able to participate in the programme of administering vaccines to their employees. I also want to say that the programme of free vaccines by the government of India that is going on now will continue further too," he said.Modi "appealed" to the states to extend the benefit of this free vaccine campaign of the government of India to maximum number of the people of their state.
"Friends, we all know how difficult mentally it is to take care of ourselves, our family during disease. But our nursing staff in hospitals has to do this very job continuously, with so many patients at the same time. This sense of service is a great strength of our society," he said.
In line with the Prime Minister’s direction of boosting availability of oxygen to hospitals, the PM CARES Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for installation of 551 dedicated Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Medical Oxygen Generation Plants inside public health facilities in the country.
Mr Modi has directed that these plants should be made functional as soon as possible.
He said that these plants will serve as a major boost to oxygen availability at the district level.
These dedicated plants will be established in identified Government hospitals in district headquarters in various States/UTs.
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