It appears Centre wants people to die: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it appeared that the Centre wanted people to die as according to the new protocol on use of remdesivir for COVID19 treatment the drug was to be given only to those on oxygen supportldquoThis is wrong This is a complete nonapplication of mind Now people who do not have oxygen will not get remdesivir either It appears you want people to dierdquo Justice Prathiba M Singh said to the central governmentIt appears the Centre was changing the protocol to reduce the shortage of the drug the high court said ldquoThis is complete mismanagementrdquo the court addedIt was hearing a plea by a lawyer who is suffering from COVID19 and was able to get only three out of the six doses of remdesivir requiredDue to courtrsquos intervention the lawyer got the remaining vials on Tuesday April 27 nightlsquoRevolt against lying govtrsquoMeanwhile senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said he was appalled by the health ministerrsquos statement that there is no shortage of oxygen vaccines or remedesivir in the country ldquoI am also appalled by the statement of the UP CM that there is no shortage of vaccines in UPrdquo he tweetedHe asked whether all the television channels were telecasting fake visuals and all the newspaper stories incorrect ldquoAre all the doctors lying Are all the family members making false statements Are all the visuals and photographs fakeldquoPeople must revolt against a government that is assuming all the people of India are foolsrdquo he tweeted Health minister Harsh Vardhan had recently said there is no shortage of oxygen or vaccines in the countrySerum cuts vaccine priceSerum Institute of India SII mdash the maker of Covishield mdash on Wednesday announced a cut in price of the vaccine it plans to sell to states to R300 per dose from the earlier Rs 400 This follows widespread criticism of its pricing policy as it has sold the initial doses of Covishield to the Centre at R150 per dose SIIrsquos CEO Adar Poonawalla took to Twitter to announce the ldquophilanthropicrdquo gesture India saw a record singleday rise of 360960 Coronavirus cases and the death toll crossed two lakh following 3293 fresh fatalities according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday morning4day lockdown in GoaThe Goa government on Wednesday announced a fourday lockdown in the state beginning April 29 until May 3 ldquoWeekly markets will not be allowed during the lockdown Industrial services will be allowed to functionrdquo Chief Minister Pramod Sawant saidPoll officials crowd a material supply centre in Kolkata on Wed PicPTIEC orders curbs for counting dayCandidates or their agents will not be allowed inside counting halls without a negative Coronavirus report or without having both COVID19 vaccine doses the Election Commission said on Wednesday in its latest guidelines Counting of votes for assembly polls in Assam West Bengal Tamil Nadu Kerala and Puducherry besides various other assemblies and Lok Sabha bypolls begins at 8 am on May 2Beneficiaries with comorbidities priority DelhiThe next phase of the COVID19 vaccination for those in the 1844 age group is likely to begin at ldquomoderaterdquo pace in Delhi and people with comorbidities will be given preference said officials on Wednesday The Delhi government has placed an order for over 13 crore doses with manufacturers The vaccines will be delivered in phases ldquoWe are likely to have a moderate start and it will be ramped up graduallyrdquo said an official17997267Total no of coronavirus cases in India so far201187Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far14817371Total no of patients recovered and discharged in India so far147827367Total 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