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<ul><li>The national capital of India may be facing a <keyword id="6355017" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="water-shortage">water shortage</keyword> over the next three days.</li><li>The water shortage will not only impact the general population, but also hospitals, which are currently reeling from the surge in COVID-19 patients.</li><li>According to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Haryana is to blame for reducing the supply of water by 20% to 30% as well as making the water dirtier.</li><li>The DJB has filed a petition with the Supreme Court to address the issue. The court will hear the cases tomorrow on May 6.</li></ul>India’s national capital, New Delhi, has been under lockdown for nearly three weeks now, due to the surging number of COVID-19 cases. And a water shortage will only make things worse. The city is already facing a number of shortages as it is, from vaccines to oxygen to medical supplies. The administration in Delhi saw this coming, more than a month ago. The vice chairman of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Raghav Chaddha, claims he has even written multiple letters to the Haryana Chief Minister to address the issue, but no resolution has been offered. With no other option on the table, the DJB finally moved the Supreme Court to help the national capital in its moment of crisis. It told the apex court that there is a critical shortage in water being supplied from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. Not only will the people in the city suffer at large, the water shortage could hit hospitals as well -- the same hospitals which are currently understaffed and overrun with COVID-19 patients. <div type="ExtQuote" text="&quot;Due to depletion of levels at Wazirabad Pond and reduction in the release of raw water by Haryana into Yamuna, water production has been curtailed from the water treatment plants at Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla.”" auname="Notification by the Delhi Jal Board on May 5"></div> The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, has decided to hear the matter tomorrow on May 6. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="How bad is the water situation in Delhi?" comment="subhead" text="How bad is the water situation in Delhi?">How bad is the water situation in Delhi?</cmsannotation> The Yamuna River in Delhi gets around 250 million gallons of raw water from the Upper Ganga Canal. As of April, that flow was down to around which means only around 200 million gallons of water is coming in. As a result there was a shortage of water at the Sonia Vihar and Bhagirathi water treatment plants. To make matters worse, the water is dirtier than it used to be. The high ammonia concentration in the Yamuna has affected the productivity of the water treatment plants in Chandrawal and Wazirabad. These two plants are responsible for churning out an average of 228 million gallons of water a day for the people of Delhi. As per the latest estimates, levels at the Wazirabad water treatment plant have fallen by over 1% from the standard level of 674.5 feet to 667.2 feet of water. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Delhi saw the water shortage coming" comment="subhead" text="Delhi saw the water shortage coming">Delhi saw the water shortage coming</cmsannotation> This is not the first time that the DJB has had to go to the Supreme Court. On March 23, the DJB told the bench headed by CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde that Haryana has plans to cut 20% of its water to Delhi to repair work in one of its canals. Senior advocate AM Singhvi and advocate Gautam Narayan, appearing for the DJB, urged the court to order Haryana to postpone the work. They argued that a reduction in water supply during the peak summer months would adversely affect the national capital. At the time, the Supreme Court had ordered Haryana, as well as Punjab and the Bhakra Beas Management Board, to not make any changes to the supply of water to Delhi until April 6. The court then extended the water supply order to April 14. The following week, on April 19, the Supreme Court appointed a committee to conduct a local inspection with regard to the quality and quantity of water coming in from Haryana to Delhi. Disputes of water between Delhi and Haryana are not new. They happen every summer when the supply of water is limited and the national capital is dependent on its neighbour to ensure adequate supply. The only difference this time is the pandemic, which is putting the spotlight back on an already ongoing battle for survival. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="This is the full list of areas in Delhi that are likely to be impacted by the water shortage between May 6 to May 8" comment="subhead" text="This is the full list of areas in Delhi that are likely to be impacted by the water shortage between May 6 to May 8">This is the full list of areas in Delhi that are likely to be impacted by the water shortage between May 6 to May 8</cmsannotation> <ol><li>Civil Lines</li><li>Hindu Rao Hospital and adjoining areas</li><li>Kamla Nagar</li><li>Shakti Nagar and adjoining areas</li><li>Karol Bagh</li><li>Pahar Ganj and NDMC areas</li><li>Old and New Rajinder Nagar</li><li>East and West Patel Nagar</li><li>Baljeet Nagar</li><li>Prem Nagar</li><li>Inderpuri and adjoining areas</li><li>Kalkaji</li><li>Govindpuri</li><li>Tughlakabad</li><li>Sangam Vihar</li><li>Ambedkar Nagar</li><li>Prahladpur and adjoining areas</li><li>Ramleela Ground</li><li>Delhi Gate</li><li>Subhash Park</li><li>Model Town</li><li>Gulabi Bagh</li><li>Punjabi Bagh</li><li>Jahangirpuri</li><li>Moolchand</li><li>South Extension</li><li>Greater Kailash</li><li>Burari and adjoining areas</li><li>Parts of the Cantonment areas, South Delhi, Central Delhi, West Delhi and North Delhi</li></ol>SEE ALSO:<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/banks-respond-positively-to-indian-central-banks-covid-stimulus-package-check-out-the-list-of-top-gainers/articleshow/82400850.cms">Banks respond positively to Indian central bank’s COVID stimulus package – check out the list of top gainers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/chinse-space-station-rocket-to-hit-earth-being-tracked-by-the-pentagon-us-space-command/articleshow/82402617.cms">The Pentagon has its eye on the out-of-control Chinese rocket that is expected to crash into Earth — but it’s not anything to lose sleep over</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/private-ambulances-in-gurgaon-are-on-strike-amid-the-surging-cases-of-covid-19/articleshow/82404211.cms">COVID-19 patients are the ones paying the price amid the tussle over rates between the government and ambulance operators in Gurgaon</a>

Water shortage might be on the way to worsen Delhi's COVID-19 crisis

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Indian hospitals are reporting <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword> shortages, warning that could kill patients.</li><li>The country is battling a record-breaking COVID-19 surge that's overwhelming hospitals.</li><li>Some hospitals say they have hours of oxygen left.</li></ul>Hospitals in northern <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> are reporting oxygen shortages as the country battles a devastating <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> surge.Multiple reports show hospitals warning that they only have a few hours' left of supply. Some people have also <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">stolen oxygen</a> to try to protect their loved ones.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">India on Thursday reported</a> more than 314,000 coronavirus cases within 24 hours, the most ever recorded by a single country. And its total cases are approaching 16 million - the second highest in the world.A lack of oxygen would mean the country struggles to treat those who are severely ill.Here are some of the reported problems that hospitals face:<ul><li>Ramanan Laxminarayan, the director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy in New Delhi, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/21/india/india-covid-hospital-shortage-intl-hnk/index.html">said</a>: "There's no oxygen. A hospital bed is hard to find."</li><li>The management of Saroj Super Speciality Hospital in Rohini said on Thursday morning it had just one hour's worth of oxygen left, the Indian Express <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-live-updates-maharashtra-delhi-uttar-pradesh-cases-deaths-vaccination-7282388/">reported</a>.</li><li> The CEO of Shanti Mukund hospital in East Delhi <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/new-delhi-coronavirus-oxygen-supply/">said</a> on Thursday that it only had around 30 minutes of oxygen left for its 110 COVID patients, and that many of them could die.</li><li>Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute in Paschim Vihar <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/new-delhi-coronavirus-oxygen-supply/">warned</a> on Thursday that its oxygen supply would only last for five hours.</li></ul>Indian Express reporter Mallica Joshi also tweeted a screenshot of a government document showing the oxygen stock status at multiple hospitals as of 12:45 p.m. local time Thursday:Delhi's High Court court <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-high-court-slams-centre-for-not-diverting-enough-oxygen-from-industries-to-critically-ill-covid-patients/article34378558.ece">criticized</a> the central government for its handling of oxygen supplies on Wednesday, and ordered that oxygen be diverted from other industries to treat patients.<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/oxygen-supplies-run-low-india-grapples-with-coronavirus-storm-2021-04-21/">Prime Minister Narendra Modi said</a> on Tuesday that the country was facing a coronavirus "storm" overwhelming its health system, and that the country was working to boost oxygen supplies.

Hospitals in India are reporting dire oxygen shortages as the country battles a COVID-19 surge, with some saying they have a few hours' supply left

<ul><li>AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that an unnecessary panic is there which creates more harm than good.</li><li>Additionally, he said there’s hoarding and an unnecessary shortage of drugs and oxygen cylinders in the market.</li><li>Prof. Vinod K. Paul, from the think tank Niti Aayog, busted a myth that <keyword id="54639" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="vaccination">vaccination</keyword> cannot be taken during the menstrual cycle of a woman.</li></ul>India has seen a staggering rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, which has wreaked havoc on India’s healthcare industry. From appeals for beds and oxygen supply on social media, to crematoriums across the country running beyond capacity, India continues to struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the <keyword id="2192267" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Health-Ministry">Indian Health Ministry</keyword> in a press briefing today appealed for all to stay calm and not create a situation of “unnecessary panic.” Stressing that almost 85% of cases in India are cured, with the need for hospitalisation coming only for severe cases, the health ministry today said that along with the steep rise in COVID-19 cases it’s also important to highlight the rise in recoveries. <div type="image" title="covid cases" msid="82260080" hostid="261"></div> <div type="image" title="covid19 recoveries" msid="82260086" hostid="261"></div> The ministry also said that India has administered 14.19 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Going ahead, the government has three main focus areas – containment, clinical management and community engagement. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘An unnecessary situation of panic being created’" comment="subhead" text="‘An unnecessary situation of panic being created’">‘An unnecessary situation of panic being created’</cmsannotation> Dr Randeep Guleria, director of <keyword id="722057" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="All-India-Institute-of-Medical-Science">All India Institute of Medical Science</keyword> (AIIMS), said that India is going through a critical phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and we have to get together to ensure that cases go down and hospital facilities are optimally used. However, Dr Guleria said that an ‘unnecessary panic’ is there which creates more harm than good. “If the saturation level is normal, there is a panic that what if I need oxygen in the future and I should get admitted in a hospital. This makes genuine patients suffer as they don’t get access to treatment,” he said. Additionally, he said there’s hoarding and an ‘unnecessary shortage’ of drugs in the market, or oxygen cylinders. “All of this is wrong. Oxygen is a very important treatment strategy for COVID-19 but its misuse is an important factor. If your saturation level is between 94-96, then you don’t need to panic. So don’t start using oxygen cylinders to bring it up to 98%, it’s more needed for people whose saturation levels are less than 93%,” he said. Dr Guleria also mentioned <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/covid-19-what-is-proning-and-how-can-it-help-you-increase-oxygen-levels-at-home/articleshow/82251671.cms">proning</a> as an exercise to elevate your oxygen levels. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘Remdesivir is not a magic bullet’" comment="subhead" text="‘Remdesivir is not a magic bullet’">‘Remdesivir is not a magic bullet’</cmsannotation> The benefits of Remdesivir aren’t well established, said Dr Guleria. He stressed that it is important to know when the drug needs to be used. “It’s not a magic bullet that will set things right,” he said. The top doctor said that there are many more medicines like anticoagulants, or steroids in moderately sick patients that also work. “Don’t go into a panic if Remdesivir is not available. It is only useful for moderate to severe patients, if it is given in the beginning or for a mild patient then there’s no benefit,” he said. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘Vaccination has to be scaled up at all costs’" comment="subhead" text="‘Vaccination has to be scaled up at all costs’">‘Vaccination has to be scaled up at all costs’</cmsannotation> Prof. Vinod K. Paul, from Indian government’s policy think tank Niti Aayog, said that as India opens up vaccination for all adults from May 1st, it is important to scale up the vaccination progress. He also busted a myth that vaccination cannot be taken during the menstrual cycle of a woman. “This is all misinformation. Yes, vaccination can be given during the menstrual cycle,” he said. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="‘Wear a mask at home’" comment="subhead" text="‘Wear a mask at home’">‘Wear a mask at home’</cmsannotation> Dr Guleria stressed that for most patients, the treatment can be done with home isolation and close monitoring. Meanwhile, Prof. Paul said that the time has come to wear masks at home, especially if there is a positive patient at home. “Also, this is not the time to invite people to your home,” he said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/list-of-countries-helping-india-with-covid-19-supplies-from-liquid-oxygen-to-concentrators-and-tanks/slidelist/82257624.cms">List of countries helping India with COVID-19 supplies – from liquid oxygen to concentrators and tanks</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/maharashtra-kerala-and-chhattisgarh-states-are-on-top-covid-19-positivity-rate-in-india/articleshow/82254421.cms">COVID-19: These are the five states in India with the highest positivity rates</a>

From Remdesivir to use of oxygen to vaccination during periods – India’s health ministry clears the air about an ‘unnecessary panic’ in the country

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword>, Twitter, and <keyword id="790242" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="WhatsApp">Whatsapp</keyword> have been flooded with desperate calls for COVID-19 help from people in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>.</li><li>Doctors, politicians, and patients are seeking <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword>, ICU beds, and blood plasma.</li><li>India's COVID-19 daily cases hit a world record on Sunday, with 350,000 new cases.</li></ul>In India, social-media platforms are flooded with requests for oxygen, intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and blood plasma amid the deepening COVID-19 crisis.India recorded <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-india-cases-rising-record-infections-coronavirus-2021-4">more than 350,000 daily COVID-19 cases</a> on Sunday, breaking the world record for the fifth consecutive day.Doctors, politicians, and COVID-19 patients and their loved ones are using hashtags #CovidSOS and #COVIDEmergency2021 in Twitter posts to plead for supplies, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/25/22402273/twitter-whatsapp-facebook-triage-center-india-oxygen-hospital-coronavirus">The Verge</a> first reported. <a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hr4LlyNHLiuETGzmdVgpsR?fbclid=IwAR0ahsmXkoHIPgxyzBmG6kf7E9HNeVNtLVAI6MtGsxwQz4Ug7-mWDgzThgU">Groups on WhatsApp</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/humankindglobal">Facebook</a> such as HumanKind Global are full of people searching for blood plasma and oxygen to help COVID-19 patients, The Verge reported.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/humankindglobal"></a>Hospitals in the country are struggling to cope with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">shortages of beds and oxygen supplies</a> - some say they only have a few hours' of oxygen supply left. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-indias-crematoriums-have-started-to-melt-so-many-bodies-2021-4#in-the-indian-state-of-gujarat-gas-and-firewood-furnaces-at-crematoriums-have-been-running-so-long-without-a-break-that-metal-parts-have-begun-to-melt-15">Crematoriums are also starting to melt</a> from operating for so long.Prashant Kanojia, member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal party in India and a former journalist, on Sunday <a href="https://twitter.com/PJkanojia/status/1385751693627838465">tweeted with the hashtag #CovidSOS</a> that a hospital in Meerut, north India, needed urgent oxygen supplies.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-modi-india-failed-in-critical-hour-of-need-2021-4">Hospitals in India are turning patients away and COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing. But Prime Minister Modi is on the campaign trail and ignoring the crisis.</a>In response to a <a href="https://twitter.com/bainjal/status/1383048960365850632">thread by journalist Swati Chaturvedi</a> to amplify people's requests for help, <a href="https://twitter.com/abmoitra/status/1383096513417592834">one Twitter user </a>said her relative was a critical cancer patient who couldn't be transferred to ICU because there were no beds available.Another <a href="https://twitter.com/ankitkaul/status/1383066917624111106">Twitter user replied to the thread</a>, saying that their friend's father was "extremely critical" and needed a ventilator urgently in the National Capital Region of India.Vinay Srivastava, an Indian journalist who had COVID-19, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-india-journalist-live-tweeted-oxygen-levels-before-died-2021-4">tweeted on April 16 that his oxygen levels</a> had dropped and that he needed medical help. He was denied healthcare because he didn't have the right paperwork, local media reported. He died the day after his Twitter plea.Hemant Rajaura, a <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">health</keyword> reporter for Hindustan Newspaper, <a href="https://twitter.com/hemantrajora_/status/1386375534402179079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1386375534402179079%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fhemantrajora_2Fstatus2F1386375534402179079widget%3DTweetweet">tweeted</a> on Sunday that the oxygen supply in Irene Hospital in New Delhi had dropped, endangering patients. The day before, he <a href="https://twitter.com/hemantrajora_/status/1386210932431355909">tweeted</a> that Delhi needed 700 tons of oxygen to cope with demand, but that only 330 tons was reaching the city.The US on Sunday said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">it would provide supplies</a> for testing, drugs, personal protective equipment, ventilators, and vaccines to help India fight its current coronavirus wave. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/?sref=Hhue1scO">Less than 2%</a> of India's population is fully vaccinated.

Doctors and COVID-19 patients in India are turning to social media in desperate pleas for oxygen, blood plasma, and ICU beds

<ul class="summary-list"><li>There is a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-report-dire-oxygen-shortages-coronavirus-battle-2021-4">shortage of liquid medical oxygen</a> in <keyword id="6365858" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hospitals">hospitals</keyword> in northern <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> cases are surging at record-breaking numbers in India. </li><li>A lack of <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword> means hospitals can't help treat people who are severely ill from the virus. </li></ul>Six hospitals in Delhi have run out of liquid medical oxygen as hospitals across northern India <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-report-dire-oxygen-shortages-coronavirus-battle-2021-4">face shortages amid a coronavirus surge.</a><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/coronavirus-six-delhi-hospitals-run-out-of-oxygen-minister-tells-centre/article34385678.ece">In a letter seen by The Hindu,</a> Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia asked Union <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">Health</keyword> Minister Harsh Vardhan to intervene and help get oxygen to hospitals that have run out.He said Delhi was not getting its full quota of oxygen from a facility in Haryana, and it's causing massive shortages.A lack of oxygen means hospitals can't help treat people who are severely ill with COVID-19.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">India on Thursday reported</a> more than 314,000 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, the most ever recorded by a single country.

6 Indian hospitals have run out of oxygen as the country faces a record-breaking COVID-19 surge

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Relatives of COVID-19 patients <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/locals-loot-oxygen-stocks-at-madhya-pradesh-damoh-hospital-1793359-2021-04-21">stole oxygen cylinders from an Indian hospital</a> twice in two days, per local <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> reports.</li><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> is facing <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/oxygen-supplies-run-low-india-grapples-with-coronavirus-storm-2021-04-21/">a severe oxygen shortage</a> as it battles a devastating second <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> wave.</li><li>The country reported a <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/india-record-2000-covid-19-deaths-single-day-14664638">record 2,023 COVID-19 deaths</a> on Wednesday, but the actual death toll could be much higher.</li></ul>Family members of COVID-19 patients stole <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword> cylinders from an Indian hospital twice in two days in a desperate attempt to help their relatives as the country faces an oxygen shortage, according to reports from <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/locals-loot-oxygen-stocks-at-madhya-pradesh-damoh-hospital-1793359-2021-04-21">India Today</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1384749046271676421">Asia News International.</a>People took the cylinders from a storeroom at Damoh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh, a large state in central India, late in the evening on both Monday and Tuesday. The hospital reported the incidents to police, but no arrests have yet been made, per India Today. "Under such circumstances, it is becoming increasingly difficult for doctors and paramedic staff to perform their duties," Dr. Mamta Timoti, the hospital's civil surgeon said, told India Today.The incidents came after the Madhya Pradesh government said on Monday that the state had a surplus of oxygen. A local government official <a href="https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/oxygen-cylinders-loot-damoh-hospital-madhya-pradesh-covid19-cases-latest-update-699344">told India TV News</a> on Wednesday that "people looted cylinders even when the hospital has [an] adequate oxygen supply."<h2>A devastating second wave</h2>Many parts of India are facing severe oxygen shortages as the country battles its catastrophic second coronavirus wave.Hospitals are running out of beds and reporting major shortages in medical supplies. India has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2021/apr/21/coronavirus-live-news-india-reports-over-200000-cases-for-seventh-straight-day-japan-mulls-new-restrictions?page=with:block-607fb19d8f08505668d96568#block-607fb19d8f08505668d96568">reported</a> more than 220,000 cases a day for seven days in a row, the highest rate of any country in the world. Brazil is reporting <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html">an average of 74,881 cases</a> per day, the second-highest of any country globally. The US, at No. 3, is reporting <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html">about 67,000 new cases</a> each day.As of Thursday, the country had recorded more than 15.6 million cases and 182,533 deaths, with a country <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/india-record-2000-covid-19-deaths-single-day-14664638">record of 2,203 COVID-19 deaths</a> reported on Wednesday alone. According to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/?sref=BLKWHazc">Bloomberg's Vaccine Tracker</a>, India has administered about 132 million vaccine doses so far, which means only about 1.4% of its population is fully vaccinated.Experts told the BBC the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56811315">actual death toll is likely much higher</a> than the official numbers due to backlogs at crematoriums and people dying at home before they can get to hospitals or be tested for COVID-19. Many patients have <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56799303">died while awaiting treatment</a> or after being turned away from overwhelmed hospitals, according to the network.<div type="image" title="india covid second wave" height="1772" width="2362" msid="82192915" hostid="261"></div>Kanwal Jeet Singh, a resident of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56799303">told the BBC</a> that his 58-year-old father died last week in an ambulance after being turned away by four hospitals because of a lack of available beds.Some hospitals have also been forced to release patients due to oxygen shortages.Max Healthcare, the largest private healthcare provider in India's capital territory of Delhi, told Reuters on Wednesday that some of its hospitals had two hours' worth of oxygen left.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56811315">Ashish Agrahari told the BBC</a> that his 58-year-old mother died on Sunday after the hospital where she was being treated in the Robertsganj district said they were running out of oxygen and needed to move her to a bigger hospital. With no oxygen support in the car as her family drove her to the other hospital, she died minutes before being admitted.Yesterday, <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-coronavirus-nashik-hopsital-oxygen-tank-leaks-coronavirus-patients-dead-2021-4">22 COVID-19 patients who were on ventilators died</a> after their oxygen supply ran out when the oxygen tanker supplying them leaked at the hospital in the western Maharashtra province.<div type="image" title="india covid second wave funeral pyres" height="1682" width="2249" msid="82192916" hostid="261"></div>The oxygen shortage has resulted in desperate moves not only by civilians, but also by government officials.On Wednesday, a minister from the North Indian state of Haryana said an oxygen tanker on its way to hospitals in Haryana's largest city was <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/delhi-govt-looted-oxygen-tanker-going-from-panipat-to-faridabad-haryana-minister-anil-vij/articleshow/82179831.cms">"looted" by government officials</a> in Delhi, The Times of India reported."If governments indulge in such things, then it will result in chaos," Anil Vij, Haryana's health and home minister, told reporters, adding that all the state's oxygen tankers would now travel with a police escort.

Relatives of COVID-19 patients in India stole oxygen cylinders from a hospital twice in 2 days in a desperate bid to save family members as the country's catastrophic second wave worsens

<ul class="summary-list"><li>In an emergency hearing, judges expressed outrage that steel plants were allowed to remain open and use industrial <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword>.</li><li>COVID patients in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>'s hospitals are dying as oxygen supplies at COVID care facilities run low.</li><li>Indian steelmakers applied to continue operating even as local governments struggled to maintain a supply of oxygen to hospitals.</li></ul>Two judges at the Delhi High Court expressed outrage during an emergency hearing, calling it the "height of greed" for steel plants to be allowed to operate - even as COVID patients begin to die and hospitals remain oxygen-starved, operating on critically low supplies.<a href="https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/hc-height-of-greed-no-oxygen-for-hospitals-steel-plants-running-242314">The India Tribune</a> reported that High Court judges Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said they were "shocked and dismayed" that hospitals were running out of oxygen but steel plants continued to operate. Most steel-making plants in India require industrial oxygen to produce steel in a process called basic oxygen steel-making - where pure oxygen is blown into a molten pot of blast-furnace iron and scrap. The emergency hearing resulted in a legal directive for oxygen to be provided by "whatever means" to the Indian capital's hospitals, which are currently facing a serious oxygen scarcity. The judges were considering an emergency lawsuit filed by the Balaji Medical and Research Centre, which asked for all supplies of oxygen to be diverted to medical centers to ensure that lives can be saved. The High Court issued a strongly worded response, observing that it "seems human life is not important for the state." "You are not exploring all avenues to augment oxygen supply - beg, borrow or steal," said the court in its decision, warning of India's government officials of the "gravity" of the emergency that Delhi faces if oxygen supplies to hospitals run dry.<a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/provide-oxygen-forthwith-to-hospitals-by-whatever-means-delhi-hc-to-centre/articleshow/82183829.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppstgn=cppst">The India Times</a> reported that the judges encouraged steel and petrochemical plants to halt operations and follow the example of multinational steel-making company Tata Steel in supplying much-needed oxygen supplies to hospitals. Local media outlet <a href="https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tata-steel-supplying-200-300-tons-oxygen-for-treatment-of-covid-19-patients-2887219">DNA India</a> reported on Tuesday that Tata Steel said it would supply 200 to 300 tons of medical oxygen every day to various state governments and hospitals. "Medical oxygen is critical to the treatment of COVID-19 patients. Responding to the national urgency, we're supplying 200 to 300 tons of liquid medical oxygen daily to various state governments &amp; hospitals. We are in this fight together and will surely win it," Tata said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/TataSteelLtd/status/1383689665312530438?s=20">tweet</a>.The country's largest steel-making company SAIL also <a href="http://www.businessworld.in/article/Tata-Steel-SAIL-AMNS-India-Supplying-Oxygen-For-Treatment-Of-COVID-19-Patients/19-04-2021-386937/">said it was supplying 33,300 tons of oxygen</a> for the treatment of COVID patients - but not all companies in the industry have fallen in line. In March, a coalition of the country's steelmakers <a href="https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2090253-indian-steelmakers-appeal-to-operate-during-lockdown">applied to the government to allow them to continue to run operations</a> despite India's nationwide lockdown, asking to be classified as essential services. In the meantime, India continues to struggle with its critically low oxygen supplies. <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-coronavirus-nashik-hopsital-oxygen-tank-leaks-coronavirus-patients-dead-2021-4">Over 20 COVID patients in the western Indian city of Nashik died on Wednesday</a> when oxygen in their ventilators ran out amid the nationwide shortage of the gas. The state's health minister, Rajesh Tope, said the oxygen supply at the hospital in question had run out because the tanker refilling it suffered a leak. Out of desperation, some families of COVID patients have also <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">started stealing oxygen cylinders from hospitals</a>. It was reported that oxygen cylinders had been taken from a storeroom at the Damoh district hospital in Madhya Pradesh.India <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases on Thursday</a> - the highest daily total of any country during the pandemic. This brings the number of COVID cases in the country to close to 16 million recorded cases.

Judges in India say it is the height of greed for steel plants to operate as COVID oxygen supplies in hospitals dwindle

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> is transporting oxygen tankers on express trains to help treat <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> patients.</li><li>India is battling a devastating surge. Hospitals have critical shortages of oxygen to treat people.</li><li>Special ramps have reportedly been installed so the tankers can drive on and off the trains quickly.</li></ul>India is using express trains to transport oxygen tankers as hospitals deal with critical shortages to treat COVID-19 patients.Indian Railways is calling the project "Oxygen Express" as it started running trains to bring oxygen to the states of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.Northern India is dealing with a critical oxygen shortage that has left hospitals warning they had just <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-hospitals-report-dire-oxygen-shortages-coronavirus-battle-2021-4">hours of oxygen left</a>, and that coronavirus patients would die when it runs out.India is battling a devastating surge that's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-coronavirus-cases-highest-single-day-rise-global-record-2021-4">breaking global records</a>, overwhelming the health system, and leaving people <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-indias-covid-19-surge-die-stretchers-hospitals-2021-4">dying</a> outside of hospitals as they wait for treatment.The tankers are being transported using a roll-on, roll-off service, which means special ramps have been installed so they can drive on and off the trains quickly, <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/green-corridor-ro-ro-service-all-you-need-to-know-about-oxygen-express-train-101618751011302.html">the Hindustan Times reported</a>. Piyush Goyal, India's railways minister, <a href="https://twitter.com/PiyushGoyal/status/1385174270175715330">tweeted</a> that a "green corridor" had been created, which would mean the trains don't meet any red lights and can move through the routes faster.Delhi's High Court on Wednesday <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-high-court-slams-centre-for-not-diverting-enough-oxygen-from-industries-to-critically-ill-covid-patients/article34378558.ece">criticized</a> the government for how it was handling the oxygen shortage, and ordered that oxygen be diverted from other industries to treat coronavirus patients.

India is putting oxygen tankers on special express trains as hospitals run out of supplies for COVID-19 patients

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police arrested three people in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> for allegedly <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/covid-19-3-arrested-in-delhi-for-selling-painted-fire-extinguishers-as-oxygen-cylinders/articleshow/82414284.cms">repainting fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders</a>, the Times of India reported.</li><li>The accused <keyword id="386981" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="scammers">scammers</keyword> sold "many" of the fire extinguishers to families of COVID-19 patients for $180 each, police say.</li><li>As India is overwhelmed with record COVID-19 cases, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">virus-related scams abound</a>, per the Times. </li></ul>Police arrested three people in India earlier this month for allegedly <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/covid-19-3-arrested-in-delhi-for-selling-painted-fire-extinguishers-as-oxygen-cylinders/articleshow/82414284.cms">repainting fire extinguishers to look like oxygen cylinders</a> and selling them to family members of COVID-19 patients, the Times of India reported.In a police investigation, the accused scammers admitted they had already sold "many" of the fake canisters for about $180 each, police told the Times of India. As The New York Times reported, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">fire extinguishers could explode</a> if filled with high-pressure oxygen."This guy should be charged with homicide," Mukesh Khanna, a local charity volunteer who filed a police complaint about the scammers, told the Times. "He was playing with lives." India is facing <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-crisis-oxygen-tank-shortage-2021-5">a severe medical oxygen shortage</a> as it battles <a href="https://www.insider.com/virus-swallowing-people-india-crematoriums-overwhelmed-2021-4">a devastating second COVID-19 wave</a>, leaving desperate family members to source their own oxygen canisters for their infected loved ones. Last month, relatives of COVID-19 patients resorted to <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">stealing oxygen cylinders from a hospital.</a><div type="image" title="india covid oxygen shortage" height="1486" width="1982" msid="82701411" hostid="261"></div>The alleged fire extinguisher scam was discovered after Khanna, who volunteers for an NGO that provides free oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients, complained to police that a company called Varsha Engineering in Alipur, in the state of Delhi, was overcharging for oxygen, per the Times of India. Police then raided the business and discovered the scheme, seizing 532 fire extinguishers, spray-paint cans, electric grinders used to remove the red paint from the extinguishers, and about $675 in cash.In recent weeks, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-covid-19-black-market-oxygen-crisis-1000-markup-2021-4">prices of oxygen cylinders in India</a> have shot up to an average of more than $250 in a country where the <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD?name_desc=false">gross per capita income is $2,210 per year.</a> One man <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210422-india-s-covid-19-shortages-spur-black-market-for-drugs-oxygen">told AFP last month</a> that he paid about $600 for a cylinder. In the US, hospitals can <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/world/americas/mexico-covid-oxygen-shortage.html?referringSource=articleShare">buy oxygen cylinders for about $80</a>, according to The New York Times.As India battles a deadly second <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> wave, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/world/asia/india-covid19-black-market.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">virus-related scams are proliferating</a>, according to The New York Times. Police in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have arrested more than 370 people in the past month alone on allegations of coronavirus-related scams, per the Times. People have been accused of everything from selling fake vials of remdesivir, a drug used to treat the virus, to stealing used funeral shrouds and reselling them as new.India reported <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/india">a record 414,188 new virus cases</a> in a single day on May 6, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country of more than 1.2 billion people has reported over 24.6 million total cases and 270,284 deaths. Experts say the <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-coronavirus-covid-crematorium-funeral-burial-delhi-2021-4">actual death toll is likely much higher.</a>

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