Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW MAHA MESS DUE TO BLOCKED ASIAN SHARES SLIDE AS VIRUS SUN RISES BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH VOHRA REPORT ANNEXURES CASTS SHADOW OVER RECOVERY IN CHENNAI BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 3 ISSUE 179 HYDERABAD, THURSDAY APRIL 22, 2021; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable PRABHAS GOES INTO SELF-QUARANTINE { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com DELHI GOVT ‘LOOTED' OXYGEN TANKER INDIA’S O2 EXPORT ROSE OVER 700% TOP DELHI HOSPITALS GET OXYGEN PM IGNORED CRISIS TO HIDE LACK FROM PANIPAT: HARYANA MINISTER IN JAN 2021 VS 2020 AMID PANDEMIC SUPPLY AFTER HC PULLS UP CENTRE OF FORESIGHT: PRASHANT KISHOR aryana minister Anil Vij on Wednesday n the huge surge in the second wave of Covid fter an acute oxygen shortage in Delhi oll strategist Prashant Kishor who is alleged that a tanker carrying medical that has seen more cases of breathlessness hospitals was flagged in court and looking after the Trinamool Hoxygen for COVID patients in Iand a demand for oxygen, the oxygen Athrough appeals by politicians, PCongress' election strategy in hospitals, which was going from Panipat exports from India doubled, government data including Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal on Tuesday accused to Faridabad, was ''looted'' by the Delhi reveals. Between April 2020 and January some of the city's biggest medical Prime Minister Narendra Modi of government and said all oxygen tankers 2021, India exported over 9,000 metric facilities received a late night refill ignoring the COVID-19 crisis to hide will now move with a police escort. Vij tonnes of oxygen. In financial year 2020, yesterday. Oxygen tankers arrived late on his lack of understanding and fore- also said given the increased demand for only 4,500 metric tonnes of oxygen were Tuesday at some of these places, including sightedness. "ModiGovt handling of oxygen due to a surge in coronavirus cases, exported but inexplicably, it was doubled since. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Guru Teg crisis: #1: ignore problem to hide lack Haryana can spare the supply for others only From January 2020, when India was exporting Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, which were merely of understanding & foresightedness #2: after the state meets its own demand. ''Yesterday, 352 metric tonnes of oxygen, the exports increased hours away from running out of stock. Delhi's suddenly take control, use bluff & bluster to one of our oxygen tankers was going from Panipat to supply to by a staggering 734 percent in January 2021. India exported 2,193 biggest COVID-19 facility, the Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan claim victory #3: if problem persists, pass it on to others #4: hospitals in Faridabad. When it was passing through Delhi, the metric tonnes of oxygen in December - a 308 percent increase Hospital, received 10 tonnes of supplies last night. The hospital when situation improves, return with Bhakts'' army to take tanker was looted by the Delhi government,” Vij said. compared to 538 metric tonnes in December 2019. administration said these stocks would suffice for now. credit," Kishor tweeted. State needs Rs 2,000 cr to procure vaccines Vaccination to increase the burden on state NAVEENA GHANATE n HYDERABAD India reports more PNS n NASHIK/MUMBAI With the new vaccine strategy plac- than 2,000 Covid At least 24 Covid-19 patients on ing the financial burden on States, ventilator support died on it would cost Telangana, already reel- deaths in single day Wednesday due to an interrupted ing under the financial stress caused supply of medical oxygen at a civic- by the pandemic, an additional Rs ndia reported more than run hospital at Nashik in 2,000 crore just to procure vaccines I2,000 deaths from COVID- Maharashtra caused by the leakage to be able to inoculate people aged However, if the state 19 over the last 24 hours, the of the gas from a storage plant, offi- 18 years and above. decides to inoculate at highest single-day tally for the cials said. As per UIDAI data, as of 31 least 50% of the country so far, health ministry A senior civic official said of the December 2020, there were 2.6 150 patients admitted to the hos- crore people aged above 18 years population to be in a data showed on Wednesday. pital, 24 were on ventilator support in Telangana. This means that position to expect herd Coronavirus infections also at the time of the incident while the even for that segment of popula- immunity; the financial rose by a record, increasing rest were on oxygen support. tion the state has to procure 5.2 outgo would still work by 295,041 over the last 24 "As per the current information, Why Centre not crore doses as one person has to get hours, the data showed. Total 24 people have died due to the two shots (of the approved vaccines out to Rs 1,000 crore. deaths reached 182,553. interrupted supply of oxygen at the The leakage of the gas in India) to be fully vaccinated. India's overall case tally is Zakir Hussain municipal hospital. oxygen leakage was noticed around waking up?: Delhi HC As on April 20, the state has from a storage plant now at 15.6 million, second The patients were on ventilators as 12.30 pm, following which hospi- NEW DELHI: Delhi's desperate oxygen administered 32.68 lakh doses. However, if the state decides to well as on oxygen supply, which got tal authorities were alerted. crisis resonated in the High Court The state requires to procure 4.88 inoculate at least 50% of the pop- only to the United States, interrupted after the leakage in the Hospital officials in turn con- today as the judges had harsh Tears, anger at crore doses. If we take the prices ulation to be in a position to expect which has over 31 million oxygen supply tank," district col- tacted municipal commissioner questions for the Centre, demanding announced by the Serum Institute herd immunity; the financial outgo infections. lector Suraj Mandhare told Kailash Jadhav seeking technical why it was not waking up to reality. Nashik hospital as baseline i.e. Rs 400 per dose for would still work out to Rs 1,000 reporters. help to stop the leakage, they said. "How is the government so oblivious the state government, with the cur- crore. It may be mentioned here He said the municipal corpora- Mandhare said a private compa- to the reality on ground? You can't as kin of deceased rent wastage of 1.36% and without that Israel went mask free after tion immediately shifted dura ny looks after the maintenance of have people die because there is no private intervention, the state has more than half of its population cylinders from other facilities in the oxygen storage tank located on oxygen," the judges said while hearing to shell out Rs 1,980 cr only for was inoculated with the second the city to help the patients at the the premises of the hospital. an appeal by the Max hospitals, demand answers vaccines. Again, there will be sup- dose of the vaccine. Zakir Hussain Hospital. ply-chain costs, which will only According to local officials, the 2 2 P2 increase the financial burden. 2 Pvt Covid vax centres to procure Second Covid vaccine from Hyd by August TS daily Covid cases PNS n HYDERABAD is a very significant development as soar to new high they have a capacity of 7 crore/ 70 elangana's daily Hyderabad has risen to the occa- million vaccines per month". directly from manufacturers sion yet again and reinforced its Biological E Ltd will manufac- Tcoronavirus cases continue PNS n NEW DELHI to soar and a record one-day erum Institute of India (SII), the position as the 'vaccine capital of ture 1 billion doses of Covid-19 the world'. India may get a fourth vaccines, including the one devel- increase of 6,542 fresh Serum prices vax at Sworld's largest vaccine maker, on From May 1, the present system of Wednesday announced a price of Rs Covid-19 vaccine by August from oped by Johnson & Johnson under infections were registered in private Covid vaccination centres the Hyderabad-based Biological the Quad Vaccine Partnership. Rs 400/dose for 400 per dose for its COVID-19 the last 24 hours,taking the receiving doses from the govern- vaccine 'Covishield' for state E's indigenous Covid-19 vaccine as Already Covaxin is being devel- total positives to over 3.67 ment and charging up to Rs 250 per governments and Rs 600 per dose for it is done with phase 1 and phase oped by Bharat Biotech in lakh, while the toll rose to dose will cease to exist and they will state govts; and Rs 2 trials. Now, they are ready for Hyderabad. private hospitals. The company also 1876 with 20 more fatalities. procure directly from vaccine man- said for the next two months, phase 3 trials. phase 2 trials of Indian vaccine of Bharat Biotech's second vac- ufacturers. 600 for pvt hospitals NITI Aayog member Dr VK Biological E have finished and cine, an intranasal shot; is likely to Greater Hyderabad Municipal 2 2 Paul said on Wednesday, "Phase 1, they'll soon go into phase 3. This be available by October. Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 898, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri Putting off polls to ULBs: 570 and Rangareddy 532, a Categorisation of staff soon government bulletin said on Wednesday providing details Ball in govt's court now as of 8 PM on April 20.