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Railways delivers over 5,000 tonne of medical oxygen in 22 days to states

The railways has delivered nearly 5,735 tonne of oxygen in over 390 tankers to various states, the national transporter said on Tuesday.

Oxygen aplenty, but cylinders not reaching patients in time: Goa CM

Oxygen is aplenty in Goa's hospitals, but the shortage occurs only because the cylinders cannot reach the patients in time, says Chief Minister Pramod Sawant

Oxygen Express with 120MT of LMO reaches Bengaluru

Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that Oxygen Express with six containers of medical oxygen has arrived in the Karnataka capital from Jharkhand to provide relief.

11 patients die in Tirupati's Ruia hospital due to low pressure oxygen

As many as 11 patients, who were on ventilator support, died due to low pressure in medical oxygen supply at Ruia Government Hospital in Tirupati on Monday, Chittoor District Collector M Harinarayan

Best of BS Opinion: Job losses mount in April, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Tuesday

The second wave: Govt eases procurement norms for key Covid-19 supplies

Bank guarantees have been waived off for all procurement

Apex overreach

SC task force for oxygen supply is ill-judged

Delhi govt issues list of oxygen refilling centres for patients at home

The Delhi government on Monday issued a list of 79 oxygen refilling centres for individuals in home isolation across the city. The list of the refilling centres has been issued days after the Delhi government set up a web portal on May 6 to streamline distribution of the life-saving gas to coronavirus patients in home isolation, non-COVID-19 hospitals, and nursing homes. Underlining various facets of donation of oxygen, it had highlighted that citizens can log on to delhi.gov.in to access cylinders donation sheet and can also book cylinder refilling at https://oxygen.jantasamvad.org. The individuals requiring oxygen can apply with a valid photo id, Aadhaar card details, COVID-19 positive report and other documents like CT scan report if available, the order had said. The list includes refilling centres with their address and contact details across all 11 districts of the national capital.

Centre undertakes multiple initiatives to enhance oxygen availability

The government on Monday listed out steps to augment oxygen supply in the country as it sought to counter the narrative of lack of medical oxygen leading to health crisis and death of many COVID-19 patients. Key steps have been taken to increase the availability, streamline the distribution and strengthen the oxygen storage infrastructure in the country amid rising Covid-19 cases, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. "The steps undertaken focused on the entire oxygen supply chain. These include efforts for improving oxygen production, enhancing tanker availability to optimize logistics, improving oxygen storage at the last mile, and easing norms of procurement," the ministry said. The national capital, like most parts of the country, is reeling under shortage of medical oxygen as COVID patients keep thronging the hospitals. The courts last week had lashed out at both the Centre and the Delhi government while ordering adequate supply of oxygen to save lives of serious COVID-19

India received 8,900 oxygen concentrators, 5,043 cylinders as foreign aid

A total of 8,900 oxygen concentrators, 5,043 oxygen cylinders, 18 oxygen generation plants and about 3.4 lakh Remdesivir vials received as aid from foreign countries, says Union Health Ministry

Augment supply of oxygen, vaccine to Tamil Nadu: Madras HC tells Centre

The Madras High Court on Monday said it was necessary for the Centre to take urgent measures to augment the supply of oxygen to Tamil Nadu

Relief shipments, new beds and infection data: Covid updates in pictures

Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and UP are among top 10 states, accounting for 73.91 per cent new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours

Mobility company Ola to provide free oxygen concentrators on its app

Ola Foundation and GiveIndia will scale it up across the country with up to 10,000 concentrators in the coming weeks.

Ola to start doorstep delivery of oxygen concentrators to consumers

Ola Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Ola, said it has partnered with donation platform GiveIndia to provide consumers with oxygen concentrators

Lookout notice against Navneet Kalra in oxygen concentrator case

The Delhi Police has issued a lookout notice against businessman Navneet Kalra in connection with the recovery of over 500 oxygen concentrators from his restaurants, officials said on Monday

'Each pyre an unspeakable horror': Researcher in India Covid-19 crisis

Infections have been rising for months, creating exorbitant pressures on health personnel and infrastructure.

Why do Covid-19 patients need oxygen, how to get it: An expert explains

Low and middle income countries face huge hurdles in getting oxygen to patients, says Trevor Duke.

India's Covid-19 crisis deepens, but vaccine sharing yet to materialise

India's deadly second wave is continuing to worsen, with daily new cases consistently exceeding 300,000 and deaths now having surpassed 3,000 a day.

Oxygen Express with highest volumes of LMO arrives Delhi from Hapa

Indian Railways on Monday informed that Oxygen Express carrying around 225 MT of oxygen from Gujarat's Hapa will be offloaded in Delhi Cantt today

Indian Air Force brings four oxygen containers from Indonesia to India

The IAF IL-76s, carrying four cryogenic oxygen containers from Jakarta, Indonesia, landed at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday