Medical Oxygen Shortage

COVID-19 vaccine: US to send 'urgently required' raw material to manufacture Covishield in India

The Biden administration had earlier come under criticism from several quarters for not releasing surplus COVID-19 vaccines to India, which is experiencing its worst-ever public health crisis

COVID is a 'mild disease', less than 5% of patients need ventilator, says AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria

Speaking at a press conference in Delhi, the AIIMS director, appealing to the public not to hoard Remdesevir or oxygen cylinders at home, said 85 to 90 percent of people get only mild coronavirus infections

Punjab, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh accuse Centre of hijacking COVID-19 vaccine stocks

Health ministers of four states, all run by non-BJP govt, accused that the Centre's treatment towards them is "step-motherly" and urged the government to provide them free doses to vaccinate all adults

COVID-19 update: Centre enlists IAF, Railways as oxygen crisis worsens; 3.33 lakh cases, 2,263 deaths in 24 hrs

In Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, five coronavirus patients admitted to the ICU of a private hospital died allegedly after its oxygen supply ran out, prompting the authorities to order a probe

COVID-19 oxygen crisis: No supply in six private Delhi hospitals, others running low, Manish Sisodia tells Centre

Two of the six hospitals — Saroj Super Specialty Hospital and Shanti Mukund Hospital — have been flagging their shortage since Thursday morning

COVID-19 oxygen crisis: MHA directs states, UTs to not impose restrictions on movement of medical oxygen

The order also said that it has accepted the EG-II's recommendation to prohibit the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes by manufacturers and suppliers from 22 April with the exception of nine specified industries