Budget 2018-19

  Supplies of medical oxygen, essential in many cases to treat seriously ill patients, have been depleted as hospitals around India have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases An acute shortage of medical oxygen in India, amid a deadly wave of coronavirus infections, has triggered a surge in stocks seen linked to industrial gases. Supplies of medical oxygen, essential in many cases to treat seriously ill patients, have been depleted as hospitals around India have been overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases. The nation recorded 314,835 new infections on Thursday, the world’s biggest one-day jump, and taking its case-count to almost 16 million, the second-most globally. Workers load refilled oxygen tanks into a vehicle at a refill station in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. India saw a record one-day jump with more than 300,000 new coronavirus infections, marking a grim milestone for the country as a deadlier second wave showing no signs of abating. Chart Oxygen manufacturer Linde...

  Iranian health authorities issued a warning over a ‘fourth wave’ of the Covid, after registering more than 100 deaths in 24 hours for the first time since early January Iranian health authorities issued a warning over a ‘fourth wave’ of the COVID-19 epidemic, after registering more than 100 deaths in 24 hours for the first time since early January, state TV reported. “The death of 108 patients of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours is sounding the alarm of the fourth wave of the disease,” Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said at her daily briefing on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The new daily figure takes the death toll of the epidemic to 60,181 in  Iran . Between Sunday and Monday, the ministry reported 8,510 new infections, Lari said, adding 812 of them need to be hospitalized. The total number of Covid-19 cases registered in Iran stands at 1,639,679, according to the official data. Moreover, 1,399,934 Covid-19 patients ha...

  South Korea has been closely monitoring the aftermath of the eased social distancing scheme in place since last week South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 400 for the second straight day Tuesday on fewer tests over the weekend, but authorities are vigilant over the rising reproduction rate amid eased social distancing measures and an increase in the number of patients infected with Covid-19 variants. The country reported 357 more virus cases, including 330 local infections, raising the total caseload to 87,681, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Yonhap reported. On Monday, South Korea reported 332 cases, the lowest in a week. It marked a sharp decrease from more than 600 daily virus cases reported last week, before falling below 500 over the weekend. The country added 11 more deaths, raising the total to 1,573. The fatality rate came to 1.79 per cent. Despite a slowdown in virus cases, health authorities are still concerned over ...