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Coronavirus India Live Updates: Railways to run ?Oxygen Express? to meet high demand amid surge in cases
Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown News Live Updates: The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 12 crore as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, the Health Ministry said.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi |
Updated: April 18, 2021 7:22:35 pm
Coronavirus India Live Updates: In order to meet the oxygen demand across the country, the Railways will run ?Oxygen Express? to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders to different places, the national transporter said Sunday. Empty tankers will start their journey from Kalamboli and Boisar railway stations in and near Mumbai on Monday to load liquid medical oxygen at Vizag, Jamshedpur, Rourkela and Bokaro, officials said.
Drawing attention to the worsening Covid-19 situation of national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for beds and oxygen cylinders for patients. Kejriwal requested Modi that 7,000 out of 10,000 beds in Delhi?s Central government hospitals be reserved for Covid patients.
The Union Health Ministry Sunday said that the daily positivity rate of Covid-19 in India has doubled from 8 per cent to 16.69 per cent in last 12 days.
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