Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Feature
  • Timeout
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Sci-Tech
  • Others
    • COVID-19
    • Today’s Pic
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Feature
  • Timeout
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • Sci-Tech
  • Others
    • COVID-19
    • Today’s Pic
No Result
View All Result
OrissaPOST - Odisha Latest news, English Daily -
No Result
View All Result

Kerala CM Vijayan directs private hospitals to reserve 25% beds for COVID-19 patients

Updated: April 24th, 2021, 19:29 IST
in Coronavirus, National
0
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare on Linkedin

Thiruvananthapuram: With Covid-19 cases continuing to rise in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Saturday chaired a meeting with the private hospitals and asked them to allocate 25 per cent of the total beds for Covid patients.

As many as 26,685 people tested positive for coronavirus in the state Saturday.

“Even though cases are on the rise in Kerala, there need not be a worry like what is seen in north India. As a precautionary step, held a meeting with the private sector hospitals who have pledged full support.

“We have asked them to ensure that all the ICU beds and the ventilators are checked and kept ready,” Vijayan told the media here. The state’s positive cases stand at 1,98,576.

“Absolute caution has to be maintained by all, if things go out of the hand it could go beyond our reach. The two-day lockdown protocols in the state from Saturday have been getting a good response, as by and large people have remained indoors,” added Vijayan.

He again reiterated that the Centre should reconsider its vaccine policy and ensure that it is being provided free of cost.

“The new rate for Covishield vaccine in the private sector is Rs 600, which by far is the highest priced in the whole world. The state has to pay Serum Institute (SII) Rs 400, which also is high priced, while this has been given to other countries at a lower price than this.

“What we are told is this company is making a profit of Rs 150 per dose. These rates are not fair priced and again I have written to the PM Narendra Modi,” said Vijayan. The Chief Minister pointed out that the response of the people to contribute to the CMDR Fund to buy vaccines has been really encouraging and on Saturday alone Rs 1.15 crore came in.

“At the moment we are not worried about the oxygen stock and we feel we need not be too much concerned about it. We have asked the expert committee to take the call on how best we can help states which are running short of oxygen,” Vijayan added.

 

Tags: Chief MinisterKeralaSerum InstitutevaccineVijayan
ShareTweetSendShare
Suggest A Correction

Enter your email to get our daily news in your inbox.

Related Posts

zomato

Zomato slammed for tagging Gurugram Police in ‘banana chips’ post on X

September 21, 2023
Chandrayaan-3

Eagerly waiting for Chandrayaan-3 lander, rover to wake up from sleep on moon: Govt

September 21, 2023
Stray dogs near Khandagiri

Supreme Court to hear Oct 18 pleas on issues regarding stray dogs

September 21, 2023
Canadian High Commissioner to India, Cameron Mackay

Canada asked to downsize diplomatic presence in India

September 21, 2023
Chandrababu Naidu is prisoner number 7691

Andhra Pradesh court adjourns hearing of CID plea seeking Chandrababu Naidu’s custody till September 22

September 21, 2023
Recipient of Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application 2023, Swati Nayak

Indian scientist to receive World Food Prize’s Norman E Borlaug Award for Field Research & Application

September 21, 2023

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Click Here: Plastic Free Odisha

No Content Available

Archives

Editorial

India Canada Tiff

September 20, 2023

The tiff between India and Canada seems to be swinging out of control. It all started some years ago when...

Read more

Hostage Diplomacy

US citizens Siamak Namazi, right, Emad Sharghi, third left, and Morad Tahbaz, second right, after landing in Doha, Qatar. (EPA)
September 19, 2023

China’s diplomatic manoeuvrings and successes in the Middle East seem to have forced the US not to waste any more...

Read more

Extension of Govt

Aakar Patel
September 17, 2023

The Opposition INDIA alliance has announced the names of 14 anchors whose programmes their spokespersons will boycott. No reason was...

Read more

Appointment U-turn

September 16, 2023

Consistency in government decisions is a fundamental principle of responsible governance. Each decision of the government is presupposed to have...

Read more
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Feature
  • Sports
  • Sci-Tech
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Career
Developed By Ratna Technology

© 2020 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

  • Home
  • Metro
  • State
  • National
  • International
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Feature
  • Opinion
  • Sci-Tech
  • COVID-19
  • Today’s Pic
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Career
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

© 2020 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST