Coronavirus | Madhya Pradesh under 60-hour lockdown amid COVID surge
The Hindu
Oxygen supplies tripled, says CM as kin of patients protest against shortages
Madhya Pradesh, among the 10 States that account for 84% of the new daily cases in the latest surge of COVID-19, is also facing a shortage of medical oxygen as well as the crucial drug remdesivir, used to treat infected patients and reduce time in hospital. The State has been placed under a 60-hour lockdown since 6 p.m. on Friday till 6 a.m. on Monday. Reports of shortage of oxygen and drugs have come in not only from Bhopal but also Indore, the State’s commercial capital where a large number of attendants of corona patients staged a protest at the Dawa Bazar. Jabalpur also witnessed similar protests over lack of supplies for patients. The State government has said all possible arrangements have been made for dealing with the surge in cases and maintaining supplies of drugs and oxygen amid reports in the local media of remdesivir being sold at many times its retail price.More Related News