Covid surge: Vasai-Virar MLA asks PM Modi for help as oxygen shortage leaves 3 dead

With Covid-19 cases rising rapidly, Maharashtra’s Vasai-Virar area is facing an acute shortage of oxygen. Three people have already lost their lives due to this. The local MLA took to Twitter to appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help on Monday night.

With Covid-19 cases increasing rapidly, the Vasai-Virar area near Mumbai is facing an acute shortage of oxygen supply. According to a tweet by the local MLA Kshitij Thakur, three people in the area have already lost their lives due to the shortage. I wish to draw @PMOIndia 's attention to a very grave matter. There is an acute shortage of oxygen in the Vasai taluka. Notably, the supply can run for only three hours. There are more than 7,000 active cases in the area and more than 3,000 people require oxygen supply daily - #Oxygen . . . , @CMOMaharashtra @PawarSpeaks @rajeshtope11 @NANA_PATOLE @Dev_Fadnavis @pravinpatkar2 @AjitPawarSpeaks 7 #COVID19 Patients died today at Vinayak Hospital Nalasopara near Mumbai due to defect in #oxygen Supply. Thackeray Sarkar is responsible for these Death. Health Minister Rajesh Tope must resign immidately: @BJP4India @BJP4Maharashtra @Dev_Fadnavis @ChDadaPatil pic.twitter.com/z4O36HY3GQ Thakur took to Twitter on Monday night to appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for immediate help. The Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) leader said that the current oxygen supply in the area would only run for three more hours. Vasai-Virar currently has more than 7,000 active cases of Covid-19. According to Thakur, more than 3,000 patients need oxygen supply on a daily basis.