21 - Apr - 2021

Handling COVID-19 pandemic – Delhi High Court pulls up Central Government.

The Delhi High Court pulled up the Central Government yesterday, for the way it is handling the COVID-19 pandemic. Especially, many states are experiencing acute shortage of oxygen. The court directed the government to stop oxygen for industrial use to meet the demand by hospitals. The Court said that, we may lose one crore people if we don’t act in time. Taking note of the shortage of various life saving drugs amid the raging pandemic, the Court told the Centre to speak to drug manufacturing companies and to step up their production.