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IPL-based New Zealand Test players Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson have left the bio-bubble and relocated themselves in the Maldvies. The decision was taken after their entry in UK, initially thought to be May 11, was expected to be delayed by a week.

The Delhi government, in association with the TYCIA Foundation, launched auto-ambulances equipped with hand sanitisers and oxygen cylinders to ferry mildly symptomatic patients with oxygen saturation levels ranging from 85 to 90.

Navneet Kalra, a renowned Delhi businessman who owns the iconic Khan Chacha brand of restaurants, is currently the prime accused in a case related to hoarding and blackmarketing of oxygen concentrators, crucial medical equipment used for Covid management.

Delhi reported 19,832 Covid-19 cases on Friday, the case count remaining below 20,000 for the fourth time in last five days. The positivity rate in the city stands at 24.92 per cent.

The Delhi government on Friday announced that it will organise a mass vaccination drive to immunise all media employees against the Covid-19 infection. The state government will bear the cost of the vaccine jabs.

Acute paucity of oxygen in Delhi has generated grief and despair among the public and Covid-19 patients, brought the Centre close to contempt proceedings in Delhi HC and the Supreme Court forcing a commitment on supply lines for the UT.

Multiple cases of Covid-triggered cases of mucormycisis or black fungus have been reported at Delhi hospitals. Mucormycisis, a fungal infection triggered by Covid-19, has been a cause of death of patients in transplants, ICUs and immunodeficient patients since long.

The Delhi government has set up an online portal to help Covid-19 patients, isolating at home, access liquid oxygen without running around.

A Delhi court on Wednesday ordered the release of 12 oxygen concentrators that were seized by the police among its personnel, judicial officers and their family members.

Delhi-NCR residents in the age group of 18-44 years continue to struggle to find a slot for vaccination even days after the drive started.

Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: As the Covid emergency in India causes a shortage of resources such as oxygen, Poland has joined the list of countries that have come forward to help by sending aid to the country. This morning, Poland sent 100 oxygen concentrators to help India fight the severe second wave which has overwhelmed the hospitals, stretching the healthcare system thin. Meanwhile, even as the Delhi coronavirus situation, too, remains serious, another challenge stares at Delhi. Covid-induced "black fungus". Delhi has reported "black fungus" in Covid patients. Stay tuned for LIVE Updates on coronavirus in India.

Days after India Today exposed how some ambulance drivers were duping hapless families by charging them exuberant prices for ferrying patients, the Delhi Govt has assured that it will take strict action against those who are profiting from the crisis.

Delhi witnessed 448 Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the official figures. This means that 18 people die in the national capital each hour. Hospitals, which are already grappling with the shortage of medical oxygen, have been overwhelmed. Little or no help from the central or Delhi governments has forced a number of hospitals in the national capital to install their own oxygen plants and generators. BLK Super Specialty Hospital and Max Hospitals have procured an oxygen generator and cylinder filling system from France. The hospitals will now install an in-house oxygen generator to tide over the crisis. This oxygen concentrator, which comes along with an oxygen cylinder filling system, will help the hospital with 15 per cent of its total need for oxygen. In addition, it will also fill 50-60 oxygen cylinders.

After India Today exposed a nexus of those charging Covid-19 patients and their families exorbitant prices, the Delhi government has issued an order to cap the rates of ambulance services in the national capital.

Ten auto-ambulances have been launched in Delhi for carrying Covid positive patients with mild symptoms and requiring oxygen support to the hospital.

The Delhi government has announced that all those coming to the city from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana will have to undergo 14-day institutional quarantine as a precaution against a new "virulent variant of Covid-19".

In a heartwarming gesture, nurses, who were there on their way to Delhi to join the fight against Covid-19, were applauded by the IndiGo staff at the airport in Mangalore. 

Three people, including a distributor, have been arrested by Delhi Police for cheating people by painting discarded fire extinguishers and selling them off as empty oxygen cylinders to families of Covid-19 patients.

A Delhi Police personnel, posted at the Lodhi crematorium, postponed his daughter's wedding as he did not want to take leave.

The Delhi Government has written to CBSE regarding the Class 10 board exam results timeline, asking it to review it as many teachers are busy with Covid-19 duties. Further, 76 schools have been designated as Covid-19 vaccination centers.

Four people from a restaurant and bar in Delhi's Lodhi Colony were arrested in connection with black marketing of oxygen concentrators. Police have recovered 419 oxygen concentrators, which were being sold for over Rs 70,000. 

The Supreme Court Wednesday lauded the efforts of Maharashtra authorities in ensuring oxygen supply to Covid-19 patients in Mumbai and asked the Centre and the Delhi government to talk with the civic body officials of that city to learn about augmenting and managing the supply. The observations were made during the hearing and in the order of the top court which stayed contempt proceedings initiated by the Delhi High Court against central government officials for non-compliance of direction to supply 700 MT of oxygen for Covid-19 patients to Delhi.

The DRDO has installed two oxygen plants in Delhi and will be installing three more by the end of this week. Each plant can generate 1,000 litre of oxygen every minute.

Sushil Kumar has landed in a fresh controversy after a young wrestler was beaten to death in a clash involving two groups on the Chhatrasal stadium premises in North-West Delhi late Tuesday night.

181 cops in Delhi, including several senior officers, have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Currently, there are around 3,000 active cases in the police force.