Since July, Tamil Nadu has been organising virtual and in-person training for nurses to handle young Covid patients, apprehending a spike in infections among kids and infants in the 3rd wave.
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The Sonipat district collector was hospitalised in April with Covid, his daughter was on ventilator. Still he kept in touch with his team to ensure that pandemic management in the district was on track.
Bengal had banned mobile phones in govt Covid hospitals last year, making it difficult for patients to keep in touch. Calls to hospital landlines go unanswered, say families.
The DRDO has set up five temporary hospitals to treat Covid patients. More are planned to handle a possible third wave. But the agency's role has primarily been of a project executing body.
Working since 6 May, the war room in Chennai services 200 hospitals and nursing homes, tracking stocks and coordinating with suppliers and police to ensure no delays.
The armed forces have identified states and regions which need more help, based on existing capacities and number of cases, and are also preparing for a possible third wave.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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