Trying something different : May 2021

COVID- 19:third wave is come soon

The third wave will hit 35% of the people

Children at greater risk; Data requested by the National Commission for Children from the States and Union Territories

New Delhi:

The second wave of corona is now beginning to appear to be falling. But according to health experts, the third wave, which is expected to hit in a few days, could hit 35 per cent of the country's population. Experts say it is likely to affect a large number of children as well as adolescents. Against this background, the National Commission for the Protection of the Rights of the Child from all the states as well as the Union Territories

Data has been requested for 22 devices used in the treatment of children.

According to experts, the third wave could occur between October and December. The commission has also requested that data related to children's health be received within a week as it has already made good preparations for this. The major problem is that the states do not have any statistics on mortality and malnutrition

A third wave of corona is expected between October and December, according to experts

Preparations for the third match as soon as it starts

How Many Hospitals, Nursing Homes, First Aid Centers, Doctors,

The number of nurses includes all such information. The commission has also asked for data on how many children fell ill in which year due to which disease. Of course, there is no picture that states will be able to provide it. The Juvenile Commission has also sought figures on child deaths in NICU, SICU and PICU in the last three years. These figures were requested by the

Is. The commission has sent a prepared 'form' to the states. Child

INDIA FIGHTS AGAINST COVID-19

195 children's lost there parents in Maharashtra.

Mumbai : At least 195 children in Maharashtra have lost their parents due to Covid-19, so far. Of them, 108 have lost both their parents, the task forces appointed by the state government informed.

After the Supreme Court (SC) directive, taking cognisance of the reports on the social media that children orphaned after losing their parents due to the virus were being illegally adopted, the state government’s woman and child welfare department (WCD) formed task forces in every (36) district to identify such children two weeks ago.

The task forces have found at least 195 such children in the state have lost their parents, of them, 108 have been orphaned after losing both their parents. Around 42 children have been brought to the child care institutes (CCIs) run by state government.

According to the figures collated by the WCD, Mumbai had no such children, while Nandurbar had the highest 93 children, of which 66 have lost both their parents. Hingoli, Jalna and Gondia have 18, 16 and 12 children who have lost one of their parents. Thane has 11 children who have lost both their parents due to the Covid-19.

WCD minister Yashomati Thakur said that the number of affected children is expected to be 400 in the state. “ First, we try to give the children family parenting, with the help of Bal Sangopan and foster parenting schemes. If that is not possible then these children are brought to the CCI. We have increased the age limit of their stay in these institutions to 23 years from 18 years so that they are protected until they stand on their feet,” Thakur said.

The district administrations have started visiting their houses to take review and extend the help required by the children.

“As the basic principle of the Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act), we prefer the custody to be retained by the extended family of the children who lost both their parents. Such children in custody with relatives like uncle or grandparents are given financial assistance of ₹1,125 per month under our Bal Sangopan scheme. In case, such custody in the extended family is not possible, the children are brought to the CCIs by following due process,” said an official from the department.

In a government resolution (GR) issued on May 11, the state government has made it mandatory for the hospitals to note the information from the Covid-19 patients about their minor children, about their custody during the treatment.

The district level task forces, headed by district collectors, have been assigned with the task to keep a tab of the custody of such children. The task force has also been directed to take steps to avoid any illegal adoption and extending legal aid to such children to protect their rights.

Manisha Birasis, assistant commissioner, woman and child development department, said that the district level task forces will take care of the legal rights of the children.

“The GR is self-explanatory on various fronts. It also has stated how to safeguard the rights of the children in a property once they attain a majority of their age. The district authorities will ensure that their property rights are not entangled in family disputes,” she said.

The WCD has also directed the district authorities to take action against the people involved in the illegal adoption of such children. Cases have been filed in such attempts under various sections of the JJ Act and Indian Penal Code.

COVID-19 FIGHTS INDIA

New Delhi : From software giants in California to face shield makers from the UK, and the Indian diaspora to a Buddhist group — the Narendra Modi government has received aid to fight Covid-19 from a wide range of private donors, government data shows. They have supplied medical oxygen infrastructure, life-saving drugs and even infrared thermal scanners over the past few weeks.

The data, reviewed by HT, shows that American companies such as Salesforce, Eli Lilly, Bloom Energy and Thermo Fisher Scientific, Swiss major Roche, UK-based Virustatic Shield Ltd and Canada’s PRACSNS are among the list of international donors.

Amazon, Virgin Atlantic, Indian communities in New Zealand, Oman and the UK, a Buddhist order known as Chinese Diligent Buddhists of Master Yunyi and Indian corporate majors such as Reliance Industries, Infosys, Bajaj group, ITC and Tata Group have also extended help, according to the government records.

The international donors have so far provided more than 6,000 oxygen concentrators, one million rapid antigen kits, more than 50,000 vials of life-saving drugs such as tocilizumab and over 100,000 packs of baricitinib.

The government has waived basic customs duty and health cess on import of medical oxygen, oxygen-related equipment and ventilators until July 31, 2021.

All non-monetary donations from the private sector to the Centre are being coordinated and provided with end-to-end support by the government’s think tank Niti Aayog.

“Private sector, both Indian and International, has been at the forefront of fight against the second wave of Covid pandemic...” said Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

Official data shows Salesforce has donated 2,200 oxygen concentrators and 10,000 pulse oximeters; Indian communities in the UK and Oman have given 708 oxygen concentrators, 2,370 nasal cannula and oxygen masks, 480 pulse oximeters and 30 oxygen concentrators.

About 100 private organisations have contributed so far and an official said more donations were on their way.

Indian corporate majors, too, have extended help. The Tata Group helped in setting up Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre and Hospital and imported 14 cryogenic containers for oxygen, among other things. The Bajaj Group installed four oxygen plants in rural hospitals, and are installing oxygen plants in some key government hospitals in western India.

“Reliance Industries is providing over 1,000 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen per day. They have organised airlifting of 24 ISO containers from Saudi Arabia, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Thailand, and are adding 500 MT of transportation capacity for liquid oxygen,” an official document said.

“Infosys is helping Karnataka government to scale up the call centre operations, Raytheon Technologies has donated oxygen concentrators, Escorts is setting up a 1000 bed hospital in Faridabad, DCM Shriram is setting up seven PSA oxygen generation plants at district hospitals in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India and Hero MotoCorp are setting up 100 beds hospitals each, Microtek is importing 2000 oxygen concentrators, Venkateshwara Wires, Man Structurals, Balaji Industrial and Basant Fiberteck together have donated 500 beds to COVID Centre at Jaipur,” the official document added.