Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*In the past fortnight, over a half a dozen doctors have checked into hotels that have been temporarily turned into paid quarantine centres. With an entire lot of health workers requiring to be quarantined every time a patient or a healthcare worker at a hospital tests positive, an increasing number of doctors are checking into hotels. Consequently, the room count available for quarantine has also shot up from 645 to 2,000 in the past 10 days.
*Residents in sensitive zones purchasing over-the-counter drugs for fever, cough and cold have come under the scanner.
*A full-scale letter war erupted between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday, with Banerjee protesting against the “direct attacks” Dhankhar (a “nominated” functionary) had been making on “an elected CM” and Dhankhar accusing Banerjee of failing to abide by “constitutional prescriptions”.
*The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Bengal doubled to 58 over the past 24 hours even as 24 patients were released after recovery on Thursday taking the total number of active cases in the state to 334.
*The Covid-19 pandemic has begun to sting senior healthcare workers and hospital administration staff where it hurts the most: their wallets. Several private hospitals in Kolkata have either enforced, or have asked senior doctors and other staff to voluntarily go for, a pay cut in order to offset an unprecedented dip in revenue, and to ensure regular salaries for junior staff.
*In the past fortnight, over a half a dozen doctors have checked into hotels that have been temporarily turned into paid quarantine centres. With an entire lot of health workers requiring to be quarantined every time a patient or a healthcare worker at a hospital tests positive, an increasing number of doctors are checking into hotels. Consequently, the room count available for quarantine has also shot up from 645 to 2,000 in the past 10 days.
*Residents in sensitive zones purchasing over-the-counter drugs for fever, cough and cold have come under the scanner.
*A full-scale letter war erupted between Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday, with Banerjee protesting against the “direct attacks” Dhankhar (a “nominated” functionary) had been making on “an elected CM” and Dhankhar accusing Banerjee of failing to abide by “constitutional prescriptions”.
*The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Bengal doubled to 58 over the past 24 hours even as 24 patients were released after recovery on Thursday taking the total number of active cases in the state to 334.
*The Covid-19 pandemic has begun to sting senior healthcare workers and hospital administration staff where it hurts the most: their wallets. Several private hospitals in Kolkata have either enforced, or have asked senior doctors and other staff to voluntarily go for, a pay cut in order to offset an unprecedented dip in revenue, and to ensure regular salaries for junior staff.
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