The vaccination drive for Covid-19 which began with a lot of hype in Andhra Pradesh a few months ago has suddenly slowed down to a large extent, drawing criticism from the opposition parties.
At least 11 patients died and several others are in a serious condition when the pressure in the oxygen supply suddenly dipped at the SVRR COVID Hospital in Tirupati on Monday night, coupled with delay in the arrival of the oxygen tanker from Chennai.
Reduced testing during the preceding 24 hours saw Andhra Pradesh report lesser numbers on Monday.
AP deputy chief minister Pamula Pushpa Srivani was tested Covid 19 positive on Monday.
The second wave of the dreaded Coronavirus has been taking the lives of several prominent people, celebrities, journalists and television personalities for the last few weeks.
Former police chief of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Dr B. Prasada Rao passed away in the US on Monday, his family sources said.
The Telangana state government had stopped entry of ambulances from Andhra Pradesh from Monday.
The AP government had changed its vaccine policy and had stopped the present vaccination programme for two days.
Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kurasala Kannababu on slammed Opposition leader Chandrababu Naidu for allegedly causing panic among the people by spreading rumours about the N449K virus and defaming the government which is busy in fighting the Covid pandemic.
Despite a marginal dip on Sunday, the number of fatalities continued to dominate the covid tally charts in Andhra Pradesh.
A 100-foot-tall, 22-metric-tonne Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth and has come down over the Indian Ocean near the Maldives.
Minister Kodali Nani is known for his verbal attack on Chandrababu Naidu whenever he feels that there is apoint.
Andhra Pradesh saw a big surge in Covid fatalities and new cases during the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. on Saturday.
The Visakha Steel Plant (VSP) has agreed to set up 50 bed hospital with oxygen facility for covid treatment.
A day after the Kurnool police registering a criminal case against Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu for allegedly spreading false information about a new Coronavirus variant in the district, the Anantapur police booked a case against his son and party general secretary Nara Lokesh.
