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“We had asked the UT Administration to tell us what all the health departments needs to purchase ...they have asked us to purchase oximeters and thermal scanners,” said KK Yadav, MC Commissioner.

The vaccination drive took place at seven centres in the UT, with 1,000 people given slots, on the basis of online booking, with no on-spot vaccination available for this phase. A total of 929 people received the jab on Friday.

Many of them say that despite making frequent calls to the health department, they did not receive the kits.

A Solan police team headed by SP (Barotiwala) stopped the tanker at a check-post and refused to let it pass. Sources said the escort team of Chandigarh police tried to convince their counterparts about the urgency but failed.

Civic body contractor doubles up as pandit at cremation ground.

Due to the shortage of medical oxygen, the UT administration has urged privately established Covid Care Centres to arrange for concentrators on their own instead of relying on assistance from the administration.

Only 20 people allowed at wedding functions and 10 in funerals.

The Indian Express Sunday contacted some councillors representing colonies and villages from where most Covid-19 cases are being reported, on the phone numbers given on the website.

Officials of the administration said that “a private hospital was found taking an abnormal quantity of 400 oxygen cylinders per day, while another hospital of almost same capacity was consuming about 90 cylinders.”

The accused is a resident of Beriya village at Mahotari in Nepal and was presently residing at Dappar.

Governor Badnore intervenes as UT officials stop vendor from supplying oxygen to PGI, saying it’s above their quota

The cumulative active cases count in the Tricity reached 21,035 on Saturday.

The Indian Express spoke to the councilors about their role and endeavours to provide help to people who are suffering with the virus.

May has been the cruelest month, with Chandigarh reporting a high of 890 cases on May 3 and May 7, the highest since the pandemic began.

The administration has ordered Mini COVID care centres that " they make their own arrangements for oxygen" and the admissions.