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India’s hospitals swamped by second coronavirus wave as shots run low

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Struggling HospitalsA state-run Mumbai hospital had run out of ICU and oxygen beds, a doctor who asked not to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the information said.There were also reports of shortages of Remdesivir, a broad spectrum anti-viral medication used to treat Covid-19, Bajaj said, adding that getting supplies of the drug was becoming difficult at his hospitals.Punjab’s vaccine stock will last another five days, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Saturday, urging the federal government to augment the supply.

People’s anger against the federal government over its contentious new agriculture laws, which has seen thousands of farmers protesting at Delhi’s borders since November, was “impacting the vaccination drive,".

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