Haryana oxygen quota up 70 MT

Chandigarh, April 28

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar today said the Centre had increased the state’s daily oxygen quota from 162 MT to 232 MT in view of the prevailing Covid situation.

“The enhanced quota will come from Odisha,” said Khattar, denying Remdesivir shortage in the state. “I have asked the Health Department to issue guidelines so that there was no unnecessary prescriptions of Remdesivir and Tocilizumab.” Equating the second wave with a tsunami, he said industrial units would soon be given licence to produce oxygen.

Addressing a press conference, he said, “During the first wave, the maximum cases per day had reached around 3,100. But yesterday, the state recorded 11,931 Covid cases, which is around four times the peak witnessed during the first wave.”

He said they had prepared health facilities keeping in view the peak figures for the first wave, “but now we are geared up to tackle the latest situation too”. “There is no shortage of oxygen, but its availability in the liquid form (required for transportation) is a challenge. We are working to put a network in order,” he added. — TNS