SC: Need to be prepared for 3rd surge
Experts say next pandemic wave will be dangerous for kids
New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the nation needs to be prepared for the third wave of Covid-19 which experts say could be more harmful, especially for children, and emph-asised upon the need to create buffer stock of oxygen.
It asked the Centre not to reduce oxygen supply to Delhi from 700MT till further orders and ensure that rationalisation exercise is completed while taking into account the pan-India perspective.
The top court said that people in Delhi are dying despite efforts being made to treat patients and there is also no denying that many have lost their lives due to shortage of oxygen supply.
It made clear to the Centre and Delhi government that it will not allow the SC to be a ground of recrimination between the two as both indulged in a blame game on the issue of allocation and supply of oxygen.
New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the country needs to be prepared for the third wave of Covid-19 which experts say could be more harmful, especially for children, and emphasised upon the need to create buffer stock of oxygen.
It asked the Centre not to reduce oxygen supply to Delhi from 700MT till further orders and ensure that rationalisation exercise is completed while taking into account the pan-India perspective.
The top court said that people in Delhi are dying despite efforts being made to treat Covid-19 patients and there is also no denying that many have lost their lives due to shortage of oxygen supply.
It made clear to the Centre and Delhi government that it would not allow the top court of the country to be a ground of recrimination between the two as both indulged in a blame game on the issue of allocation and supply of oxygen.
A bench of Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and M.R. Shah said: We need to prepare for the third surge of Covid-19 which may have altogether different parameters. We have to be ready for that. We have been reading that some experts have said that the third surge will be more harmful especially to children.
“We understand children are more resilient as compared to elders but we have to also consider that they themselves will not go to hospitals and their parents will have to take them making them vulnerable .
The bench warned both solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for Centre, and senior advocate Rahul Mehra, representing Delhi government, that the Supreme Court being the top Constitutional court of the country cannot be allowed to be a ground of recrimination.