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Are we prepared for third wave of Covid-19?

Is our Government well-equipped with Covid medical facilities for its 15 lakh population? We all have seen how our Health Department struggled in the second wave to give proper beds to patients in the hospitals, where many received treatment on stretchers and floor. Thousands were quarantined at home and some succumbed before admission to a hospital.

Our Health Minister and learned CM are vociferous in stating that they are prepared for the third wave. With the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi celebration, election rallies, tourist inflow and now with the idea of opening of casinos, social distancing and wearing of masks are just an eyewash.

Many who enter Goa in their own vehicles in the early hours still go unchecked for Covid negative tests. God save Goa and its people.


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Hope Lord Ganesha brings an end to woes of Goans

AIRES RODRIGUES, Ribandar
Published Sep 9, 2021, 11:32 PM IST
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Very warm greetings to you all on Ganesh Chaturthi. In this festive season, amid the gloom of the ongoing pandemic, let us all pray fervently to Lord Ganesha, the Vignaharta  (Remover of obstacles), to ease our never ending suffering, particularly of the poor and needy across Goa, indeed across the world.  Lord Ganesha is traditionally worshipped by one and all as Remover of obstacles. But the wise God can also place obstacles in the path of those that need to be…

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