Goa, a Tourism Hotspot in India, Faces a Devastating Surge of Infections - The New York Times

May 12, 2021

many people are dying in G.M.C.,” the health minister for Goa, Vishwajit Rane, told The Times of India.

Contradicting the health minister, Pramod Sawant, Goa’s chief minister, who visited the hospital, said that there was “no scarcity” and that the state had “abundant supplies of oxygen.” Mr.

Rane said the chief minister might be “misguided.”.

The World Health Organization has said that there is not enough evidence to suggest that the drug reduces mortality in coronavirus patients.

Rane announced on Twitter that the state government would make the drug available for everyone over 18 as a prophylactic.

Rane said, adding that the government would make the drug available at hospitals and primary health centers for people to “start the treatment immediately, irrespective of any symptoms.”.