** Chandigarh Diary: All that is happening in the ‘Land of Five rivers’

PGIMER professor wins public health award

While a PGIMER professor won a public health award by the American Thoracic Society​, the Panjab University Senate elections scheduled for May 3 have been postponed.

Professor Digambar Behera, senior professor and head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) has been awarded the ‘ATS Public Service Award-2021’ by the American Thoracic Society.

** Sent 3,000 oxygen concentrators to help India: UNICEF

The United Nations child rights agency has supplied more than 500 high-flow nasal cannulas and 85 RT-PCR machines.

The UNICEF said on Saturday that it sent critical lifesaving supplies, including 3,000 oxygen concentrators, to help India amid the ravaging second coronavirus wave.

The United Nations child rights agency has supplied more than 500 high-flow nasal cannulas and 85 RT-PCR machines.

** Taiwan’s first batch of COVID-19 aid leaves for India

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said the aid consignment left on a China Airlines freighter on Sunday morning and would be received by India’s Red Cross

Taiwan’s first batch of aid to India to help it fight a surging increase in COVID-19 infections left for New Delhi on Sunday, consisting of 150 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said.