No Medical Care, No Awareness Programs: Covid-19 Pandemic Pushed Adivasis Further into Invisibility
3 years, 6 months ago

No Medical Care, No Awareness Programs: Covid-19 Pandemic Pushed Adivasis Further into Invisibility

News 18  

28-year-old pregnant woman Tara Sorthey from the Gor tribal community had to travel around 10 km for a Covid-19 test in Chattisgarh’s Korba district. In September 2020, the Union Tribal Minister Affairs Minister Arjun Munda said less than 3 per cent population in 177 tribal-dominated districts in the county has been detected as positive for coronavirus, reporting “no major outbreak of the disease in tribal areas”. On the other hand, primary healthcare centres and hospitals at district and subdistrict levels lack a sufficient number of doctors and workers and that has “created a critical impact on the lives of tribal people” at a time when India has reported over four lakh daily coronavirus cases, opines the senior activist. Although primary health care centres and hospitals have been set up in district and sub-district levels, “there are not enough healthcare staff to take care of the covid situation there,” says Debbarma.“Although sub-centres have medical facilities and staffs, but not sufficient. “A 10 per cent hike, that too during the novel coronavirus disease pandemic, will not take us anywhere close to that goal,” said a health economist with the Public Health Foundation in a recent report.

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Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Unanswered questions, lessons learnt and ongoing challenges
1 year, 2 months ago

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Unanswered questions, lessons learnt and ongoing challenges

Firstpost  

The COVID-19 pandemic that impacted all aspects of human life, quite literally cancelled the planet. Was any internal advice given to the Government of India that the mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna were better, despite the fact that they were significantly more expensive and difficult to administer? Covishield, developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca in the UK, is similar to previous …

Health Matters | Of monsoons, maladies and medicine
1 year, 6 months ago

Health Matters | Of monsoons, maladies and medicine

The Hindu  

Now that the Southwest monsoon has arrived, there’s always some romanticism in the air along with the petrichor, but this time, a little trepidation too. The Joint Malnutrition Estimates released by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank has a mixed bag for India, but the gains in reducing stunting are quite significant: In the decade between 2012 and 2022, stunting among …

Andhra Pradesh: We better mask up as COVID-19 cases rise
1 year, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: We better mask up as COVID-19 cases rise

The Hindu  

It’s ironic that most of us no longer follow COVID precautions like wearing masks even though COVID-19 cases are on the rise in the country. However, the increasing number of cases in other States, the fatalities reported in a few States, calls for adherence to COVID-19 protocols like wearing masks, observing social distancing and frequent sanitisation of hands, opine doctors …

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness
1 year, 8 months ago

Ready, or not: The Hindu Editorial on rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and India’s state of preparedness

The Hindu  

The better part of management is preparedness. On April 12, a total of 7,830 new cases were reported in a 24-hour period, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data, possibly the highest in over 200 days. However, health systems can scarcely afford to be under prepared, especially considering the recent traumatic experience of a raging pandemic taking a huge toll. …

On Covid, India has no need to worry yet
1 year, 8 months ago

On Covid, India has no need to worry yet

Hindustan Times  

Every Covid wave is preceded by what at first seems like drops turning into a trickle of infections. Today, a steady but small increase in recorded cases has prompted the question: Is Covid back? Is the trickle of cases being recorded in several parts of the country the same sort of a sign that preceded the Omicron variant and the …

India on alert for new variants as Covid wave sweeps China
2 years ago

India on alert for new variants as Covid wave sweeps China

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — India’s health minister has advised the public to take precautions against Covid-19, including getting vaccinated and wearing masks, as the country remains on alert for potential new variants that could emerge from the wave of infections sweeping neighboring China. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday told Parliament that India would begin randomly testing 2% of international …

Maharashtra warns of COVID spike ahead of festive season, cautions against new Omicron subvariant
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra warns of COVID spike ahead of festive season, cautions against new Omicron subvariant

Firstpost  

The Maharashtra health department has cautioned that COVID-19 cases could rise, especially during winter and the festive season, citing new variants like BA.2.3.20 and BQ.1 reported from the state Mumbai: The Mumbai civic body on Tuesday issued an advisory urging citizens to adhere to COVID-19-appropriate behaviour during the upcoming festive season to prevent a spike in cases. The Maharashtra health …

Coronavirus Update: Big relief from Covid-19 pandemic, less than 2000 new cases in India
2 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus Update: Big relief from Covid-19 pandemic, less than 2000 new cases in India

Firstpost  

In the last 24 hours, 1,968 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, while 15 people died. Earlier on Monday, 3,011 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the country Coronavirus Update: There is relief for India on the front of the global coronavirus pandemic. Earlier on Monday, 3,011 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in the country while 28 …

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data
2 years, 7 months ago

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data

The Hindu  

Over the last year, the World Health Organization has been busy, in an unprecedented effort, to calculate the global death toll from COVID-19. There are gaps Several news reports have pointed at a significant gap in India’s COVID-19 story — significantly under-reported mortality figures. Because as in these figures, India would have had close to four times the COVID-19 deaths …

COVID: Too soon to say the worst of the pandemic is behind us
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID: Too soon to say the worst of the pandemic is behind us

The Hindu  

WITH the war in the Ukraine grabbing most of the headlines, the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly ceased to be the number one news item at the global level as it had been for a lengthy period of time until recently. The World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update published on April 12 states: “uring the week of 4 through 10 …

Coronavirus pandemic: India reports over 1.07 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.42%; 865 deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic: India reports over 1.07 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.42%; 865 deaths

India TV News  

Highlights Total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 12,25,011 today Total death toll in the country is now at 5,01,979 The daily positivity rate is at 7.42 per cent on Feb 6 COVID-19 India News Updates : India recorded 1,07,474 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 865 deaths due to the infection in the past …

Indians flood markets, tourist spots despite Omicron concerns
3 years ago

Indians flood markets, tourist spots despite Omicron concerns

Al Jazeera  

Authorities urge restraint and caution amid rising cases of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Indians are crowding markets and taking packed flights to holiday destinations again despite calls from authorities urging restraint and caution amid rising cases of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s government has warned states not to let their …

‘Much safer now’: Is India past the worst of COVID pandemic?
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Much safer now’: Is India past the worst of COVID pandemic?

Al Jazeera  

Despite a long festive season and falling temperatures, the country seems to have dodged another deadly wave. The report highlighted possible scenarios predicted by the Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur, one of India’s premier state-run institutions, whose study anticipated more than 300,000 coronavirus cases a day – lower than the second wave peaks – in October if there were …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Fresh 10,488 Covid Cases in India; WHO 'Very Worried' about Virus Spread in Europe
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Fresh 10,488 Covid Cases in India; WHO 'Very Worried' about Virus Spread in Europe

News 18  

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: In the last 24 hours, India recorded 10,488 cases and 313 deaths, as per data released by the Health Ministry. Harish Rawat said, “I think the state govt decided this without considering precautionary measures, without seeing Covid situation in the state and the country or perhaps without taking note of reports of an increase in Covid cases …

Lessons for India from Kerala’s Covid experience
3 years, 3 months ago

Lessons for India from Kerala’s Covid experience

Hindustan Times  

Many held Kerala up as a national and global example on how to manage Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic. Based on statistical and scientific evidence on hand, it can be safely surmised that Kerala’s crisis is caused by a mutant strain of the original virus, and an extremely poor containment and home quarantine policy. As evident from …

Is Kerala Covid situation a cause for concern?
3 years, 3 months ago

Is Kerala Covid situation a cause for concern?

New Indian Express  

India is still in an ongoing pandemic, with the virus circulating in all states, though with variable rates. There is a possibility of a third wave and it will take many more months before the disease could become endemic. The sustained transmission and higher reporting of cases in Kerala are the outcome of a high proportion of susceptible population—not an …

COVID-19 was never supposed to get into Indigenous communities. Now it's at the 'doorstep'
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 was never supposed to get into Indigenous communities. Now it's at the 'doorstep'

ABC  

It was the success story of the pandemic: no First Nations lives lost, and until recently, COVID-19 hadn't made its way to Indigenous communities. Key points: 7.30 can reveal more than 400 Indigenous people have contracted COVID-19 in New South Wales since June Aboriginal medical services were also running short on vaccine supply before cases began to emerge in Indigenous …

India may have reached COVID endemicity, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
3 years, 4 months ago

India may have reached COVID endemicity, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

Firstpost  

New Delhi: COVID-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity where there is a low or moderate level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan said. In an interview with journalist Karan Thapar for the news website The Wire, Swaminathan said given the size of India and heterogeneity of …

Covid in India entering endemic stage: WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid in India entering endemic stage: WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

India Today  

Covid-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity where there is low or moderate level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan said. In an interview to journalist Karan Thapar for news website The Wire, Swaminathan said given the size of India and heterogeneity of population and immunity status …

How did Indians forget the deadly covid second wave so soon?
3 years, 4 months ago

How did Indians forget the deadly covid second wave so soon?

Live Mint  

Some months ago, before the second wave of covid-19 unleashed its fury upon India, Sushmita Sundaram, a 34-year-old communications professional based in Bengaluru, had mustered up the courage to live a little. “The challenge, for me, now is to figure out how to go out safely,” she says, “though by the time I get my second dose, the third wave …

Vulnerable groups caught between two worlds amid lockdowns
3 years, 4 months ago

Vulnerable groups caught between two worlds amid lockdowns

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the catastrophic consequences of the public health system remaining largely underfunded in India. A nationwide study on three vulnerable groups during the pandemic published recently said: “Public health measures are rarely apolitical, and, as the situation in India shows, can be experienced as forms of exclusion and repression for vulnerable groups of people.” The study, …

The cusp: on disconcerting note of coronavirus story
3 years, 4 months ago

The cusp: on disconcerting note of coronavirus story

The Hindu  

August has begun on a disconcerting note in India’s coronavirus story. The seven-day weekly average of cases hovers around the psychologically important 40,000 mark and there is an uptick in daily new cases with the latest numbers a little over 41,000. With nearly 20,000 fresh cases being added every day, it is of concern that if a State with an …

Two-thirds of Indians have antibodies, shows ICMR survey - The Hindu
3 years, 5 months ago

Two-thirds of Indians have antibodies, shows ICMR survey - The Hindu

The Hindu  

While two-thirds of the general population had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, a third does not have antibodies, making approximately 40 crore people still vulnerable to infections, Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. Presenting the results of the fourth national COVID serosurvey, Dr. Bhargava said States, districts and areas without antibodies run the risk of infection waves. …

Winning the Covid-19 Battle in Rural India: A Blueprint for Action
3 years, 5 months ago

Winning the Covid-19 Battle in Rural India: A Blueprint for Action

Hindustan Times  

As India welcomed 2021, the country was reporting less than 15,000 new Covid-19 cases per day between mid-January and mid-February. Two of India’s largest and most populous states – Uttar Pradesh and Bihar—have also witnessed a steep rise in Covid-19 cases in their rural districts. Given the severe shortage of medical facilities in rural India, managing the spread of the …

India reports 34,703 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in nearly four months; daily fatalities fall to 553
3 years, 5 months ago

India reports 34,703 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in nearly four months; daily fatalities fall to 553

Hindustan Times  

India’s caseload of the coronavirus disease climbed to 30,619,932 on Tuesday, after 34,703 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry’s update at 8 am. Tuesday’s Covid-19 tally is 5,093 less than that of Monday’s when 39,796 people were detected positive for the viral disease. The report named “Covid-19: the race to finishing line,” …

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India
3 years, 6 months ago

The unseen cost of covid’s long shadow on India

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : The second wave of the pandemic might have ebbed, but Ritu Garg, a Gurugram-based doctor, has had no respite. “People are now coming in with diseases like cancer at an advanced stage, uncontrolled diabetes, heart ailments, and more," said Garg, zonal director at Fortis Memorial Research Institute. A World Health Organization survey released in May 2020 projected …

Health workers battle vaccine hesitancy in remote tribal villages of Bihar
3 years, 6 months ago

Health workers battle vaccine hesitancy in remote tribal villages of Bihar

News 18  

Authorities in several districts of Bihar are facing a major issue of getting the people in rural areas vaccinated due to the prevalent hesitancy for vaccination. Even though the state government is constantly running campaigns and trying to send awareness teams to far-flung areas in order to sensitise people regarding the Covid-19 vaccination, not much impact has been created yet. …

ASHA, ANM, Anganwadi Workers Bravely Fought COVID in Rural India. Time We Train & Equip Them Better
3 years, 6 months ago

ASHA, ANM, Anganwadi Workers Bravely Fought COVID in Rural India. Time We Train & Equip Them Better

News 18  

While the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India had seemingly spared rural populations, the recent surge in cases from May 2021 has severely impacted districts, towns and villages nationwide. Even as urban centres reported news of severe oxygen crises and lack of hospital beds, in villages across the country, people were losing their lives even before they could …

What Explains COVID Testing Hesitancy in India: Distress, Trauma and Fear of Social Stigma
3 years, 6 months ago

What Explains COVID Testing Hesitancy in India: Distress, Trauma and Fear of Social Stigma

News 18  

On 10 May 2021, India reported more new cases than all other countries combined. Conclusion Recognising the complex interactions between ongoing lived experience of COVID-19-related trauma, and traumatic experience associated with systemic social inequities, can help identify the reasons behind India’s prevalent testing hesitancy. For example, lower caste village residents may be hesitant to test because given their socio-economic status; …

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID: Cosmopolitan India Dedicates It’s Cover to ASHA Workers

The Quint  

The ASHA workers, the foot soldiers fighting the pandemic in India, have been working frantically on the rural frontline, multitasking even as the fear of infection remains high. In the magazine, India Today Editor Preeti Chaudhary who has been reporting on India’s crisis through her on-ground reports, authors a piece on the selfless acts carried out by ASHA workers. Bellow …

Rural India Accounted for 53% Covid-19 in May, Facing Excess Mortality, Reveals Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural India Accounted for 53% Covid-19 in May, Facing Excess Mortality, Reveals Report

News 18  

A new statistical report by the Delhi-based research organization, Centre for Science and Environment has revealed that in the month of May six districts in rural India accounted for over 52 percent of deaths due to Covid-19 and 53 percent of all new cases. As a result of the worsening of the situation in rural India amid the second wave, …

COVID-19: Superstitions, Traditions Fuelling Virus Spread in Rural Rajasthan
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19: Superstitions, Traditions Fuelling Virus Spread in Rural Rajasthan

News 18  

Unfazed by the increasing spread of COVID-19 and related deaths, the rural folks in Rajasthan are relying on superstitions and crude practices of quackery, instead of health experts and medical help. Even as the people of Dantra Dhani village in Bhilwara district believe that hanging shoes at the façades of their houses will ward off the “evil spirits”, those in …

India's rural districts accounted for every second Covid death, 53% new cases in May: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

India's rural districts accounted for every second Covid death, 53% new cases in May: Report

India Today  

The pandemic has exposed the healthcare system in rural India, where the crisis of Covid-19 is largely a silent one. In May, six districts in rural India accounted for over 52 per cent of deaths due to Covid-19 and 53 per cent of all new cases of infection. Dismal condition of primary healthcare The report -- State of India's Environment …

Rural health care needs fixing, and now
3 years, 6 months ago

Rural health care needs fixing, and now

The Hindu  

The two consecutive waves of COVID-19 and Mucormycosis have left us shattered. The key role of health-care facilities in the rural areas is to provide regular and comprehensive health-care needs guided by the World Health Organization ’s principle of Universal Health Coverage, “ensuring that all people have access to needed health services of sufficient quality to be effective while also …

‘They were my neighbors and friends’: India’s second COVID wave ravages the countryside
3 years, 6 months ago

‘They were my neighbors and friends’: India’s second COVID wave ravages the countryside

LA Times  

Relatives transport a body for cremation, passing the partially exposed graves of those believed to be COVID-19 victims, in Shringverpur, India. “He got tested on April 28 and died the next day.” In the village of Patkhauli in eastern Uttar Pradesh, almost every one of its 1,400 residents appeared to fall ill at some point. “The entire village was sick,” …

How are rural communities stemming covid-19’s spread?
3 years, 6 months ago

How are rural communities stemming covid-19’s spread?

Live Mint  

Three weeks ago, a 32-year-old father of three in Uttarakhand’s Mori tehsil died of covid-19. “Last year, covid-19’s effect was on our finances, as all of us in the village are dependent on tourism.” This time, it’s different. The community and NGO mobilisation has definitely helped, as we are building infrastructure not just for the current wave but for the …

India's Covid-19 crisis: Why I'm grateful I lost my parents before the current surge
3 years, 6 months ago

India's Covid-19 crisis: Why I'm grateful I lost my parents before the current surge

CNN  

Pallabi Munsi is a CNN reporter based in New Delhi, India. It is the third country in the world -- after Brazil and the United States -- to cross 300,000 official deaths and we've set new grim records for the highest single-day figure for infections globally The health inequities that have led to India's Covid crisis developed over time. And …

Coronavirus News Updates: Centre approves Rs 5 lakh assistance for families of 67 journalists who died of COVID-19 this year
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus News Updates: Centre approves Rs 5 lakh assistance for families of 67 journalists who died of COVID-19 this year

Firstpost  

11:30 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus News LATEST Updates Despite its own needs, India ensured supply of medicines to 123 countries: Vardhan India ensured the supply of medicines to 123 partner countries despite its own needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and has also been active in global efforts to develop diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to tackle the infection, Union Health …

What rural India needs right now to slow the spread of covid
3 years, 6 months ago

What rural India needs right now to slow the spread of covid

Live Mint  

Most primary health centres bordering Bengaluru, India’s tech capital, are shut through the day. “One person infects several others, and we’re noticing that if several people in one village get infected, the virus spreads to neighbouring villages in no time.” An SBI Research report on rural spread, published last week, concluded that between March and May 2021, the percentage of …

When COVID-19 goes to the villages: challenges of managing the pandemic in rural areas | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
3 years, 6 months ago

When COVID-19 goes to the villages: challenges of managing the pandemic in rural areas | The Hindu In Focus Podcast

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has now entered rural parts of our country, where 65% of our population lives. Data from May shows that the case load is now 65% in rural and semi-rural areas versus 35% in urban and semi-urban areas. Even as hospitals in our cities are towns are overloaded and overwhelmed, our rural infrastructure is in danger of collapsing …

Are more young people dying from coronavirus in India?
3 years, 7 months ago

Are more young people dying from coronavirus in India?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr VK Paul, who sits on the Indian government’s …

India’s Covid deaths top 300,000
3 years, 7 months ago

India’s Covid deaths top 300,000

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the May 24 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Meanwhile, an alarming uptick in deaths among Covid-19 survivors from a rare “black fungus” infection is underlining problems in India’s health care system. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins A US intelligence report found …

Why rural Rajasthan is struggling to battle rising Covid-19 cases | Ground Report
3 years, 7 months ago

Why rural Rajasthan is struggling to battle rising Covid-19 cases | Ground Report

India Today  

As the Covid-19 pandemic reaches deeper into rural India, villages of Rajasthan struggle to control rising cases due to weak healthcare infrastructure. India Today’s team reached Khara village in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, not too far from Bikaner city, and found that healthcare workers are overburdened and medicines are in short supply. How will one auxiliary nurse midwife manage?” OVERBURDENED HEALTHCARE …

Deep Dive: Amid Covid gloom, virus-proofed villages of India bring glimmer of hope
3 years, 7 months ago

Deep Dive: Amid Covid gloom, virus-proofed villages of India bring glimmer of hope

India Today  

The second wave of Covid-19 has spread its deadly shadow over the heartland of India. Kataiya village, about 15 kilometres from the district headquarters of Supaul, has not witnessed a single positive case in the last over a year of the pandemic. ASSAM: ‘Sanitisation facility in front of every household’ India Today found another such village that stayed Covid-free simply …

How this team of ex-servicemen is fighting the pandemic war in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu
3 years, 7 months ago

How this team of ex-servicemen is fighting the pandemic war in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu

India Today  

A team of ex-servicemen in Rajasthan has found a new way to ensure people stay in their homes during the lockdown. Banvarilal, who is heading the team of 20 ex-servicemen in Ghuda Gorji, has served the Army for 29 years. After his service in Sri Lanka and Bhutan, the ex-Army officer is now fighting the pandemic war with fellow civilians. …

Only 2 Percent Indian Population Hit by Covid-19, 98 Percent Still at Risk, Says Govt, Experts Question Claim
3 years, 7 months ago

Only 2 Percent Indian Population Hit by Covid-19, 98 Percent Still at Risk, Says Govt, Experts Question Claim

News 18  

A recent govt data revealed that only 2 percent of the entire Indian population has been struck by Covid-19 leaving the remaining 98 percent still vulnerable. “Despite the high number of cases reported so far, we have been able to contain the spread to under 2% of the population due to continued efforts by the medical fraternity, states, and districts,” …

Covid-19: Plugging Rural India’s Healthcare Gaps Calls For A Multi-Pronged Strategy
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Plugging Rural India’s Healthcare Gaps Calls For A Multi-Pronged Strategy

News 18  

With the curve flattening in cities such as Delhi and Mumbai, it is giving a false comfort of Covid-19 fading away. As part of CIPP work in managing and helping the Covid relief process in rural areas, I have spoken to numerous District Commissioners and front line staff across multiple districts and states. Investments by governments in primary health centres, …

Involve panchayats and NGOs to tackle COVID in rural India, say health experts
3 years, 7 months ago

Involve panchayats and NGOs to tackle COVID in rural India, say health experts

Firstpost  

By Govindraj Ethiraj Mumbai: The number of COVID-19 cases in India is now slowing down a bit, with around 350,000 cases and fewer than 4,200 deaths every day. What we do know now, through anecdotal measurements, either in terms of the number of deaths or the field work of many organisations, is that cases in rural India are now much …

COVID-19 second wave hits tribal areas in Odisha
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 second wave hits tribal areas in Odisha

Live Mint  

A large number of people belonging to different tribal communities of Odisha have been hit by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting a concerned state government to pay special attention to safeguard them. By Friday evening, there are reports of 21 members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group getting infected with COVID-19, Project Director of Odisha PVTG Empowerment …

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