Covid Care Centres in This Andhra District Going The Extra Mile to Boost Morale of Infected Persons
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid Care Centres in This Andhra District Going The Extra Mile to Boost Morale of Infected Persons

News 18  

In a bid to boost the morale of patients at the 18 COVID-19 care centres in Ananthapur, the district administration has come up with some recreational activities for the inmates. A typical day at the centre starts with the ‘Suprbhatam’ being played on the speaker set up by the authorities -- choice of the song rests with the occupants. Counsellors also visit the centres twice a day to monitor the mental health of the inmates. Recently, the district collector took to Twitter to announce that the administration has decided to refer to those under home quarantine or staying in COVID-19 care centres as ‘COVID positive persons’ and not ‘COVID patients’.

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‘People need not panic over surge in Covid cases, precautions need to be taken’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
1 year ago

‘People need not panic over surge in Covid cases, precautions need to be taken’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

Hindustan Times  

As the Union Health Ministry has issued a new alert for COVID-19 amid the surge in cases across the country, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Thursday that people need not panic and that precautions need to be taken to avoid the risk. The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday to …

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. …

Covid Cases on Rise, Are Hospitals Fit for Fight? Mock Drills Begin Across India to Check Prep, Infra
1 year, 8 months ago

Covid Cases on Rise, Are Hospitals Fit for Fight? Mock Drills Begin Across India to Check Prep, Infra

News 18  

Acting on the instructions of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, a two-day countrywide mock drill began on Monday to check Covid preparedness of hospitals and state of medical infrastructure, even as India reported 5,880 new cases in the past 24 hours. The SoPs for Covid mock drill given to states mentioned that it needs to look into every aspect — …

Covid News Updates: No Pandemic Curbs in Goa till Jan 2; Centre Warns Against Overcrowding Ahead of Festive Season
2 years ago

Covid News Updates: No Pandemic Curbs in Goa till Jan 2; Centre Warns Against Overcrowding Ahead of Festive Season

News 18  

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya asked States to strengthen surveillance systems, ramp up testing and ensure readiness of hospital infrastructure during a meeting with state health ministers on Friday regarding the Covid-19 situation in India. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will visit a government hospital in Delhi on Tuesday for a mock drill to review the emergency response in place …

Covid Alert: Statewise list of precautions undertaken to intensify preparations
2 years ago

Covid Alert: Statewise list of precautions undertaken to intensify preparations

Live Mint  

Covid-19 situation in China has become a source of concern for the world, with researchers predicting a rise in death toll to millions amid fears that new mutants could emerge as a new wave of infections quickly spreads throughout the vast country. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will also hold a meeting with the health ministers of states and Union …

Centre asks TS to step up Covid control measures
2 years, 4 months ago

Centre asks TS to step up Covid control measures

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Union health secretary has written to the Telangana state government, asking it to take a slew of measures to prevent the spread of Covid including conducting adequate testing, keeping an eye on districts reporting higher cases, carrying out genome sequencing, increasing pace of vaccination etc, especially in light of the upcoming festivals. The letter written by Union health …

In a pandemic first, no Covid patient admitted at Delhi’s Lok Nayak hospital
2 years, 9 months ago

In a pandemic first, no Covid patient admitted at Delhi’s Lok Nayak hospital

Hindustan Times  

In a heartening announcement, health minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the Lok Nayak Hospital, the Capital’s largest Covid-19 facility run by the Delhi government, currently has zero Covid-19 patients under treatment. During the recent wave of the omicron variant of Covid-19, an omicron isolation centre was started at the hospital, where patients testing positive upon arrival from foreign countries …

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government’s healthcare workers are facing a Covid onslaught with infections rising rapidly in many hospitals. Director of medical education, Telangana, Dr K Ramesh Reddy said the department did not have a count of the overall number of healthcare workers infected in the state. A member of a state doctors’ association said that almost 80 per cent of …

News18 Afternoon Digest: Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 & Other Top Stories
2 years, 11 months ago

News18 Afternoon Digest: Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 & Other Top Stories

News 18  

More Restrictions, Closure of Schools Likely in Madhya Pradesh Sees Steady Rise in Covid Cases Amid increasing Covid-19 caseload in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had on January 8 said district wise Covid-19 situation will be reviewed on Monday. Over 300 Delhi Police Personnel, 80 Jail Inmates and Staffers Test Positive for Covid-19 Amid a surge in coronavirus …

Ensure COVID-19 duty of resident docs don't exceed 8 hours: IMA urges Centre, states
2 years, 11 months ago

Ensure COVID-19 duty of resident docs don't exceed 8 hours: IMA urges Centre, states

Firstpost  

In a statement, the doctors’ body said in case of untimely death, the status of Covid martyr and compensation as well as case-wise assistance should be arranged. New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association on Wednesday requested the Centre and states to ensure that Covid duty of resident doctors do not exceed eight hours a day and after a week there …

Resident doctors’ COVID-19 duty should not exceed 8 hours and 7 days: IMA
2 years, 11 months ago

Resident doctors’ COVID-19 duty should not exceed 8 hours and 7 days: IMA

The Hindu  

The Indian Medical Association has requested the Central and State governments to ensure that the COVID-19 duty of resident doctors should not exceed eight hours a day and seven days, after which there should be a quarantine of 10 to 14 days in the accommodation prescribed by the hospital. In a statement released on Wednesday, the IMA said that in …

Rajasthan eases Covid-19 curbs, allows religious events; night curfew stays
3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan eases Covid-19 curbs, allows religious events; night curfew stays

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan government on Monday issued revised guidelines to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in the state, giving permission to hold religious events, with not more than 200 people allowed to attend such programmes. In an order, the state home department said that such gatherings can take place by informing the district administration in advance, adding that all …

Mental Health Pandemic is Real, Needs as Much Attention as COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

Mental Health Pandemic is Real, Needs as Much Attention as COVID-19

News 18  

He was 65 years old and had pain all over his body. Unicef’s – The State of the World’s Children 2021, On My Mind Report – released a few days ago addressed the mental health of children for the first time in 75 years. With more than 4 lakh deaths across India, thousands would need mental health support. At Latur, …

Kerala CM Rules Out Complete Covid-19 Lockdown Citing 'Huge Crisis for Economy, Livelihoods'
3 years, 3 months ago

Kerala CM Rules Out Complete Covid-19 Lockdown Citing 'Huge Crisis for Economy, Livelihoods'

News 18  

With the coronavirus caseload crossing 41.51 lakh, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday asked the local self government bodies in the state to intervene effectively in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and said neighbourhood committees would be formed to check the spread of the virus. Vijayan said a statewide lockdown was not an option as it would adversely …

Karnataka makes 7-day institutional quarantine must for those coming from Kerala
3 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka makes 7-day institutional quarantine must for those coming from Kerala

Firstpost  

A COVID-19 test will be carried out on the sixth day and if the report is negative, they will be allowed to go People entering Karnataka from neighbouring Kerala will have to remain in institutional quarantine for a week even if they are vaccinated and carry a negative RT-PCR test report, Karnataka health minister K Sudhakar said. Such travellers undergoing …

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19: Notices to 3 educational institutions

The Hindu  

Responding to notice served by Dakshina Kannada district administration, three educational institutions in the district have said that they will henceforth strictly comply with the standard operating procedures laid down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Group of Institutions in Sullia taluk after an inspection by health officials when students, who are in quarantine after their return from Kerala and …

Allowing religious gatherings was a bad idea: Govt panel director on Covid spike in Kerala
3 years, 4 months ago

Allowing religious gatherings was a bad idea: Govt panel director on Covid spike in Kerala

India Today  

The spike in Covid-19 cases in Kerala could have been avoided if the state had not resumed religious gatherings, said Anurag Agrawal, one of the directors of the government's genome sequencing monitoring agency INSACOG. Anurag Agrawal told India Today TV that allowing religious gatherings was a bad idea and the Kerala government should have only reopened essential services. "From 13,000 …

No Home Quarantine, Get Covid Patients Admitted to Hosp: TN Govt to Officials Amid Surge
3 years, 4 months ago

No Home Quarantine, Get Covid Patients Admitted to Hosp: TN Govt to Officials Amid Surge

News 18  

With a view to identify the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu, the state goverment on Friday advised officials concerned and doctors to get COVID-19 patients admitted in hospitals, instead of prescribing home quarantine. Minister for medical and family welfare Ma Subramanian said the health department has alsocommenced steps to identify the exact reasons behind the …

COVID-19: Centre rushes high-level team to Kerala after sharp spike in cases
3 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19: Centre rushes high-level team to Kerala after sharp spike in cases

The Hindu  

The Health Ministry on Thursday decided to depute a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to collaborate with the State health authorities in instituting effective public health measures for COVID-19 management in view of the significantly enhanced number of daily cases being reported there. The Ministry said in a release that a six-member Central team to Kerala would be headed by …

Kerala now accounts for 50% of all new Covid cases in India, worried Centre intervenes
3 years, 4 months ago

Kerala now accounts for 50% of all new Covid cases in India, worried Centre intervenes

India Today  

The southern state of Kerala now accounts for 50 per cent of all new Covid-19 cases in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has pointed out. Documents accessed by India Today show that Kottayam in Kerala has seen a 64 per cent increase in Covid-19 cases since June 28. Kerala accounts for 50 per cent of all …

Covid-19 fear: Family in Andhra Pradesh locks itself for 15 months
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 fear: Family in Andhra Pradesh locks itself for 15 months

Hindustan Times  

AndAs the coronavirus disease pandemic struck the world last year, the most crucial factor which governments and health authorities spoke about was to stay home and not venture outdoors without any reason. Gurunath pointed out the family members even attended the nature calls inside their tent house. The police on Wednesday rescued the members of the family, which confined itself …

With 50,000 beds Andhra Pradesh gets ready to face third COVID-19 wave in August
3 years, 5 months ago

With 50,000 beds Andhra Pradesh gets ready to face third COVID-19 wave in August

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government is getting ready to tackle the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic, which is likely to erupt in the third week of August, by arranging some 50,000 beds and also strengthening all medical and health infrastructure in the state. The health authorities say that as the number of Coronavirus infections and the related deaths are rising …

Ensure people in mental health homes tested for COVID-19, vaccinated: SC to Centre
3 years, 5 months ago

Ensure people in mental health homes tested for COVID-19, vaccinated: SC to Centre

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to ensure that people lodged in mental health establishments are tested for COVID-19 and are completely vaccinated at the earliest. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah took serious note of Maharashtra government's shifting patients lodged in mental health institutes to homes for beggars and asked it to …

COVID-19: Chennai’s success story
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19: Chennai’s success story

The Hindu  

By adopting a technology-aidedand community-driven strategy that ensures optimum integration of multiple verticals and an inclusive engagement with residents, the Greater Chennai Corporation is battling against the raging second wave of COVID-19 infection in Chennai. Speaking to Frontline, Gagandeep Singh Bedi said: “This nerve centre coordinates with all verticals in perfect sync with the field-based personnel for an effective enhanced …

West Bengal govt appoints senior bureaucrats to combat Covid-19 in 10 districts
3 years, 6 months ago

West Bengal govt appoints senior bureaucrats to combat Covid-19 in 10 districts

India Today  

West Bengal government on Sunday appointed 10 senior bureaucrats as Nodal Officers in 10 districts to control and combat spread of Coronavirus. The districts witnessing high number of Covid-19 cases are Nadia, Howrah, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, East Midnapore, Darjeeling, South and North 24 Parganas, Coochbehar. The officers have been asked to visit the assigned districts and guide the district administration …

Serious Mental Health Issues Have Cropped Up As Fallout Of COVID-19 Infection: Telangana High Court Seeks Action Plan From State
3 years, 6 months ago

Serious Mental Health Issues Have Cropped Up As Fallout Of COVID-19 Infection: Telangana High Court Seeks Action Plan From State

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has sought a blue print from the State government for treatment of persons suffering mental trauma as a fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. She ordered, "Having regard to the fact that serious mental health issues have cropped up as a fallout of the COVID-19 infection, it is directed that a blueprint be prepared and placed on …

Top health babus visit TS borders, assess Covid situation
3 years, 6 months ago

Top health babus visit TS borders, assess Covid situation

Deccan Chronicle  

KHAMMAM: Top officials of the medical and health department including principal secretary S M Rizvi and director G Srinivasa Rao visited Madhira and Sattupalli and reviewed the Covid-19 conditions in the district. Field workers should find the reasons for increasing cases and identify asymptomatic persons in their houses itself,” he said, adding that coordination between the departments was must to …

Institutional quarantine compulsory for all Covid positive in PCMC
3 years, 6 months ago

Institutional quarantine compulsory for all Covid positive in PCMC

Hindustan Times  

PUNE The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has decided to follow the directions of the state government by prioritising institutional quarantine over home quarantine. “We have agreed with the state government decision and from now on there will be no home isolation allowed for any Covid positive patient. S/he will have to go under institutional quarantine, even with mild symptoms or …

Coronavirus updates | May 31, 2021
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus updates | May 31, 2021

The Hindu  

India’s average daily test positivity rate continues to decline. The numbers are small, but their career opportunities can’t be missed.” Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh government permits usage of ‘Anandaiah’ herbal medicine for COVID patients The State government on Monday permitted the usage of the herbal concoction being given to COVID-19 patients by B. Anandaiah of Krishnapatnam in Nellore district by …

People with disabilities suffer as Covid limits access to care
3 years, 6 months ago

People with disabilities suffer as Covid limits access to care

Hindustan Times  

Vijay Pandurang is blind and lives alone in south Delhi’s Katwaria Serai. We got about 30 calls per day seeking help with medicines, tests, hospital and vaccinations,” says K C Pande, executive secretary, Blind Relief Association, an NGO that started a Covid helpline for the visually impaired earlier this month. They could see my father is blind, but that evoked …

Covid-19: 'Will relax curfew from June 1 but...', Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan writes to people
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: 'Will relax curfew from June 1 but...', Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan writes to people

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday posted a message on Facebook for the people of the state saying that the government will relax Covid-19 restrictions in the state beginning from June 1. Warning about the third wave of Covid-19, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the cases will flare up suddenly if people do not remain …

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 …

Maharashtra May Ease Covid-19 Curbs in Districts Showing Dip in Cases from June 1
3 years, 7 months ago

Maharashtra May Ease Covid-19 Curbs in Districts Showing Dip in Cases from June 1

News 18  

Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar on Monday said the government was contemplating easing COVID-19-induced lockdown-like curbs in districts outside the “red zone” after June 1. Home quarantine system for COVID-19 patients has now been replaced with institutional quarantine in districts where the coronavirus cases are increasing, the minister said. Meanwhile, the central government on Monday said there has …

Cops now to care for kids of Covid +ve parents in AP
3 years, 7 months ago

Cops now to care for kids of Covid +ve parents in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

Kadapa: Despite burdened by lockdown duties, the police personnel are going beyond the call of duty and winning hearts in the districts. Kadapa district superintendent of police Karur Karunapati Nagendra Kumar Anburajan said they have made special arrangements to look after such children till their parents recover. He has urged the public to seek their help for any children of …

Grim situation in Karnataka with second wave of COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 7 months ago

Grim situation in Karnataka with second wave of COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 situation continues toremain grim in Bengaluru but what is worrying is that the infection is spreading rapidly beyond the capital and in the districts, where the health care infrastructure is lacking. A Special Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court consisting of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Aravind Kumar, however, orally observed that “Karnataka appears to …

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 volunteers are keeping covid patients spirits up
3 years, 7 months ago

How volunteers are keeping covid patients spirits up

Live Mint  

In most hospitals in Bengaluru, as distraught families try to find beds, oxygen and medicines, there’s often a quiet volunteer helping them out, guiding them through the red tape, or soothing their anxieties. “We decided to intervene in a holistic manner rather than look at one vertical in critical care,” says Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan, chairperson and co-Founder, LabourNet Services India. …

In Rajasthan village, stigma prevails as people refuse to accept Covid linked to 25 deaths
3 years, 7 months ago

In Rajasthan village, stigma prevails as people refuse to accept Covid linked to 25 deaths

India Today  

Even though the coronavirus pandemic has been around for more than a year, stigma and fear about the viral infection continue. Most people that India Today TV spoke to in the village stressed that the deaths weren’t due to Covid-19. “Around 25-30 people have died in the village. People are also worried that the village would be stigmatised if the …

Gurugram deploys teams for door-to-door COVID screening in rural areas
3 years, 7 months ago

Gurugram deploys teams for door-to-door COVID screening in rural areas

India TV News  

To identify Covid-19 patients in the rural areas of Gurugram, the district administration has set up around 164 teams to conduct door-to-door screening in each gram panchayat to identify corona patients and make people aware of the prevention measures. Health officials said that more than 36,000 people in the rural areas will be been covered by these teams which have …

Covid Care Centre Be Set Up in JNU to Isolate Those Who Tested Positive: HC to Varsity, Delhi Govt
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Care Centre Be Set Up in JNU to Isolate Those Who Tested Positive: HC to Varsity, Delhi Govt

News 18  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed that a Covid care centre be set up inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University for immediate isolation of those residents who have tested positive as coronavirus cases inside the campus are “quite high”. The high court said that as far as patients who may need oxygen beds are concerned, the JNU Task Force may …

Covid Prowls in Rural Bihar: Doctors Helpless, Hospitals Choked, Locals Turn to Quacks
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid Prowls in Rural Bihar: Doctors Helpless, Hospitals Choked, Locals Turn to Quacks

News 18  

As we walk into a rural health clinic at Khawaspur, just 20 kilometres from the district headquarters of Bhojpur in Bihar, a doctor is seen sitting helplessly. With a stethoscope and a few paracetamol and vitamin C tablets, he cannot do much for Covid patients frequently walking in. “People come here with cough and cold…they then go to Uttar Pradesh …

Covid-19: Pay attention to rural India
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Pay attention to rural India

Hindustan Times  

When Covid-19 first hit India, the biggest fear among both policymakers and public experts was that the pandemic would travel to India’s Hindi heartland — primarily across the rural belt of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Given the size of the two states, the density of population, the abysmal health care infrastructure, and the manner in which the virus could quickly …

Opinion | How Covid pandemic is spreading from metros to villages
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | How Covid pandemic is spreading from metros to villages

India TV News  

First, the good news. The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic is showing hopeful signs of decline, with the daily count of fresh cases below 3.5 lakh for the second consecutive day. Active cases dipped by 4,000 to settle at 3.7 lakhs, but the number of Covid-related deaths jumped to 4,205 on Tuesday, the highest single day toll recorded till now. …

Yediyurappa Asks Covid Patients Over-staying in Hospitals 'Unnecessarily' to Go Home
3 years, 7 months ago

Yediyurappa Asks Covid Patients Over-staying in Hospitals 'Unnecessarily' to Go Home

News 18  

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday asked COVID patients over-staying in hospitals 'unnecessarily' to go home to make way for serious ones to get treatment. The CM said the COVID War Room has generated information about those patients who can avail treatment at home but were staying put in the hospital depriving serious patients from getting treatment. Hailing the …

Kerala to Deploy Medical Students to Strengthen Anti-Covid Fight as Cases Peak
3 years, 7 months ago

Kerala to Deploy Medical Students to Strengthen Anti-Covid Fight as Cases Peak

News 18  

With coronavirus cases continuing to shoot up in Kerala, the state government on Wednesday decided to strengthen the anti-COVID measures by deploying medical students and government officials to tackle the situation on the ground. On a day when Kerala logged 41,953 fresh cases in the highest single day spike so far,Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan described the situation as serious and …

There Shouldn't Be A Situation Where Administration Is Caught Unawares Of Deterioration Of Situation & COVID Patients Are Deprived Of Medical Attention: AP HC
3 years, 7 months ago

There Shouldn't Be A Situation Where Administration Is Caught Unawares Of Deterioration Of Situation & COVID Patients Are Deprived Of Medical Attention: AP HC

Live Law  

Dealing with a PIL related to the COVID management in the State of Andhra Pradesh, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government, "Let there be not a situation where the administration is caught unawares in the event of deterioration of the situation and patients are deprived of getting medical attention and treatment." State's and Petitioners' submission …

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Rahul Gandhi asks Assam Congress candidates to visit constituencies, help people

India Today  

Isolated at home in Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asked the party candidates who contested recently held Assam Assembly election to visit their constituencies and help people affected by the pandemic. India Today TV has learnt that all the Congress candidates, who were housed in a resort in Sonapur on the …

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis: WHO
3 years, 7 months ago

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis: WHO

Live Mint  

Geneva: People in India are rushing unnecessarily to hospital, exacerbating a crisis over surging COVID-19 infections caused by mass gatherings, more contagious variants and low vaccination rates, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The WHO is providing critical equipment and supplies to India, including 4,000 oxygen concentrators, which only require an energy source, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said. "Currently, …

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 patients exploited at Telangana's TIMS Hospital

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Hundreds of Covid-19 patients are being “exploited” in the state-run Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital in Gachibowli. The TIMS is charging a fee ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 via digital payment for facility to attend to the patients, cleaning the room and even passing on to patients the home-cooked food. Sharing the plight, a man whose …

COVID 19: Situation worsens in Agra as rising cases overstress healthcare
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID 19: Situation worsens in Agra as rising cases overstress healthcare

India TV News  

Agra Covid situation grim as medical infra overstressed In Agra, the number of fresh cases officially reported on Monday was 437, with six deaths. This unprecedented surge in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Agra has pushed the city's medical infrastructure close to a virtual collapse. When there is no cure for Covid-19 patients are forced to purchase medicines …

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