In India’s richest city, hospitals are overrun and doctors are collapsing during the coronvirus outbreak
4 years, 6 months ago

In India’s richest city, hospitals are overrun and doctors are collapsing during the coronvirus outbreak

CNN  

CNN — India’s richest city is buckling under the weight of the coronavirus crisis. “We expected that if infection took root, the health system would be overwhelmed,” said Rajeev Sadanandan, Kerala’s former health secretary and the chief executive of non-profit Health Systems Transformation Platform. “Mumbai is the busiest place in India.” Mumbai also has a huge domestic migrant worker population – meaning crowds commute in from its outskirts on public transit, said Dr. Deepak Baid, president of Mumbai’s Association of Medical Consultants. “Mumbai missed that window of opportunity.” Millions living in the slums Home to about 18.3 million people, Mumbai is among India’s most populous cities. After months of lockdown, Mumbai’s residents are growing frustrated and anxious; many have stopped wearing masks or maintaining social distance in public, said Udas-Mankikar, calling it “very concerning” behavior.

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Hospitals stretched, home is where future of Indian healthcare could be
1 week ago

Hospitals stretched, home is where future of Indian healthcare could be

India Today  

With hospitals in India overburdened and medical costs rising exponentially, out-of-hospital care promises to change how patients will be served. A NITI Aayog research suggests home-based healthcare care can reduce hospital expenses by 20 per cent and non-urgent hospital visits by 65 per cent, helping unburden the healthcare system of financial and operational pressures. Treatment outcomes: Besides cost-efficiency, out-of-hospital care …

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. …

India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia
2 years ago

India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The Hindu  

India is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 23 December. In the wake of rising coronavirus infections in China and some other countries, the government is taking various measures, including random testing of arriving international passengers, to curb possible spread of infections. Mr. Scindia said the country is fully prepared to deal …

Charting the course for accessible health care in cities
2 years, 3 months ago

Charting the course for accessible health care in cities

Hindustan Times  

The pace of urbanisation in India has increased drastically in the past two decades, and the world’s fifth-largest economy is projected by the United Nations to have 675 million of its people, about 43%, living in cities by 2035, up from 35% in 2021. The 15th Finance Commission report highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic stretched government health facilities in India, …

Why Most Indians not Using Public Health Facilities is a Matter of Concern
2 years, 5 months ago

Why Most Indians not Using Public Health Facilities is a Matter of Concern

News 18  

Around 70 years ago, when India established its First Primary Health Centre, on the recommendation of the Bhore Committee, the idea was Indians will soon have access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services that are accountable and responsive to their needs. According to the Fifth Round of National Family Health Survey, 2019-21, half of the families in India …

We sacrificed income for Mumbai during Covid pandemic, say private hospitals
2 years, 7 months ago

We sacrificed income for Mumbai during Covid pandemic, say private hospitals

India Today  

According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, private hospitals in the city suffered losses to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore during the Covid pandemic. Speaking to India Today, Dr Gautam Bhansali, the BMC appointed coordinator, said that private hospitals did suffer huge losses but that was a sacrifice expected of them, as the situation was unusual. “Around 36 private hospitals did …

Maharashtra Budget 2022: Women’s Hospital in Each District, Take a Look at Health Budget
2 years, 9 months ago

Maharashtra Budget 2022: Women’s Hospital in Each District, Take a Look at Health Budget

News 18  

The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, across the globe, has cost people dearly. On March 11, Maharashtra finance minister and deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, presented the Maharashtra Budget 2022 in the Assembly, and it looks like the government has taken its learning under consideration while preparing it. Here are the key points from the budget, concerning healthcare: —The state …

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 …

At 15,166 COVID-19 cases, Mumbai logs highest single-day surge: What lies ahead for the financial capital as infections rise
3 years ago

At 15,166 COVID-19 cases, Mumbai logs highest single-day surge: What lies ahead for the financial capital as infections rise

Firstpost  

Scientists have forecast that the financial capital will see the peak of the third coronavirus wave between 6-13 January and that fatalities could be the highest in first week of February Mumbai saw an all-time COVID-19 high on Wednesday when the financial capital recorded a whopping 15,166 new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours — the highest since the outbreak …

India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise
3 years ago

India vaccinates teens aged 15 to 18 as virus cases rise

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian health authorities Monday began vaccinating teens in the age group of 15 to 18, as more states started to enforce tighter restrictions to arrest a new surge stoked by the infectious omicron variant. State governments across India administered doses at schools, hospitals and through special vaccination sites amid a rapid rise in coronavirus infections, particularly in …

Government asks states to set up makeshift hospitals
3 years ago

Government asks states to set up makeshift hospitals

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid a significant rise in Covid-19 cases across the country, Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to the chief secretaries of all states and UTs to take measures to deal with a possible surge in Covid cases. Further on Saturday, India saw a single-day rise of 22,775 new Covid-19 cases, highest since October 6, while the number …

Set up makeshift hospitals: Centre to states as Covid cases surge
3 years ago

Set up makeshift hospitals: Centre to states as Covid cases surge

Hindustan Times  

With India witnessing a continuous rise in Covid-19 cases in the past 70 days, the Centre on Saturday advised states to start setting up makeshift hospitals to increase availability of beds, and create special teams to monitor home isolation cases. “To address a potential surge in cases and ensure preparedness, states are advised to initiate creation of field/makeshift hospitals to …

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push
3 years, 6 months ago

For sustained recovery, focus on vaccination, rural India and infra push

Hindustan Times  

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic may have ebbed, but India cannot lower its guard. Over the last 14 months, while the pandemic ravaged global economies, India was adversely impacted too, with its Gross Domestic Product contracting by 23.9% in the April-June quarter of last year. After five different stimulus packages, the Narendra Modi government has now announced a …

Experts urge India’s richest state to gear up for third wave of Covid-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Experts urge India’s richest state to gear up for third wave of Covid-19

Live Mint  

Health officials in India's richest state have urged authorities to step up preparations against a possible third wave of coronavirus infections, they said on Friday, as lockdowns eased less than a month after a surge that killed thousands. "We should have a clear plan, and keep our preparations ready for the next few weeks, whenever the next wave comes," Rahul …

India begins 'Extension of Hospitals' project to fight Covid
3 years, 6 months ago

India begins 'Extension of Hospitals' project to fight Covid

India TV News  

To plug a major health infrastructure gap in India's fight against Covid-19, especially in rural areas and smaller towns, India has started project 'Extension of Hospitals' in various states. Project 'Extension Hospitals' is one such initiative for which Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser invited private sector companies, donor organizations, and individuals to support the initiative along with various other …

Rural health care needs fixing, and now
3 years, 7 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 …

Strengthening India’s district hospitals
3 years, 7 months ago

Strengthening India’s district hospitals

Hindustan Times  

The Covid-19 pandemic, especially the vicious second wave, has created an unprecedented burden on an already creaky health system. This comprises the village-or community-level primary healthcare centres, district-level secondary healthcare facilities in the form of district hospitals, and tertiary care premier institutes and centres of excellence with state-of-the-art facilities for specialised treatment. In a cross-sectional study conducted by All India …

Opinion | How long should people wait to get basic health facilities?
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | How long should people wait to get basic health facilities?

India TV News  

Today I would like to focus on two key issues relating to public health. The first one relates to recycling of used hospital gloves, masks and syringes from medical waste, and the second relates to our crumbling rural health infrastructure. At a time, when most of the people in cities across India are indoors due to lockdown enforced by state …

Opinion | Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure

India TV News  

With the second wave of pandemic showing a marked decline, the number of daily fresh Covid cases across India fell to 2,08,921 on Tuesday, while 4,157 deaths were reported. Image Source : PTI Why India needs to improve its rickety health infrastructure Image Source : PTI Representative image of a COVID hospital in Bhagalpur, Bihar I think Soren made this …

When COVID-19 goes to the villages: challenges of managing the pandemic in rural areas | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
3 years, 7 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 …

Medical Infrastructure In UP 'Delicate, Fragile & Debilitated': Allahabad High Court Suggests Measures For Improvement
3 years, 7 months ago

Medical Infrastructure In UP 'Delicate, Fragile & Debilitated': Allahabad High Court Suggests Measures For Improvement

Live Law  

Stressing that when Medical Infrastructure which couldn't meet the medical requirements of our people in normal times then it definitely had to collapse in the face of the present pandemic, the Allahabad High Court in Monday suggested several measures for the development of the medical infrastructure in the State. A Division Bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar also …

‘Mumbai model’: Indian city thwarting COVID, slowly but steadily
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Mumbai model’: Indian city thwarting COVID, slowly but steadily

Al Jazeera  

India’s financial capital on Sunday recorded 2,395 new cases, a drop from the April average of 7,786. Avhad works as a telephone operator in one of the 24 COVID response “war rooms” in India’s financial capital Mumbai, home to more than 12.5 million people, in the western state of Maharashtra. “Now, we are largely dealing with vaccination-related queries.” ‘Mumbai model’ …

Covid spreads in villages: How best can India fight this challenge?
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid spreads in villages: How best can India fight this challenge?

India Today  

As rural India begins to reel under Covid infections, India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai speaks to top experts to understand how best to fight this challenge. DR. VED PRAKASH, HOD, PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE, KING GEORGE’S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW: The real crisis is the lack of healthcare infrastructure in rural India. POONAM MUTTREJA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, POPULATION FOUNDATION OF …

Chorus grows louder for complete lockdown in India amid Covid-19 surge
3 years, 8 months ago

Chorus grows louder for complete lockdown in India amid Covid-19 surge

India Today  

India on Tuesday recorded over 3.57 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases and 3,449 deaths over the past 24 hours. With the 3,57,229 fresh cases in 24 hours, India's total case tally has crossed the 2-crore mark and reached 2,02,82,833. The total number of active Covid-19 cases in the country now stands at 34,47,133. xpressing concern over surging coronavirus cases in India, …

Rush to hospitals, big gatherings worsen India COVID crisis: WHO
3 years, 8 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, …

EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records
3 years, 8 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why India is shattering global infection records

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The world’s fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis. “Authorities across India, without exception, put public health priorities on the back burner,” Reddy said. Consequently, India’s 7-day rolling average of confirmed daily new cases has risen over the past …

India’s COVID ’emergency’ amid record jump in virus infections
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s COVID ’emergency’ amid record jump in virus infections

Al Jazeera  

India has recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 new COVID-19 infections as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the crumbling health services’ ability to cope. Health officials across northern and western India including the capital, New Delhi, said they were in crisis, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen on Thursday. “The …

Oxygen shortage in India’s Maharashtra as COVID cases soar
3 years, 8 months ago

Oxygen shortage in India’s Maharashtra as COVID cases soar

Al Jazeera  

When COVID-19 struck Karamsingh Pawar, a tribal activist from Nandurbar district in northwestern Maharashtra, it took him 48 hours to get a hospital bed with oxygen support. As Maharashtra, India’s richest state, grapples with ferociously rising COVID-19 cases, patients such as Pawar are struggling to find hospital beds and oxygen support. “This time, the active cases have shot up to …

India records more than 200,000 daily COVID-19 cases as hospitals battle shortages of beds and oxygen
3 years, 8 months ago

India records more than 200,000 daily COVID-19 cases as hospitals battle shortages of beds and oxygen

ABC  

India has reported a record 200,000 new daily COVID-19 cases, with the financial hub of Mumbai going into lockdown and hospitals treating coronavirus patients reporting severe shortages of beds and oxygen supplies. Key points: India's daily death toll was 1,038, taking the total to 173,123 Cases reached 14.1 million, second only to the United States Hospitals are being overwhelmed, amid …

’Much, much worse’ than first wave: Maharashtra hit hard by coronavirus
3 years, 9 months ago

’Much, much worse’ than first wave: Maharashtra hit hard by coronavirus

Live Mint  

Hospitals in Maharashtra are running short of beds, piped oxygen and a key anti-viral drug as a second wave of coronavirus infections has swamped India's richest state, doctors and patients' families said. India's overall daily cases rose above 100,000 for the first time on Monday, taking it past the peak of the first wave of infections last September. "This is …

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid Vaccine, New Normal: Budget 2021 Must Find a Way to Re-Imagine Public Health System

News 18  

The Union budget 2021-22 is expected to fund COVID vaccinations and other interventions that will speed up the return to “normal”. However, the budget could also provide a way to strategize for a re-imagined Indian public health system. The Rural Health Statistics for 2019, reveals that only 40% of health care facilities in the rural areas have critical frontline staff …

India virus cases pass 9M; capital’s hospitals under strain
4 years, 1 month ago

India virus cases pass 9M; capital’s hospitals under strain

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Intensive care wards in New Delhi’s hospitals are nearly at capacity, and the city’s main crematorium is packed, as the coronavirus has surged in the Indian capital and the country hit a grim milestone Friday, recording 9 million infections. The capital’s health system is under tremendous strain: Government figures showed 90% of the critical care beds with …

India's coronavirus infection tally was on track to overtake the United States. Then the numbers suddenly dropped
4 years, 2 months ago

India's coronavirus infection tally was on track to overtake the United States. Then the numbers suddenly dropped

ABC  

It was only a few weeks ago that a macabre prediction was looming for India: Experts said the country was set to overtake the United States for coronavirus infections. Key points: After peaking at 100,000 COVID-19 cases a day, India's infection tally has fallen After peaking at 100,000 COVID-19 cases a day, India's infection tally has fallen Some cities, including …

COVID-19 pandemic: Private hospitals in India running losses, despite ‘high’ prices
4 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic: Private hospitals in India running losses, despite ‘high’ prices

Firstpost  

The stark difference between treatment costs at private and public hospitals during the pandemic has rekindled the debate: How is it that private hospitals, despite their exorbitant bills, claim that they are charging patients their best By Anoo Bhuyan Max Healthcare tweeted a rate card in June indicating the minimum cost of various COVID-19 treatments at one of its Delhi …

Outstation COVID-19 patients straining bed strength in Mumbai, says doctor who coordinates between BMC, pvt hospitals
4 years, 3 months ago

Outstation COVID-19 patients straining bed strength in Mumbai, says doctor who coordinates between BMC, pvt hospitals

Firstpost  

Gautam Bhansali, a specialist in general medicine and infectious diseases, said the patient load in Mumbai will continue to rise till the end of September, but added that the city is prepared By Govindraj Ethiraj Mumbai: The total number of COVID-19 cases in India has now crossed the 5 million mark. About 30 percent to 40 percent of the people …

Oxygen supply grows scarce in parts of India as coronavirus cases pile up
4 years, 3 months ago

Oxygen supply grows scarce in parts of India as coronavirus cases pile up

India Today  

Oxygen supply has grown scarce in some parts of India hard hit by coronavirus, hospital and local government officials said, as India reported a record daily jump in cases for a second consecutive day, logging 97,570 new infections on Saturday. With total cases of more than 4.65 million, India is the world's second worst affected country, trailing only the United …

Costs of India’s covid crisis are too high
4 years, 4 months ago

Costs of India’s covid crisis are too high

Live Mint  

India is reeling from a quadruple whammy that is practically unique even during this pandemic. Programs like Britain’s furlough scheme or the U.S.’s $600 per week unemployment aid are a distant dream in India. Perhaps that’s because the case fatality rate, as far as the government can tell, is well below 2% and thus among the lowest in the world. …

Watch | Is COVID-19 intensifying in rural India?
4 years, 4 months ago

Watch | Is COVID-19 intensifying in rural India?

The Hindu  

With COVID-19 cases in India crossing the 4 million mark, the focus is shifting to rural areas. In subsequent stages, not only have the cases grown at a relatively quicker pace but the locus too has shifted to rural areas where the health infrastructure is fragile. According to a World Bank estimate, more than 65% of India’s population resides in …

Cost of coronavirus: Routine health services derailed in India
4 years, 4 months ago

Cost of coronavirus: Routine health services derailed in India

India Today  

For months now, Indian doctors have been warning that patients with serious and chronic conditions have been missing appointments, and have been speaking out about the difficulties in accessing medicines, dialysis and other life-saving interventions because of Coronavirus-related disruptions. Now new official data confirms that health services in India have been drastically curtailed, with serious potential consequences. The National Health …

Coronavirus Updates: Assam to allow public transport to ply at 50% capacity from 16 Aug
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: Assam to allow public transport to ply at 50% capacity from 16 Aug

Firstpost  

10:53 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus in Telangana Latest Updates Telangana private hospitals to reserve 50% beds for COVID-19 patients Corporate hospitals in Telangana have agreed to reserve 50 percent of their beds to patients referred by the state government for COVID-19 treatment. State Health Minister E Rajender, who held a meeting with representatives of the corporate hospitals, has instructed …

Opinion | Not every covid patient can afford to recover at home
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Not every covid patient can afford to recover at home

Live Mint  

In early June, my 90-plus uncle developed a fever. The “home isolation packs” offered by private health providers of “covid-protocol trained and equipped” medical attendants are a cheaper and safer alternative. Journalist Puja Mehra points out that India’s total healthcare spending is 3.6% of gross domestic product and that the “average for OECD countries in 2018 was 8.8% of GDP”. …

How the pandemic transformed India’s conventional health infra
4 years, 5 months ago

How the pandemic transformed India’s conventional health infra

Live Mint  

The pandemic has improved India’s health infrastructure by pushing both the government and private sector to incur unplanned expenditure on covid-19-related services. While the Centre spent more than ₹300 crore only on hospital equipment, private hospitals invested in large volumes of essential medical supplies and restructured hospital infrastructure to create isolation and quarantine facilities. The Union health ministry has taken …

World Population Day 2020: India need to focus on quality health care for all in the post-COVID-19 era
4 years, 5 months ago

World Population Day 2020: India need to focus on quality health care for all in the post-COVID-19 era

Firstpost  

With the private health sector failing to provide equitable healthcare, we should consider regulations to ensure it acts in the people’s interests and not in the quest for profits. As we highlight the population issues on World Population Day, it is also important to put India’s healthcare system under the scanner and address the barriers to delivering quality healthcare services …

Three Reasons Why Delhi Overtook Mumbai to Become the Coronavirus Capital of India
4 years, 6 months ago

Three Reasons Why Delhi Overtook Mumbai to Become the Coronavirus Capital of India

News 18  

On 12 June, the Supreme Court slammed the Delhi government for poor handling of the pandemic. Incidentally, a few months ago the Arvind Kejriwal led AAP government had won a landslide re-election in Delhi largely on its stellar performance in health and education. Shortage of beds, inadequate health personnel and patients in critical condition struggling get themselves admitted in designated …

As Delhi becomes India’s coronavirus capital, its hospitals are struggling to cope
4 years, 6 months ago

As Delhi becomes India’s coronavirus capital, its hospitals are struggling to cope

CNN  

CNN — Lakhjeet Singh had been running a fever for days when his son-in-law took him to a private hospital in Delhi for a Covid-19 test. Mandeep Singh said three private hospitals told the family they had no beds, despite an app set up by the Delhi government showing they had availability. As cases climbed and people scrambled to find …

Doctors in covid-19 wards at risk of burnout
4 years, 6 months ago

Doctors in covid-19 wards at risk of burnout

Live Mint  

BENGALURU: A video a resident doctor made inside a covid-19 ward in Mumbai went viral recently. That is the only way to handle this emergency as India’s cases are surging every day,” said noted cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty. “We don’t know how long we can go on like this.” Far more than the shortage of doctors and nurses is …

Mumbai braces for outbreak of monsoon-related diseases as overburdened medical staff battles coronavirus amid dearth of beds
4 years, 6 months ago

Mumbai braces for outbreak of monsoon-related diseases as overburdened medical staff battles coronavirus amid dearth of beds

Firstpost  

Already stretched by a shortage of medics and critical care beds, the situation in Mumbai might turn uglier, health experts warn, as cases of malaria, dengue, leptospirosis and encephalitis are expected to soar in coming months Mumbai: For doctors and healthcare workers in India’s financial capital Mumbai who are grappling with surging coronavirus infections, the onset of the annual monsoon …

India running out of hospital beds amid record coronavirus cases
4 years, 7 months ago

India running out of hospital beds amid record coronavirus cases

Al Jazeera  

Officials in New Delhi and Mumbai report alarming shortage of hospital beds as India sees record infections in a day. On Tuesday, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the capital will have more than half a million COVID-19 cases and it does not have the hospital capacity to handle such an outbreak. Row over hospital beds Sisodia’s statement came …

Health infra at risk of a surge in infections as India unlocks
4 years, 7 months ago

Health infra at risk of a surge in infections as India unlocks

Live Mint  

The top six metros—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad—are at risk of seeing a surge in covid-19 cases following the relaxation of lockdown norms to revive economic activity, experts warned. The union health ministry has issued standard operating procedures for operating public and semi-public environments, such as offices, religious places, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants. Religious places will be …

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