Is politics getting in the way of India’s COVID response?
3 years, 10 months ago

Is politics getting in the way of India’s COVID response?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, May 31 at 19:30 GMT: This week India recorded the highest daily COVID-19 death toll of any country since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. An elite anti-terrorism unit this week visited the New Delhi offices of Twitter, which were closed, after the social media giant attached misinformation labels to several tweets from ruling BJP party-affiliated accounts. The famous yoga guru Ram Kisan Yadav, aka Baba Ramdev, last week told his followers that modern medicine was “a stupid and bankrupt science”, underlining the extent of India’s misinformation problem. In this episode of The Stream, we are joined by: Anoo Bhuyan, @AnooBhu Health reporter, India Spend Dr Joyeeta Basu, @DrJoyeeta Physician and Co-founder, Doctors Hub Dr. Sonali Vaid, @SonaliVaid Public health professional

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Shashi Tharoor praises vaccine diplomacy: India enhanced its soft power
3 days, 1 hour ago

Shashi Tharoor praises vaccine diplomacy: India enhanced its soft power

India Today  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has praised the Narendra Modi-led BJP government for its Vaccine Maitri initiative, which facilitated the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to several countries. Despite the "dark days" of the pandemic, he wrote, India’s vaccine diplomacy emerged as a silver lining, reinforcing the country’s role in global health diplomacy and its ability to address global challenges. The Congress …

BJP's Win Represents a Kind of Defeat. INDIA's Defeat Looks a Lot Like Victory
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP's Win Represents a Kind of Defeat. INDIA's Defeat Looks a Lot Like Victory

The Quint  

Likewise, India now ranks 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index, and 159th out of 180 in the World Press Freedom Index. The German foreign ministry has expressed concerns about declining press freedom, while the British government questioned the banning in India of a BBC documentary on Modi’s role in the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat, where …

Sanatana Dharma row | Did Opposition INDIA bloc’s meet decide on denigrating Hindus? asks Ravi Shankar Prasad
1 year, 6 months ago

Sanatana Dharma row | Did Opposition INDIA bloc’s meet decide on denigrating Hindus? asks Ravi Shankar Prasad

The Hindu  

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on September 7 charged the Congress top leadership with maintaining “silence” over controversial remarks about Hindu faith made by some of its own leaders, besides Tamil Nadu ally DMK. Addressing a press conference in Patna, Mr. Prasad, a former Union Minister asked whether “a decision was taken to denigrate Hindus” at the recently held …

Baba Ramdev claims cancer cases went up after Covid, but here’s what expert said
2 years, 1 month ago

Baba Ramdev claims cancer cases went up after Covid, but here’s what expert said

Live Mint  

With news of Covid vaccine side effects related to heart has been reported, now Yoga guru Ramdev has claimed that cancer cases has increased in India after the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about his claim, a renowned oncologist said cancer cases have been rising by 5 percent annually and it has nothing to do with the pandemic. Former chief of the …

Cancer cases shot up in India after COVID-19 pandemic: Ramdev
2 years, 1 month ago

Cancer cases shot up in India after COVID-19 pandemic: Ramdev

The Hindu  

Yoga guru Ramdev on February 18 claimed that the number of cancer cases in the country has increased after the COVID-19 pandemic. He made this observation while addressing a gathering early morning at Miramar beach in Goa, where his Patanjali Yog Samiti has organised a three-day-long yoga camp starting Saturday. Ramdev said that tourists should visit Goa not just for …

Presidential elections, BJP’s Muslim outreach, political films and more | Political Line
2 years, 7 months ago

Presidential elections, BJP’s Muslim outreach, political films and more | Political Line

The Hindu  

President, VP polls: what they say about BJP, Congress When the Congress was in power between 2004 and 2014, there were two elections each to the posts of President and Vice President; in power since 2014, the BJP also has had the opportunity to elect two Presidents and two Vice Presidents. The elections of Ram Nath Kovind, followed by Droupadi …

WHO's data and Congress' beta are wrong, says BJP; accuses Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO's data and Congress' beta are wrong, says BJP; accuses Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths

Firstpost  

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said the WHO’s methodology to calculate estimated deaths in India due to the virus is ‘flawed’ and the Indian government had conveyed its objections to the organisation New Delhi: The BJP on Friday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of doing politics over COVID-19 deaths, alleging that the WHO’s data and Congress’ “beta” are wrong. At a …

Settling India’s COVID-19 mortality data
2 years, 11 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 …

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths
2 years, 11 months ago

An honest reckoning: On simmering dispute between India and WHO about COVID deaths

The Hindu  

The visit of Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, to Gujarat for the Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit coincides with a simmering dispute between India and WHO on its forthcoming report on excess COVID-19 deaths between 2020 and 2021. A report in The New York Times claims that WHO estimates India accounted for four million deaths, or …

India slams NYT report blaming India for stalling WHO's efforts to make global Covid death toll public
2 years, 11 months ago

India slams NYT report blaming India for stalling WHO's efforts to make global Covid death toll public

Op India  

On April 16, India gave a befitting reply to The New York Times accusing India of stalling World Health Organization efforts to make the global Covid death toll public. #Unite2FightCorona ➡️In response to New York Times article titled “India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public” dated 16th April, 2022https://t.co/VoCRANy5cU pic.twitter.com/64pkA7fuxe — Ministry of Health …

Modi hails role played by media in promoting programmes like Swachh Bharat Mission
3 years ago

Modi hails role played by media in promoting programmes like Swachh Bharat Mission

Deccan Chronicle  

Kozhikode: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said media can play a positive role in changing the lives of people and hailed the contribution of the fourth estate in promoting government's ambitious initiatives like Swachch Bharat Mission, popularising Yoga, fitness and 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme, saying these are the subjects beyond the domain of politics. Every media house took …

India has shown unmatched resolve in facing challenge of pandemic: President
3 years, 2 months ago

India has shown unmatched resolve in facing challenge of pandemic: President

The Hindu  

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said the country has shown unmatched resolve in the face of the extraordinary challenge posed to humankind by the coronavirus pandemic, and asserted that a strong and sensitive India is now emerging. Addressing the nation on the eve of 73rd Republic Day, President Kovind noted that democracy, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity form the …

Depression in times of Covid: One in 10 adults suffer from mental health issues in India
3 years, 3 months ago

Depression in times of Covid: One in 10 adults suffer from mental health issues in India

India Today  

A deterioration in mental health among the average Indian has been a matter of concern for psychologists and social scientists for long. “Three major diseases viz, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and renal conditions and neglect in regard to mental health conditions have of late shown worrisome trends,” according to the Niti Aayog’s ‘Heath Care in India Vision 2020’. Post Covid-19, governments …

Bihar: Names of PM Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra feature in list of Covid vaccinated people
3 years, 3 months ago

Bihar: Names of PM Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra feature in list of Covid vaccinated people

India TV News  

A large scale forgery was discovered at a common health centre in Karpi block of Arwal district in Bihar where the health department uploaded the names of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and actor Priyanka Chopra in the list of beneficiaries who have taken the second dose of Covid vaccines. He said …

COVID-19 pandemic not over in India, country fighting virus together, says Amit Shah
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic not over in India, country fighting virus together, says Amit Shah

Firstpost  

The home minister speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit said that the country saw a welcome change as the BJP government came to power and provided stability India saw a welcome change in 2014 as the Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power with full majority and provided stability seven years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Union Home Minister …

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation
3 years, 5 months ago

Whole world believes India has successfully defeated COVID-19, looking at us with pride, says Narendra Modi in address to nation

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation today also asked people to exercise caution during Diwali, saying masks have to become a part of life till the pandemic is over A day after India achieved the ‘ big 100 ’ – administering one billion COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and …

Friendships, reciprocity, and diplomacy in the time of Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

Friendships, reciprocity, and diplomacy in the time of Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

Over the past few months, India has found itself in the throes of a cruel second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sohini Bose and Kabir Taneja note the centrality of India’s historical and socio-cultural linkages with South Asia and West Asia in their respective chapters. Similarly, in identifying the prevalence of nascent geopolitical trends in assistance received by India, Sreeparna …

Ramdev Started False Propaganda To Promote Patanjali Products : Delhi Medical Association Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Ramdev Started False Propaganda To Promote Patanjali Products : Delhi Medical Association Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Applicant seeks to be impleaded as a party in order to bring on record crucial facts and to oppose the grant of reliefs sought by the Petitioner. "The said doctors have worked every day for approximately 18 hours a day for the past 15 months without a break to not only ensure that the best treatment is provided to …

Covid India: Yoga guru Ramdev to take Covid vaccine after berating doctors and modern medicine
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid India: Yoga guru Ramdev to take Covid vaccine after berating doctors and modern medicine

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. Read our privacy policy India’s most famous yoga guru …

Ramdev Changes His Mind, Says Will Take Covid Jab; Calls Doctors God's Envoys
3 years, 9 months ago

Ramdev Changes His Mind, Says Will Take Covid Jab; Calls Doctors God's Envoys

News 18  

Yoga guru Ramdev, who had said he does not need the Covid vaccine as he has protection of yoga and ayurveda, on Thursday did a somersault, saying he will soon get the jab and described doctors as “God’s envoys on earth”. Now, welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement about free vaccine to all from June 21, Ramdev described it as …

India doctors protest against Ramdev’s ‘yoga-beats-COVID’ remarks
3 years, 10 months ago

India doctors protest against Ramdev’s ‘yoga-beats-COVID’ remarks

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of doctors across India donned black armbands to demand the arrest of a popular guru who claims yoga can prevent COVID. On Tuesday’s “Black Day” of protests, photos on social media showed doctors with banners demanding the arrest of “Quack Ramdev” while others wore PPE suits with #ArrestRamdev written on the back. The doctors’ association at the All India …

Police Complaint Lodged in Bengal Against Ramdev Over Comment on Modern Medicine
3 years, 10 months ago

Police Complaint Lodged in Bengal Against Ramdev Over Comment on Modern Medicine

News 18  

The Bengal chapter of the Indian Medical Association has lodged a complaint against Yoga guru Ramdev with the police for his alleged comment that many Covid-19 patients including doctors have died as modern medicines cannot treat the disease. The organisation lodged the complaint at Sinthi police station in Kolkata accusing Ramdev of creating confusion among the public with "misleading and …

In BJP leader’s unusual advice to IMA, a biting critique of yoga guru Ramdev
3 years, 10 months ago

In BJP leader’s unusual advice to IMA, a biting critique of yoga guru Ramdev

Hindustan Times  

Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, the top Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Bihar, on Thursday, waded into the continuing row between the Indian Medical Association and yoga guru Ramdev, advising the association of doctors to mostly ignore the guru’s offensive against allopathic medicines. Yoga guru Ramdev has been in the middle of a controversy over his video against allopathic medicines that has …

Ramdev's digs at modern medicine cause furore, but ugly face of Indian anti-science ideologies is nothing new
3 years, 10 months ago

Ramdev's digs at modern medicine cause furore, but ugly face of Indian anti-science ideologies is nothing new

Firstpost  

“To take vaccination is a dirty act. Last week’s mocking polemic by Ramkrishan Yadav against science-based medicine and doctors—“allopathy is a stupid science”, the godman, known as Baba Ramdev to his followers, proclaimed—has provoked an angry response from India’s medical community, on the frontline of the country’s battle against a pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Even …

Ramdev: Indian health minister chides yoga guru for deriding medical science following complaint by top body of doctors
3 years, 10 months ago

Ramdev: Indian health minister chides yoga guru for deriding medical science following complaint by top body of doctors

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. Read our privacy policy India’s health minister has condemned …

IMA says India's Covid management better than developed countries
3 years, 10 months ago

IMA says India's Covid management better than developed countries

Op India  

Ever since yoga guru Baba Ramdev made controversial remarks against the modern allopathic medicine system, the Indian Medical Association has launched a full-fledged attack on him. Refuting the allegations of Ramdev that ‘Allopathy is stupid and bankrupt science which failed to combat the pandemic in the country’, IMA said that the country has actually done better than even developed countries …

Country's sentiments hurt: Harsh Vardhan asks Baba Ramdev to withdraw remarks against allopathy
3 years, 10 months ago

Country's sentiments hurt: Harsh Vardhan asks Baba Ramdev to withdraw remarks against allopathy

India Today  

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday wrote a letter to yoga guru Baba Ramdev asking him to retract his objectionable statements against allopathy after the Indian Medical Association demanded action on Saturday. The Indian Medical Association in an official statement thanked the health minister for "understanding the anguish and pain created in the medical fraternity" due to Baba Ramdev's …

Opinion | Dispel all baseless rumours, let all of us work unitedly on the vaccination front
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Dispel all baseless rumours, let all of us work unitedly on the vaccination front

India TV News  

On Friday, when India reported a dip in fresh Covid-19 cases to 3.2 lakhs, there was some good news from the US and also from the vaccination front. The US had started its vaccination program on December 14 last year and in a span of six months, it used more than 20 crore vaccine doses to fully vaccinate 10.5 crore …

COVID-19 biggest crisis India has ever seen: Eminent Indian-American philanthropist
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 biggest crisis India has ever seen: Eminent Indian-American philanthropist

India TV News  

COVID-19 biggest crisis India has ever seen: Eminent Indian-American philanthropist India has been severely affected by the unprecedented second wave of the coronavirus and hospitals in several states are reeling under the shortage of health workers, vaccines, oxygen, drugs and beds. Describing the current COVID-19 crisis as the biggest India has ever faced, an eminent Indian-American philanthropist and venture capitalist …

A joke on Covid victims: Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS-led positivity push
3 years, 10 months ago

A joke on Covid victims: Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS-led positivity push

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at the ‘positivity push’ by an RSS-affiliate outfit amid the ongoing Covid crisis plaguing India and said it’s a joke on those families who have lost loved ones. In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, “The false assurance of positive thinking is a joke on those families and health workers who have lost their …

COVID-19: From criticism of 'vaccine diplomacy' to undercounting of deaths, an overview of global coverage of crisis in India
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: From criticism of 'vaccine diplomacy' to undercounting of deaths, an overview of global coverage of crisis in India

Firstpost  

International media outlets are questioning why the Indian government did not do enough to secure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens With COVID-19 cases remaining stubbornly high in India, a host of international media outlets have slammed the Central government over its handling of the pandemic. India’s coronavirus situation has been getting international media attention not just because of the scale …

WHO chief scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying; calls to report actual numbers
3 years, 10 months ago

WHO chief scientist says India's COVID-19 figures worrying; calls to report actual numbers

India TV News  

As India is in the grasp of a devastating second wave of COVID-19, World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday termed the rate of infections and deaths in the country as "worrying" and called on governments to boost exercises on reporting actual numbers. Every country in the world, in fact, the number of cases and deaths has been …

India could resist Covid-19 onslaught due to system created by Nehru-Gandhi: Shiv Sena
3 years, 10 months ago

India could resist Covid-19 onslaught due to system created by Nehru-Gandhi: Shiv Sena

Hindustan Times  

The Shiv Sena has taken pot shots at the Bharatiya Janata Party -led Central government and said that the country was able to resist the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the system created by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi over the decades. HT Image “Today India is able to bear the onslaught of this pandemic due to the …

Op-Ed: How anti-democratic politics make India’s COVID calamity worse
3 years, 10 months ago

Op-Ed: How anti-democratic politics make India’s COVID calamity worse

LA Times  

Funeral pyres of victims of COVID-19 burn at a lot that has been converted into a mass crematorium in New Delhi on April 24. In the world’s largest democracy, the Modi regime must be held accountable for the terrifying surge of death and disease since March. But it allowed the regime to continue to hold a number of key state …

A political and policy blow to the Centre
3 years, 10 months ago

A political and policy blow to the Centre

Hindustan Times  

For the last seven years, they have been projected as India’s political jodi number one. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the larger-than-life strongman leader, and home minister Amit Shah, as the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s chief election strategist, have carried an aura of near invincibility. If the handling of the second Covid-19 wave has raised serious questions over the PM’s …

Samir Soni says he is tired of India being criticised amid Covid-19 pandemic: ‘Shame on all you misery porn peddlers’
3 years, 10 months ago

Samir Soni says he is tired of India being criticised amid Covid-19 pandemic: ‘Shame on all you misery porn peddlers’

Hindustan Times  

Actor Samir Soni said that he is tired of India being criticised internationally, as it battles a deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He maintained that while some citizens are ‘actually taking pleasure’ in such negative reportage, he chooses to stand by the country ‘through thick and thin’. Samir Soni is upset by the negative reportage about India amid …

Who will help India overcome its COVID catastrophe?
3 years, 11 months ago

Who will help India overcome its COVID catastrophe?

Al Jazeera  

On Monday, May 3 at 19:30 GMT: In this episode of The Stream, we take a look at three aspects of India’s coronavirus disaster. As India battles the surge, Sikh organisations have been creating oxygen points, feeding families and providing ambulance services to transport patients. In videos and posts released on social media, Sikh volunteers invite people to come to …

India's COVID-19 cases surge to 18 million while government praises turnout for 'festival of democracy'
3 years, 11 months ago

India's COVID-19 cases surge to 18 million while government praises turnout for 'festival of democracy'

ABC  

India's total COVID-19 cases have passed 18 million after another world record number of daily infections. Key points: The rate of deaths in India has almost tripled over the past three weeks Australia has joined international efforts pledging aid supplies The Indian government celebrated queues of people lining up to vote in elections on Thursday India reported 379,257 new infections …

India’s deadly COVID surge follows crowded events
3 years, 11 months ago

India’s deadly COVID surge follows crowded events

Al Jazeera  

India has set another global record in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, with another 379,257 people infected and 3,645 deaths, as the country gears up to open its vaccination rollout to all adults on Saturday. Fuelling the catastrophe was a series of crowded events, like mass rallies by politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, religious holidays and pilgrimages on …

India Faces World's Worst COVID-19 Outbreak, Says US Senator Menendez
3 years, 11 months ago

India Faces World's Worst COVID-19 Outbreak, Says US Senator Menendez

News 18  

Observing that India is facing the world’s worst outbreak of Covid-19, a top American Senator here applauded US President Joe Biden for his recent decision to provide supplies and resources to hardest-hit countries. With India’s current wave representing the world’s worst outbreak, there continues to be a moral imperative to US leadership in the global arena right now,” Senator Robert …

India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system
3 years, 11 months ago

India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. The health ministry reported a single-day record 3,293 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing India’s total fatalities …

On the front lines of India’s second wave of COVID-19
3 years, 11 months ago

On the front lines of India’s second wave of COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

India’s healthcare system has been overwhelmed by a devastating second wave of COVID-19, and there’s no end in sight. India’s healthcare system is overwhelmed by a devastating second wave of COVID-19, and there’s no end in sight. Today, we take stock of how India’s doctors and patients are surviving this brutal health crisis – and what comes next. In this …

The price of lowering our guard: Why this Covid catastrophe is upon us, and what we need to do now
3 years, 11 months ago

The price of lowering our guard: Why this Covid catastrophe is upon us, and what we need to do now

Times of India  

How did it all fall apart so spectacularly? Just a few months ago, our health minister sanguinely led us to believe we had overcome Covid-19, triumphantly declaring that “India has flattened the Covid graph.” Three months later those words ring hollow as India is at crisis point, its health infrastructure deficiencies ruthlessly exposed. Essential drugs, like remdesivir and tocilizumab are …

In The Darkest Times of the Pandemic, India Has Found a Chain of Kindness in Young Politicians
3 years, 11 months ago

In The Darkest Times of the Pandemic, India Has Found a Chain of Kindness in Young Politicians

News 18  

The Indian social media has turned a devastating sight with people crying for help every minute as India is battling the worst phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Srinivas, inspired by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, has formed a team of volunteers to reach out to hundreds and thousands of people pleading for help with regard to supply of resources such as …

‘Big battle lies ahead’: India being overrun by huge COVID surge
3 years, 11 months ago

‘Big battle lies ahead’: India being overrun by huge COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

India has been overwhelmed by hundreds of thousands of new coronavirus cases daily, bringing pain, fear and agony to many lives as lockdowns have been placed in capital New Delhi and other cities. Many people are dying before we can get a test report,” said Dr SK Pandey of Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, capital of …

Rallies, religious gatherings aggravate India’s worst COVID surge
3 years, 11 months ago

Rallies, religious gatherings aggravate India’s worst COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

Election rallies led by Modi and other politicians as well as crowded festivals and religious gatherings contribute to the second wave. Election rallies led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other important political figures, as well as crowded festivals and religious gatherings have contributed to the record resurgence of the new coronavirus. Days after the …

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 11 months ago

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?

Firstpost  

COVID-19 has renewed the focus on public health threats – making countries review their public health systems and healthcare infrastructure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April and it is the perfect occasion to review India’s response to COVID-19 and identify threats to our health security that can be rectified on a warfooting. Similarly, India needs to pass a …

Maha's Daily Covid Tally Nears 50,000; Gyms May Shut, Malls & Multiplexes Likely to Face More Curbs
3 years, 11 months ago

Maha's Daily Covid Tally Nears 50,000; Gyms May Shut, Malls & Multiplexes Likely to Face More Curbs

News 18  

Maharashtra touched a new record high on Saturday with nearly 50,000 fresh Covid-19 cases. With the state recording over half of the daily coronavirus cases in India, the government is considering diverting all industrial use oxygen supply for medical use, CM Thackeray said. Thackeray said the state government is considering diverting even that 20 per cent for medical use, because …

The second wave: The Hindu Editorial on why new vaccines should be cleared as India battles a new COVID-19 surge
4 years ago

The second wave: The Hindu Editorial on why new vaccines should be cleared as India battles a new COVID-19 surge

The Hindu  

The rise in COVID-19 cases as part of India’s ‘second wave’ has the government and public health authorities truly worried. The government is also bearing down on local vaccine companies to prioritise delivery to India over their international commitments as several other vaccine candidates line up emergency approvals from regulators. More research needs to be conducted and communicated on whether …

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