The world has yearned for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 since the pandemic began. However the recent announcement of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine has been met with scepticism – justly or unjustly. COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or simply coronavirus – has disrupted virtually …
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Tuesday saw Indian conduct nearly nine lakh (900,000) COVID-19 tests, reports indicate – but how reliable is India’s testing infrastructure? The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare claims that India conducted 899,000 COVID-19 tests on August 18th. However, Our World in Data puts the number of tests lower, at 818,212. Sushma Dey reported for …
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, optimism has been in short supply. The pandemic has leapt from one extreme to the other as countries across the globe have faced surging case counts and vast numbers of associated deaths. However, are the tides finally turning against the COVID-19 pandemic? Such a statement may be jumping …
Recent reports from Karnataka encapsulate how the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the state of Indians’ mental health and wellbeing. Reports indicate that the Karnataka state government has treated almost 8,000 people with medication for mental health issues connected to COVID-19 and conducted approximately 480,000 counselling sessions since May. Those counselled and/or treated for mental health …
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India’s COVID-19 crisis continues, with cases near the three-million mark and deaths exceeding 50,000. COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or, simply coronavirus – has claimed 52,153 lives in India at the time of writing. Confirmed coronavirus infections, meanwhile, number at 2,724,642. Of the cases reported thus far, 674,571 …
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Francois Baird, chairman and co-founder of Baird’s CMC, talks to Health Issues India editor Kerean Watts about how COVID-19 has impacted businesses. We discuss how the pandemic has changed our understanding of the workplace; how we consider healthy and safe working environments; and the lasting effects of the pandemic’s disruption to the global economy and …
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India’s seniors continue to account for the largest proportion of deaths due to COVID-19 – but those in younger age demographics are far from immune to the effects of the disease according to recent figures. As reported by Sushmi Dey for The Times News Network (TNN), those above the age of sixty account for fifty …
The Gujarat High Court has taken the state government to task over the conditions of its health infrastructure amidst renewed complaints about the quality of the state’s public health system. The Times News Network reports that the Gujarat High Court has “directed the government to strengthen its health infrastructure. It has been directed to provide …
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The point at which India can claim to have achieved herd immunity against COVID-19 is “far away” for the country’s population. This is according to Rajesh Bhushan, an official at the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. He has claimed that the only way India can achieve a level of immunity across the population …
U.S. President Donald Trump has pointed to India as having a “tremendous problem” with the COVID-19 pandemic, in remarks issued at the White House earlier this week. President Trump favourably compared the performance of the United States in handling the pandemic with that of nations such as India and China, stating “I think we’re doing …
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