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Quarantine at Nehru Stadium

The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi is to be repurposed as a quarantine facility to help combat the COVID-19 outbreak in India.  The Sports Authority of India (SAI) relinquished the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to the Delhi state government. The SAI announced last month that sports facilities under its purview could be used for quarantine purposes.  …

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Migrants sprayed with disinfectant: The latest controversy

The Union Government’s decision to implement a quarantine affecting 1.3 billion has alternately been praised and criticised – some deeming it necessary to counteract a large-scale coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, others deeming it draconian and callous. However, fresh controversies have surfaced in recent days surrounding the impact on migrant workers. Footage has been unearthed showing a …

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Mental health conditions on the rise

A spike in reports of Indians being affected by mental health conditions has been reported amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a survey conducted by the Indian Psychiatry Society.  In the week since a 21-day lockdown was declared by the Union Government, the number of people reporting mental health issues has increased by fifteen to …

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PPE kits dispatched to hospitals, more ordered

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced provisions for the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits to the nation’s healthcare providers amidst the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.  Already, 60,000 PPE kits have been procured by the Union Health Ministry for hospitals so healthcare workers can safeguard themselves against COVID-19. 3.34 lakh PPEs …

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COVID-19 testing: Is India falling behind?

“Test, test, test,” is among the most resounding messages issued by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), during the coronavirus pandemic. However, when it comes to COVID-19 testing, is India falling behind?  “We have not seen an urgent enough escalation in testing, isolation and contact tracing – which is the …

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COVID-19 case count continues to rise

The coronavirus pandemic continues to pose a major threat to health systems, as the COVID-19 case count grows to more than 800,000 confirmed infections worldwide. At the time of writing, there are 801,117 confirmed COVID-19 cases globally. This includes 1,251 cases in India as of Monday according to data released by the Union Ministry of …

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PandemiCast 3: The path to a coronavirus vaccine

When World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, he said “we have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus…and we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled, at the same time.” While the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted countries the world over – India …

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AYUSH practitioners: Modi reaches out

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) practitioners to participate in efforts to tackle the disease – while also cautioning against promoting unproven cures.  Modi interacted with AYUSH practitioners via videoconferencing over the weekend and suggested that they could benefit the …

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“Hunger will kill us before any disease does”

“Hunger will kill us before any disease does.” These were the harrowing words of Rampal, a rickshaw driver from Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh who queues daily at a government-run food shelter. Rampal’s words have already rung true for some. An eight-year-old boy named Rakesh Musahar, a resident of Arrah’s Jawahar Tola’s slum area in Bhojpur …

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