The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised as a pandemic last week, continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Confirmed cases worldwide number thus far at 187,375 (at the time of writing), of which 99,050 are active. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in 7,477 deaths. Of the 99,050 …
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(March 16th, 2020, New Delhi) PandemiCast, a new weekly video podcast, will look at how the COVID-19 pandemic is derailing health policy worldwide. The link to it is here. In its first week, the PandemiCast panel will look at why various governments are reacting so differently to the pandemic. Public policy experts and journalists from …
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India has taken the decision to invoke colonial-era legislation pertaining to disease epidemics in order to attempt to bring novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases under control. The Cabinet Secretary on Wednesday announced that all states and union territories should invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 under which all advisories issued by …
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The passing of a 76 year-old Karnataka man has marked the first coronavirus death in India, test results have confirmed. Cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have reached 76 in India, dispersed across multiple states and union territories. At the time of writing, coronavirus cases have been detected in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, …
The Union Government has elected to effectively shut India off from the rest of the world, coming on the heels of the declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has reached pandemic proportions. The global scope of the coronavirus pandemic Speaking yesterday, World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the threat of a full-blown novel coronavirus pandemic is ‘very real’ – lending further credence to fears that a coronavirus pandemic could manifest as the foretold ‘Disease X.’ In light of the continued coronavirus outbreak in India, the Union Government is urging a number of ministries to …
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi and its counterparts in other areas of the country are to be positioned on the front line in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The premier facility has been requested by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to dedicate a portion of …
The novel coronavirus outbreak continues to affect India, as cases in the country rise. At the time of writing, there are forty active cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India. The other three cases are of individuals who have since recovered. All three were students who had returned to India from the Chinese city …
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The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has the world in the grip of panic. This has resulted in people the globe over taking precautionary measures ranging from handwashing to the wearing of face masks to even foregoing forms of physical contact such as hugging and shaking hands. Reasonable precautions such as these have been taken up …
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections have crossed the 100,000 mark as fresh cases continue to pour in. At the time of writing, the world has reported 100,242 COVID-19 infections with the death toll currently standing at 3,408. There are 40,848 active cases, of which 34,568 (85 percent) are of individuals considered to be in mild condition. …
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