-TheThirdPole.net We are all being told that the best way to keep coronavirus at bay is washing hands with soap and water several times a day; authorities need to quickly come up with solutions for the large number of Indians who do not have access to enough clean water “Bunty, tera saboon slow hai kya?” (“Bunty, is your soap slow?”), is the catch phrase of a popular TV ad. It shows a...
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One isolation bed per 84,000 people, 1 quarantine bed per 36,000: Govt data -Abantika Ghosh |
-The Indian Express The data, collected in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, states there is one doctor per 11,600 Indians, and one hospital bed per 1,826 Indians. According to data collected by the Union Health Ministry, as of March 17, there is one isolation bed per 84,000 Indians, and one quarantine bed per 36,000 Indians. The data, collected in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, states there is one doctor per...
More »COVID-19: As migrant workers return home, how different states are feeling the pinch -Vishnu Varma , Rahul V Pisharody , Janardhan Koushik & Tora Agarwala
-The Indian Express With 49 active infection cases and over 50,000 people under home quarantine as of Sunday, the Kerala's health system is under considerable duress and is bending over backwards to meet daily needs. Any added pressure will cause the system to collapse. Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kochi: Roshid Ahmed has an almost odd, rational way of looking at the situation. “If God wills me to get the virus, I may get it…it...
More »Banging plates will not defeat coronavirus – we must build a quality public-health system to do that -Radha Khan
-Scroll.in Healthcare is a public good and the government’s job. It cannot be left to the whims of the private sector. The news of coronavirus has been on all our minds since Narendra Modi’s televised address on Thursday. The janata curfew or people’s curfew that he suggested for Sunday was near-total through India, and at 5 pm, many came out to beat thalis and clap their hands to express gratitude to doctors...
More »Covid-19 will test, reshape the State -Yamini Aiyar
-Hindustan Times Today’s choices will determine the future of the Indian State’s relationship with citizens The only certainty in the coronavirus-induced global chaos is that the idea of the nation-state as the all-powerful, enforcer of social order is back. After decades of globalisation, neo-liberalisation and privatisation, in this moment of crisis, people across the globe are looking to their national governments and willingly giving up their civil liberties in favour of absolute...
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