The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
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511 kids lost at least one parent to Covid in Belagavi district: Survey
-The New Indian Express As many as 528 children have lost either one or both parents to Covid-19 in Belagavi district, a survey by the Women and Child Welfare Department has revealed. BELAGAVI: As many as 528 children have lost either one or both parents to Covid-19 in Belagavi district, a survey by the Women and Child Welfare Department has revealed. According to the survey, 17 children have lost both their parents...
More »With its economic policy, the government confronts political risks -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Those sympathetic to the establishment argue that had it not been for the second wave, the economy would have been in a much better shape. Those who disagree claim that even the sequential recovery which was achieved was profit-led and inequality-generating in nature On June 28, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an economic package to deal with the adverse effects of the second wave of the pandemic. The contours of...
More »More Younger People Without Comorbidities Died In Second Wave, Data Show -Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
-IndiaSpend.com All-India picture unclear as only three states are sharing comorbidity data of Covid-19 deceased. Doctors are calling upon states to reveal data on both comorbidities and the spread of variants to gauge their impact on Covid-19 deaths Kolkata: More people without any underlying comorbid conditions died of Covid-19 during the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu than in the peak of the...
More »Countering the next wave of COVID-19 -Yamini Aiyar, Jishnu Das, Partha Mukhopadhya and Shamindra Nath Roy
-The Hindu It requires co-ordination across States and districts, based on real-time analysis of data As the focus shifts to a possible third wave, it is important for India to ask how it can marshal its resources better. Can we leverage the advantages of our size and federal character? Delhi’s experience is instructive. As the first wave abated, hospitalisation for COVID-19 patients plummeted. By January 2021, Delhi was using less than 20% of...
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