-TheWire.in As India moves into the start of the second week of the 21-day lockdown period imposed nationwide by the Government of India, it helps to examine the manner in which migrant workers have been coping with the lockdown’s requirements. Migrant workers have been moving out of India’s cities to their respective towns villages, many of them on foot due to unavailability of transport. Please click here to read more. ...
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Making the private sector care for public health -Rama V Baru
-The Hindu India needs a national policy providing for free testing and treatment of COVID-19 patients in private hospitals As India enters the second week of a national lockdown imposed in response to COVID-19, it is still unclear how well prepared the healthcare system is in dealing with the pandemic. Given the resource constraints of both the Central and State governments, it is clear that government hospitals alone will not be able...
More »The Covid-19 Pandemic and Indian Agriculture: A Note -R Ramakumar
-Foundation for Agrarian Studies blog The world is sliding rapidly towards a recession. The Covid-19 pandemic will shut down large parts of the world economy for at least a few months more. IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva stated on March 23, 2020 that the outlook for global growth in 2020 was “negative.” Recovery, if any, is expected only in 2021. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the rise in unemployment...
More »COVID-19 lockdown locks down farmers’ income -Mayank Aggarwal
-Mongabay.com * India’s ongoing lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus is threatening the agriculture sector as it overlaps with the time of harvest. * The lockdown has derailed harvest preparation and lack of agricultural labour to help in harvest and restrictions on transportation of produce despite being given waivers as essential services. * Farmer leaders and agriculture experts criticised the relief package announced by the government to aid farmers impacted by the...
More »New Lancet study puts China’s death per virus infections rate at 0.66% -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express Till April 1, 8.53 lakh cases of COVID-19 had been reported world-wide, with 41,887 deaths. China has seen 82,295 cases and 3,310 deaths. An average coronavirus patient may be in hospital for about 25 days and the mean duration from the onset of symptoms to death is about 18 days, a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has said. The study also concluded that the overall infection fatality rate...
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