-The Telegraph A Twitter campaign sends a searing message DocsNeedGear — a campaign on Twitter on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon Indians to light torches for nine minutes against Covid-19 on Sunday — tried to drive home the message that doctors fighting the coronavirus pandemic needed protection. “We won’t be safe if our doctors are not safe. Remember everyone,” said a tweet under #DocsNeedGear on Friday. Several Twitter users posted news...
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Perils of lockdown and informal sector workers: Reflections in the time of Covid-19 -Amrita Ghatak & Kingshuk Sarkar
-Vikalp.ind.in The unprecedented fear of Covid-19 leading to ‘social distancing’ through lockdown in the entire India has yet again unfolded the plight of informal sector workers even in the midst of a universal public Health crisis worldwide. The lockdown, for a huge number of informal sector workers is associated with the loss of livelihood; but for others engaged in low-valued essential works such as home delivery, scavenging and cleaning the society,...
More »Three in four COVID-19 cases between 21 to 60 years age group in India -Maitri Porecha
-The Hindu Business Line Every three in four cases that are infected with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India belong to active working population between the age group of 21 to 60 years as on date. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that of these 75 per cent of the confirmed cases, the maximum cases up to 42 percent are between 21 to 40 years of age, while 33 percent are...
More »Sudden Lockdown and Unfolding of an Immense Tragedy -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in With the Centre being both niggardly and thoughtless in the matter of relief following the unplanned lockdown, state governments, which are desperately short of funds, will be left holding the baby. The tragic irony could not have been more complete. The country is under lockdown, but last week thousands of migrant workers were thronging bus stands or marching on the roads, making a mockery of it; the aim of the lockdown...
More »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...
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