-Livemint.com * The crisis has led to a mass exodus of migrant labour back to their villages, mainly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh * From those working in restaurants to those making a living by ironing clothes in the neighbourhood, daily wagers are finding it difficult to make ends meet New Delhi: Ashok Kumar, a 42-year-old carpenter, lives in the Rohini area of the national capital and survives on work that he gets...
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COVID-19 cases in south India till now have travel or contact history, except 1: Govt data
-The News Minute In the instance of a young man who recently traveled from Delhi to Chennai, officials have not been able to conFIRm any contacts or individuals he may have contracted the virus from. India’s FIRst cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were FIRst reported in Kerala. Three individuals who returned from China self-reported their travel histories and were tested positive for the virus. Since then, the number of cases have drastically...
More »Explained: Why Africa still has lesser cases of coronavirus -Kajol Rustagi
-The Indian Express What we know so far is that the coronavirus severely affects the elderly but Africa has a younger population than Europe. This is reassuring for the continent despite its high mortality rates. As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread around the world, the African continent seems to be less-affected at the moment compared to other parts of the world. The coronavirus outbreak, which appeared in China in late December, had...
More »How WhatsApp forwards on coronavirus broke the ₹1 tn Indian poultry industry -Omkar Khandekar
-Livemint.com Fake news linking the spread of Covid-19 to chickens have cost the Indian poultry market over ₹1.6 billion a day. The world’s fourth biggest chicken producer now faces its worst crisis in a decade In the FIRst week of February, Somnath Shelke, a poultry farmer in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, started receiving text messages on WhatsApp that baffled him. “Broiler chicken me korona virus ko paya gaya hai," one of them said. “Tamam logo...
More »Civil society group calls for strengthening of social security and public health delivery systems in Jharkhand in the wake of coronavirus disease outbreak
-Press note by Right to Food Campaign (Jharkhand) dated 21st March, 2020 As the coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads, a double crisis looms over Jharkhand: a health crisis and an economic crisis. Already, unemployed migrant workers are returning en masse from different states, including some (e.g. Maharashtra) with many coronavirus cases. Food vendors are losing business, and more occupations are likely to be hit as economic activity slows down. As more and more...
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