-PTI/ NDTV.com In the last 24 hours, 65 new COVID cases have been confirmed in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 20 in Ghaziabad and 10 in Lucknow. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday made it compulsory for people to wear a face mask in public places in capital Lucknow and six NCR districts amid a rise in COVID cases in some adjoining states, an official said. The increase in COVID cases has had an...
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Strict COVID-19 protocols for Delhi schools amid surge -Jaideep Deo Bhanj
-The Hindu The increase in cases threatens to impact physical classes that resumed on April 1. With the number of COVID-19 cases witnessing an upward trend, students going back to school on April 18 after a four-day weekend will be met with schools enforcing stringent protocols to contain the spread of the virus if there is a breakout. Private schools have been advised to close the entire school or a concerned wing...
More »India objects to WHO methodology for calculating COVID-19 toll -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Health Ministry responds to reports of India stalling the world health body’s efforts India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the issue of collecting and making public the COVID-19 death toll in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday in response to The New York Times article titled India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global COVID Death...
More »Delhi Govt Issues Advisory to Schools, Directs Them to Close if COVID Case Detected
-PTI/ TheWire.in The advisory, dated April 13, came amid reports of a few students testing positive for COVID-19 across the national capital and NCR. New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a fresh advisory for schools in the national capital, directing them to close the entire premises or specific wings temporarily if any student or staff tests positive for COVID-19. The Directorate of Education (DoE) also said that students and staff must wear...
More »HOPS as a route to universal health care -Jean Drèze
-The Hindu ‘Healthcare as an optional public service’ would ensure the legal right to receive free, quality care in a public institution The lingering COVID-19 crisis is a good time to revive an issue that is, oddly, slow to come to life in India — universal health care (UHC). Meanwhile, UHC has become a well-accepted objective of public policy around the world. It has even been largely realised in many countries, not...
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