-The Indian Express Five of the top ten states with maximum caseloads reported their highest single day figures on Thursday, as the number of new infections went past the 20,000 mark for the first time. India Coronavirus (Covid-19) Cases Numbers: Five of the top ten states with maximum caseloads — Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh — reported their highest single day figures on Thursday, as the number of new...
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8 states account for 85.5% of active COVID-19 case load
-The Hindu They also account for 87% of total deaths, says Health Ministry. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal account for 85.5% of the active case load and 87% of the total deaths in India, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. At present, 15 Central teams of public health experts, epidemiologists, clinicians and an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary have been deployed to give...
More »In this time of crisis, the most urgent imperative is to protect underprivileged families from starvation -SY Quraishi
-The Indian Express There is an urgent requirement to put money in the hands of the impoverished to support them during the pandemic. This has been the refrain of the Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee. Further, the government must tighten the implementation of its critical schemes related to nutrition, food security and healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic is flaring up into a mass humanitarian crisis. Its foremost victim will be innocent children who have...
More »No ICMR panel or GoM meetings, no briefings -- Modi govt ‘retreats’ even as Covid cases surge -Abantika Ghosh
-ThePrint.in The ICMR task force on Covid-19 hasn’t met in over two weeks, while the daily official statement now mentions only good news, not new cases or deaths. New Delhi: The last meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Covid-19, headed by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, was held on 9 June. The last health ministry briefing on the coronavirus crisis took place two days later, on 11 June. The...
More »Coronavirus tests the limits of India’s capital -Nikhil M Babu
-The Hindu Even as COVID-19 cases and deaths are rapidly rising in the capital, the AAP government is grappling with complaints of under-reporting, inadequate facilities and exploitative private hospitals. Nikhil M. Babu reports on how it frittered away an opportunity to ramp up healthcare facilities during the lockdown period On February 29 afternoon, when 45-year-old Rohit Dutta walked into the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi to take a COVID-19 test,...
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