DeCEDA/Qrius 2022 was a milestone year for India. India walked into 2022 with an infectious wave of Covid-19 impacting lakhs of people, the wave receded a few weeks into the year. As hopes for a post-pandemic recovery surged, war in Ukraine brought in new challenges for the economy. With supply chains disrupted, global sanctions imposed on Russia, prices of fuel and food shot up. Inflation, already on a high from pent-up...
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Prof. Satyajit Rath, National Institute of Immunology, interviewed by Sandipan Talukdar (Newsclick.in)
-Newsclick.in There is no evidence either of the subvariant being particularly more transmissible than other variants of the Omicron lineage, according to the eminent immunologist. BF.7, the new Omicron subvariant which has triggered a surge in China, has also been detected in India. Till the filing of this article, India hadrecorded only four BF.7 cases. New precautionary measures taken by the government, including advisories on wearing masks in public places and avoiding...
More »No surge expected in global COVID-19 cases this winter, says IHME report
-The Hindu/Reuters IHME’s report suggests that the current surge in COVID-19 infections in Germany might be due to Omicron subvariants BQ.1 or BQ.1.1 Global COVID-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million average daily cases by February next year from the current 16.7 million daily driven by the northern hemisphere’s winter months, the University of Washington said in an analysis. The increase in infections is not expected to cause...
More »COVID-19 resurgence: Cases rise in China, Europe and New Zealand -Taran Deol
-Down to Earth Hong Kong and New Zealand facing huge waves; situation in Hong Kong similar to India delta wave The COVID-19 pandemic is again rearing its head on the opposite sides of Eurasia after a lull, with both, China and Europe reporting a rise in cases, according to media reports. New Zealand too is facing a resurgence in cases. China recorded 5,280 new cases March 16, 2022, which is a more than...
More »Doctors, health experts cite three reasons for falling virus counts -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph They say the revised testing guidelines that exempt asymptomatic contacts from tests are suited only for omicron, which is linked to mild disease and rapid spread A mix of narrower targeted Covid-19 testing, home-based self-testing kits and large cities approaching epidemic peaks might explain falling counts of daily new infections nationwide, doctors and health experts said on Tuesday. India’s daily count of new Covid-19 infections fell to around 238,000 for the...
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