by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Risk Management
New Delhi: Culling of chickens and ducks began on Tuesday in parts of Kerala to contain the H5N8 strain of bird flu, while Jammu and Kashmir sounded an alert and started collecting samples from migratory species after Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Thiruvananthapuram: As India launches the world's most ambitious and biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19, the country will encounter the formidable challenge of rapidly scaling up distribution of the vaccines to secure immunity for its entire...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
As major countries like the U.S. and China race to vaccinate their populations with rapidly approved shots, tens of millions of doses prepared for India are sitting in storage despite having been authorized for use. While distribution in other nations started soon...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The absolute number of people infected with Covid-19 in India may never be known but much of the scientific community agrees the downward trajectory of the disease is real and can likely be attributed to 'localised' herd immunity and a younger...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2021 | Articles, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
How to prevent the next pandemic? As 2021 begins with Covid-19 continuing its global spread, scientists have spotlighted three approaches to at least reduce the risk of pandemic potential diseases – screening animals, reducing land-use change and...
