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Coronavirus deaths in US could touch 200,000: top health expert
The risk of death is greater for older adults and people with other health problems. Hospitals in the most afflicted areas are straining to handle patients and some are short of critical supplies.
49-day lockdown necessary to stop coronavirus resurgence in India: Study
The paper by Ronojoy Adhikari in collaboration with Rajesh Singh from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge in the UK shows that the 21-day lockdown that the India government has imposed is unlikely to be effective and ‘there will be a resurgence of Covid-19 at the end of it’.
India breathes easy in lockdown: 90 cities record dip in air pollution
As many as 39 cities have recorded “good” air quality and 51 cities have recorded “satisfactory” air quality in the last few days, the CPCB data showed.
Four in 10 people worldwide confined in some form
In Europe, the affected countries include Britain, France, Italy and Spain. In Asia, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and more are affected, while many nations have measures in the Middle East including Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel.
India toll 29, cases 1024; global deaths top 33,000
Total number of Covid-19 cases across the world has surpassed 690,000 and there have been over 33,034 coronavirus-related deaths as on Sunday.
As U.S. virus cases exceed 100,000, doctors decry scarcity of drugs and equipment
US President Donald Trump on Friday invoked wartime Defense Production Act to force auto giant General Motors to manufacture ventilators, amid a supply shortage of the life-saving medical equipment in view of the mounting coronavirus cases. Price negotiations with the car company was taking time, Trump said. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use any and all authority available under the Defense Production Act to require General Motors (GM) to accept, perform, and prioritize federal contracts for ventilators.
Bruised Indian economy to be battered further by coronavirus: Reuters Poll
“Just as everywhere else in the world, the Indian economy is bracing for the fallout (from) this unprecedented event. We expect the lockdown to dramatically reduce GDP in … subsequent quarters, while there will be prolonged economic gloom throughout the rest of the year,” said Prakash Sakpal, Asia economist at ING.
India needs at least 38 mn masks to fight Coronavirus
Invest India estimated the country needed 38 million masks – 14 million needed by state governments and the rest by the federal government – and 6.2 million pieces of protective gear
PM announces new fund for people to donate towards govt fight against coronavirus
People can visit www.pmindia.gov.in to make contributions using credit and debit cards, UPI, net banking and RTGS or NEFT, it said.
Test that can detect coronavirus in 5 minutes; courtesy Abbott Labs
The test starts with taking a swab from the nose or the back of the throat, then mixing it with a chemical solution that breaks open the virus and releases its RNA. The mixture is inserted into an ID Now system, a small box weighing just under 7 pounds that has the technology to identify and amplify select sequences of the coronavirus genome and ignore contamination from other viruses.