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760 new COVID-19 infections in India, two deaths
The total active caseload of the viral disease was logged at 4,423,...
Covid first wave led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study
”Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global public health,” said the study’s senior author, Sumanth Gandra, an associate hospital epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in the US.
”Overuse of antibiotics lessens their ability to effectively treat minor injuries and common infections such as pneumonia, which means that these conditions can become serious and deadly,” Gandra said.
$40 billion pledged at Paris conference for gender equality
Bill and Melinda Gates’ namesake foundation announced it will spend $2.1 billion in the next five years on health and family planning programs, economic empowerment projects and other initiatives.
Billions risk being without access to water and sanitation services by 2030
It notes that still only 81 per cent of the world’s population would have access to safe drinking water at home, leaving 1.6 billion without; just 67 per cent would have safe sanitation services, leaving 2.8 billion in the lurch; and only 78 per cent would have basic handwashing facilities, leaving 1.9 billion adrift.
For the first time, the report also presented emerging national data on menstrual health.
In many countries, it showed a significant proportion of women and girls are unable to meet their menstrual health needs.
Centre rushes teams to six states reporting high number of Covid cases
The teams will visit the states,Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur immediately and monitor the overall implementation of COVID-19 management, especially in testing, including surveillance and containment operations; Covid Appropriate Behaviour and its enforcement; availability of hospital beds, sufficient logistics including ambulances, ventilators, medical oxygen etc., and COVID-19 vaccination progress.
Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
The variant, first detected in India in December last year, has spread to about 100 countries and the World Health Organisation warned recently that it could soon become the dominant form of the virus. It is also driving a spike in cases in Japan, casting a pall over this month’s Olympic Games.
Delhi’s cloud-based health project likely to be out by March next year: CM
Under one of the most ambitious health projects of the Delhi government, health cards will be issued in the names of all the residents of Delhi, for which special surveys will be conducted by the government. This will ensure the availability of the benefits of the government healthcare services to every resident of Delhi. Post the issuing, the e-health card will be integrated with the HIMS.
The system seeks to target the healthcare delivery process. All the patient care services, hospital administration, budgeting and planning, supply chain management, and backend services and processes will be brought under the system.
Treatment for people suffering from Covid vaccine-related blood clots found
“We can diagnose it accurately with our tests, treat it and we know exactly how the treatment works,” said Ishac Nazy, associate professor of medicine at McMaster University. said.
People in states with high PM2.5 levels more likely to get COVID-19: Study
Sixteen major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Lucknow and Surat, reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases, and PM2.5 emissions are also higher in these areas due to fossil fuel-based anthropogenic activities, it said.
PM2.5 refers to fine particles which penetrate deep into the body and fuel inflammation in the lungs and respiratory tract, leading to the risk of having cardiovascular and respiratory problems, including a weak immune system.
Majority of urban unemployed Indians want Job, not cash handout:LSE study says
“Younger individuals, in the bottom half of pre-Covid earnings, experienced higher levels of worklessness,” the authors wrote, based on responses from 4,763 individuals between January and March this year in three lower-income states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Office supply jumps 75 pc annually during Jan-Jun across 7 cities despite COVID-19
New office space supply stood at 14.38 million sq ft during January-June 2020 across seven cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.
JLL India Head (Office Leasing Advisory) Rahul Arora.said,He added that in the second half of the year, if the country can ensure that most of the active workforce gets fully vaccinated, the shift back to office premises will be more feasible and sustainable.