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Everyone could be a carrier: Covering coronavirus pandemic in rural India
Infections in India now total over 3.5 million, rising from two million in just over three weeks – the third highest number of coronavirus infections in the world. The disease is rampant in rural India, where people often have to rely on the most basic health facilities.
India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases,while deaths down: WHO
Overall global new deaths in the past seven days fell by 3% compared to the previous week, the WHO reported, adding that overall new infections around the world rose by 1.8 million.
The respiratory disease is also spreading in the Americas, which continues to account for more than half of reported cases and deaths worldwide, although there have been slight decreases in some areas, WHO said in its latest update.
Peru, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina have seen “increasing trends”, it said.
Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger
The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization forecasts that the number of undernourished people will increase by up to 132 million in this year, while the number of acutely malnourished children will rise by 6.7 billion worldwide due to the pandemic.
“We are facing two pandemics. COVID-19, which beyond its health toll is crushing livelihoods, and hunger, a scourge the international community pledged to eradicate by the end of this decade,” Qu Dongyu, the FAO’s director-general said in a commentary ahead of the virtual meeting.
78,357 new cases take India’s COVID-19 tally past 37 lakh, death toll rises to 66,333
The death toll climbed to 66,333 with 1,045 more fatalities reported in 24 hours. India has so far reported 37,69,523 cases of the viral disease, according to the data updated at 8 am.
The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country has surged to 29,01,908, while the fatality rate has further declined to 1.76 per cent. There are 8,01,282, active cases in the country which comprises 21.26 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
COVID-19 antibodies present in patients four months after recovery – study
An editorial that accompanied the study cautioned that it is unclear if recovered patients’ antibodies will protect them from reinfection.
However, it suggested that antibody tests may be a cost-effective alternative to infection testing alone, and may work better in surveying populations as countries look to safely reopen their economies and schools.
Steroids cut death rates among critically ill COVID-19 patients, major study finds
“Steroids are a cheap and readily available medication, and our analysis has confirmed that they are effective in reducing deaths amongst the people most severely affected by COVID-19,” Jonathan Sterne, a professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at Britain’s Bristol University who worked on the analysis, told the briefing.
India’s recovery to take time after economy shrinks 24% in June quarter
Some private economists, however, said the fiscal year that began in April could see a contraction of nearly 10%, the worst performance since India won independence from British colonial rule in 1947, and likely to push millions more into poverty.
Google, Apple roll out built-in COVID-19 exposure notifications to phones
The new system – called Exposure Notifications Express – will allow public health officials to submit a small configuration file to Apple and Google. The two tech companies will then use the file to set up systems that phone owners can opt in to in order to determine whether they have been near someone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus
Religare Health rebrands itself as Care Health Insurance,plans IPO
The rebranding is aimed at further building on opportunities to deliver the best possible ‘Care’ to its consumers.Officials of the company also said that they would be looking to go public going forward. However, no timeline was announced regarding the initial public offer (IPO). The institutional shareholders of the health insurer include Union Bank of India anf Kedaara Capital
COVID-19 tally in India climbs to 36,91, 166
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.77 per cent.
There are 7,85,996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 21.29 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.