by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
Bengaluru: Forecasting that the Covid-19 pandemic is only going to get worse, noted surgeon Dr Devi Prasad Shetty has said India will need an extra 5 lakh ICU beds, 2 lakh nurses and 1.5 lakh doctors in the next few weeks, and also suggested radical solutions...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Facts, Health, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
London: Men and older adults with more advanced diabetes have a higher risk of death when infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a large study.The findings showed that men with diabetes were 28 percent more likely to die with Covid-19 than...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
The uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus through all Americas accounted for a major part of global deaths last week, with one in four Covid-19 deaths in the world taking place here, says Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne. "One in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
A past Covid-19 infection does not completely protect young people from reinfection, and vaccination is still necessary to boost immune response and reduce disease transmission, according to an observational study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 29, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The health ministry on Thursday issued the "Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic Covid-19 cases", in which it advised against attempting to procure or administer Remdesivir injections at home, underlining that it...