by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 25, 2021 | Facts, Health, Pandemic
“I think booster shots, just like your annual influenza shot (are) something we just need to accept, it’s (Covid-19) not going to be with us for many weeks and months, it’s going to be with us for many years,” Trent Twomey, National President...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
“The slow rate of growth can be attributed to decreased net international migration, decreased fertility, and increased mortality due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Census Bureau said on Tuesday The year 2021 is the first time since 1937 that the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 9, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
Worldwide, more than 13 per cent of adolescents aged 10 to 19 are affected by deteriorating mental health. UNICEF reported that by October 2020, critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries were disrupted or halted due to coronavirus spread....
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 8, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Vaccination for those under the age of 18 in India has not started yet, a market most of the companies are targeting next New Delhi: Indian COVID-19 vaccine makers are lobbying the government to authorise boosters as supplies have so outstripped demand that one...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 4, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life, Pandemic
“Now, at the start of this fourth wave, we see quite a sharp increase across all age groups, but particularly in the under-fives,” said Dr Waasila Jassat of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) at a media briefing by the Health Ministry...
