by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday asked the Centre about the preparedness to deal with the expected COVID-19 second wave peak in mid-May, terming the massive rise in cases as a tsunami', and warned it will "hang" any person who tries to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life
New Delhi: Ahead of the roll-out of vaccination of people aged between 18 and 45 from May 1, the Centre on Saturday asked states to register additional private vaccination centres and ensure effective crowd management at sites and stressed on inoculation...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Disaster & Management, Indian News
Dehradun: As many as 384 persons have been rescued so far while six of them are critical and currently under medical treatment, a day after a glacier burst incident took place in Sumna, Neeti Valley near the India-China border in Chamoli district. Eight bodies have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Pandemic
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the COVID-19 challenge before the country now is bigger than the last year and called for making efforts to ensure that the infectious disease is stopped from hitting villages "by all means"....
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may peak between May 11-15 with 33-35 lakh total active' cases and decline steeply by the end of May, according to a mathematical module devised by IIT scientists. On Friday, India saw a single-day rise of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 24, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Mumbai: India’s devastating new wave of infections appears to have landed on its urban affluent, a group whose lives are usually insulated from the country’s worst economic and social crises. In Mumbai, India’s financial center, more than...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Life, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: India posted a record tally of 346,786 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, while daily deaths from COVID-19 also jumped by a record, government data released on Saturday showed. Deaths rose by 2,624 to reach a total of 189,544, according to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New York: Covid-19 survivors — including those not sick enough to be hospitalised — have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the virus, a large study claimed. The study, led by researchers at Washington University's...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Non-Life, Pandemic
New Delhi: The production of life-saving Remdesivir injection used for the treatment of Covid-19 patients and is currently in scarcity in the country, will be augmented to 74 lakh units by next month from 38.80 lakh units now, the Union home ministry said. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 23, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
Geneva: Primary health care, treatment for chronic diseases and other essential medical services around the world remain disrupted by the pandemic alongside workforce shortages and patient fears, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Some 94% of...
