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Representative image (AFP) NEW DELHI: Of the 14,589 Covid patients in Delhi, 7,983 (55%) are under home isolation. Most of these patients are either asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Doctors say it’s important for patients who are under home isolation to keep in touch with a physician during isolation — either through teleconsultation or periodic visit. “Low levels of oxygen saturation, persistent cough, breathlessness and feeling very weak should be treated as warning signs,” Dr Sum...

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle turned Sherlock A session with author Shrabani Basu introduces a case that grabbed headlines across continents and provided an insight into his sleuthing skills Sherlock Holmes’s creator had once taken on an investigation on behalf of a young Parsee lawyer who had been sentenced to prison on false charges of slashing cattle in the English village where he lived. A virtu...

Indias coronavirus cases mysteriously fell. But with vaccines delayed, some fear the rise of COVID-19 variants By South Asia correspondent James Oaten and Som Patidar in New Delhi © Provided by ABC Health Some health experts fear Indias vaccine drive will not be quick enough to prevent an outbreak from virus variants. (ABC News: James Oaten) India is at risk of wasting a "window of opportunity" to ramp up its ambitious vaccination program, as the country faces an uptick of CO...

India registers record fall in Covid cases amid hopes pandemic is finally retreating Study found more than half of participants in sero-prevalence survey had antibodies to fight the virus 1 February 2021 • 3:01pm Students gather for prayers before their first day back at school after a 10-month break Credit: Noah Seelam/AFP India has recorded its lowest number of weekly Covid-19 fatalities since May, raising hopes the virus is finally retreating in one of the world’s worst-hit nations. Fewe...

From crowded Delhi to the remote Himalayas: the worlds most complex vaccine drive begins India is combining tradition and technology in an ambitious bid to vaccinate its one billion citizens by the end of this year 16 January 2021 • 7:00am A woman walks past a painting of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai, a day before the countrys Covid-19 vaccination drive Credit: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Peering from her simple concrete home in the foothills of the Himalayas, Taba Yari, 54, ...

India’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign starting on January 16 with the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and the homegrown Bharat Biotech jab will not offer beneficiaries the option to choose between the two, the Union health ministry has signalled. But online discussions and free-wheeling exchanges in medical circles across the country, doctors say, appear to reflect expectations among many that they would receive the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine called Covishield in India instead of the homegrown Cov...

Fifth of deaths in India blamed on ignored issue of dire air pollution 23 Dec, 2020 04:51 AM 3 minutes to read The number of deaths linked to Indias dire air quality rose to 1.7 million in 2019. Photo / 123rf Daily Telegraph UK By: Joe Wallen As many as one in five deaths recorded in India last year can be attributed to air pollution, according to a study in The Lancet. The number of people dying from conditions linked to the countrys dire air quality rose to 1.7 million in 2019. Most residents...

One in five deaths in India can be attributed to air pollution, according to Lancet study India is home to 21 out of the world’s 30 most polluted cities Morning haze envelops the skyline on the outskirts of New Delhi As many as one in five deaths recorded in India last year can be attributed to air pollution, according to a study in The Lancet, with 1.7 million fatalities recorded in 2019. Most residents of Indias megacities cannot afford air purifiers or to regularly purchase N95 mask...