The poor health infrastructure in India’s scheduled areas failed its Adivasis during the pandemic
The communities, which are already victims of neglect when it comes to rights, recognition and state support, suffered even more during the pandemic. Dec 22, 2020 · 01:30 pm As migrant workers returned to their home states, Covid-19 cases spiked, especially in adivasi-dominated areas. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world and employment opportunities dried up, in many countries including India, Adivasis returned to their intergenerational, ancestral homes, often situated near forests.
In the course of the reporting of this story, many of the Adivasi community workers from Jharkhand echoed one sentiment: “If at all we have to die, it is better to die among our loved ones.”
Bob Good, speaking at an October event in Greene County. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Speaker: Bob Good
Date: Dec. 12
Setting: Speech
Virginia Rep.-elect Bob Good got cheers at a rally for President Donald Trump when he told the crowd the novel coronavirus pandemic is a farce.
“This looks like a group of people that gets this is a phony pandemic,” Good, R-5th Congressional District, said Dec. 12 at a Women for America First rally in Washington. “It’s a serious virus, but it’s a virus; it’s not a pandemic.”
COVID-19 is not a pandemic? Let’s check.
One Covid-19 case led to 90 more infections: Govt analysis
One Covid-19 case led to 90 more infections: Govt analysis
The model shows that Covid-19 seems to be affecting people severely in countries like Italy and the UK where the mortality has been higher as compared to in India. The ratio for such countries is 1:10 or 1:15. In India, most people who have been affected are asymptomatic cases and the average ratio is 1:90.
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The study indicates that for every case detected in India, at least 90 infections were missed. (Photo: Reuters)
A recent study conducted by members of a panel formed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) states that India had missed about 90 infections for every detected coronavirus case.
India is missing about 90 infections for every Covid case, latest govt analysis shows
Latest analysis by DST panel, that predicted end of Covid pandemic in India in February 2021, finds that about 60 per cent Indians have been infected so far.
Abantika Ghosh 16 December, 2020 4:17 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: India’s nosediving Covid-19 numbers may have come as a relief but till November, the country had missed about 90 infections for every detected case.
While states like Delhi and Kerala had missed just about 25 infections for every case, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are estimated to have missed about 300 infections for every case detected. A case in medical terms refers to an infection that has been medically diagnosed.
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