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Suffering, trauma that the disease brings can severely affect patients and family members, he says
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Kerala Fire and Rescue Services and Civil Defence workers provide food to people during the lockdown to contain coronavirus pandemic, in Kochi on May 9, 2021. Photo used for representation purpose only.
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Suffering, trauma that the disease brings can severely affect patients and family members, he says
Last year, during the COVID-19 outbreak in Kerala, 83-year-old PO Shamsudeen, resident of Pattayam panchayat, was quickly moved to the hospital after he turned positive for the virus.
The octogenarian contracted the virus from his grandchildren who returned from Dubai. Besides his age, what bothered the family and the hospital authorities was that he had already undergone two open-heart surgeries and had been operated upon for prostate. There was total panic in the family, as not just him, but 10 others in the family were also aff
India’s vaccine policy mess is due to its reliance on technocrats instead of public health experts
India’s vaccine policy mess is due to its reliance on technocrats instead of public health experts
Combined with the government’s uncritical view of market- and technology- based solutions, this has resulted in a wrong-headed policy for vaccination. 5 hours ago Signs announcing that there will be no vaccination for three days due to shortage of vaccine supplies, outside a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai on April 30. | Punit PARANJPE / AFP
The pandemic is raging like a forest fire across the country. Apart from other measures that are urgently required, ramping up vaccination rates is important. Speeding it up is likely to reduce severe infection, transmission rates and the likelihood of the emergence of vaccine-resistant mutations of the virus, rendering the current vaccine ineffective.
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May 08, 2021 22:11 IST
Only about 22.97 lakh daily vaccine doses were administered in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. on Saturday
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Only about 22.97 lakh daily vaccine doses were administered in the 24 hours ending 7 a.m. on Saturday
India recorded 3,76,039 new COVID-19 cases until 9.50 p.m. on Saturday. As many as 3,661 new deaths were also registered. The country has so far reported a total of 2,22,68,324 cases and 2,41,968 deaths.
Maharashtra reported 53,605 infections, followed by Karnataka (47,563) and Kerala (41,971). Maharashtra also recorded 864 casualties, followed by Karnataka (482) and Delhi (332).
The figures do not include cases and deaths from Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Ladakh. The data are sourced from the respective States’ health bulletins.