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Statement by Dr. Rajiv. J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation, on India and Covid-19 05.01.21
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Even one year into the worst pandemic in a century, the reports of Covid-19’s devastation in India are staggering: the country now accounts for 1 in every 9 active cases in the world and nearly 6 percent of all deaths. For The Rockefeller Foundation, which has had a more than 100-year relationship with the people of India, this data is personal. The tragedy is affecting our colleagues, our partners and their families.
India and its health system are now at a critical moment. Although vaccinations are underway, inoculations will not be delivered fast enough to stop this pandemic, or this latest wave, any time soon. Even as demand increases, the Indian health system is experiencing an acute shortage of oxygen, inadequate infrastructure and human capacity, and insufficient coordination of the public health response.
Every single individual in J&K UT counts
Every single individual in J&K UT counts
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Engineer Manoj Sinha, who is the second Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in his article published in Daily Excelsior on 26th April 2021, had very categorically spelled out his priorities when it comes to dealing with pandemic that has caught the world unaware and is causing havoc since past one year. While asking people to be compassionate towards each other in these testing times, he is of the view that in its war against COVID-19, for Union Territory of J&K “every single individual counts”. This says it all about the administration’s priorities and preparedness to deal with the situation but this too has certain limitations.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to engage the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) for rigorous analysis of the Covid curve in all the 75 districts of the state.He said that such analysis would help in .
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