Wasim Khan had simply wanted the police to break up a fight in his neighbourhood. But when he was taken to the police station to give a statement, he was allegedly beaten with lathis.
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We have all experienced desperate times. You know what must be done. This moment was utterly different. Because we knew what had to be done. We just could not seem to do it.
Veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi after recovering from COVID-19. Photo: Farah Naqvi
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Daughter of veteran journalist Saeed Naqvi shares a first person account of their struggle against COVID-19 in the week that the pandemic hit its peak in Delhi.
As a child I remember being told my father was somewhere in a far-away land, reporting a story on the Al Fatah guerrillas. I was wonderstruck. I imagined him in the wild, with giant silverback gorillas, and thought he was so brave. But silverbacks were protective said a dog-eared national geographic at our local lending library. I think I slept easy. It took years before adulthood brought me to words like Palestine, and taught me the difference between guerrillas and
The virus can sustain in the air for six hours and it can travel 10 metres of distance. One should wear double masks and when someone is wearing double masks, then two metres distance is enough, expers warn.
Two-metre social distancing not enough as Covid airborne
As coronavirus can travel up to 10 metres through the air, a social distance of two metres is insufficient. According to a health expert, double masks, hand hygiene, and regular cleaning of high contact points are required.
By IANS
Double masking doubles protection against Covid-19 virus
Maintaining a social distance of two metres is not enough as coronavirus, which spreads via aerosol, can be carried up to 10 metres through the air, experts warned on Tuesday, adding that double masks, coupled with hand hygiene and proper ventilation could be the key to curb the spread.
2 metres social distancing not enough as Covid airborne
Tue, May 25 2021 16:51 IST |
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2 metres social distancing not enough as Covid airborne. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/ IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 25 : Maintaining social distance of two metres is not enough as coronavirus, that spreads via aerosol, can be carried up to 10 metres through the air, experts warned on Tuesday, adding that double masks, coupled with hand hygiene and proper ventilation could be the key to curb the spread.
Coronavirus was earlier deemed to be spread via droplets. But a new assessment published in the medical journal The Lancet last month revealed that there is consistent, and strong evidence to prove that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air. On the other hand, evidence supporting large droplet transmission was almost non-existent.