NEW DELHI: India needs to overcome its shortcomings in combatting Covid quickly by adopting a two-pronged strategy to control the outbreak, that include setting right the vaccination campaign and measures to ensure poorer and rural citizens are not left out, medical journal The Lancet has said.
Pointing out the weaknesses in the government’s response, The Lancet said in an editoral that, “First, the botched vaccination campaign must be rationalised and implemented with all due speed.”
There are two bottlenecks that need to be overcome: the vaccine supply needs to be raised, with some imports, and a distribution campaign that can cover not just urban but also rural and poorer citizens needs to be set up to ensure a more equitable distribution. The editorial recommended measures to reduce transmission of the virus as much as possible, while the vaccine is being rolled out.
Pandemic Geography: What s Going on in Michigan?
Public health experts may speculate about whether the U.S. is headed for a fourth surge or moderate increase in cases, but the resurgence is well underway in Michigan where the virus was spreading the fastest. Only N.Y. has more daily infections. April 4, 2021, 5am PDT | Irvin Dawid Share
Global coronavirus infections are rising rapidly, 23% in the last two weeks, according to The New York Times database on April 3. Steady increases in cases are concentrated in Brazil and surrounding countries, the northern US and Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, according to the weekly newsletter posted April 2 by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. These epidemics can be largely attributed to the spread of variants, and in the case of the US, an overly hasty re-opening may be to blame.
Over 599,000 Covid Deaths to Occur in US by July by Hannah Joy on March 15, 2021 at 5:06 PM
An estimated 599,000 cumulative deaths are predicted to occur in the US by July 1, reveals a new study.
This represents 75,000 additional deaths from March 8 to July 1, according to the latest forecast from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The IHME estimated that 87,200 lives will be saved by the projected Covid-19 vaccine rollout by July 1, Xinhua news agency.
‘The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said that at some point from March through July 1, 18 states will have high or extreme stress on hospital beds.’