The media needs to stop misreporting COVID-19 numbers and minimising the hardships in those countries facing the worst of the global pandemic, writes Tamara Pearson.
Covid-19 deaths under-reported globally: Report
Web Report/Mumbai Filed on May 14, 2021
And among the worst-hit and with a high level of under-reporting are the US and India, said the report.
Covid-19 has caused about 6.9 million deaths globally, more than double what official numbers show, said a new analysis by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
And among the worst-hit and with a high level of under-reporting are the US and India, said the report. According to IHME, while the US reported 574,043 Covid deaths between March 2020 and May 2021, the actual figures add up to 905,289. And in India, the reported figures are 221,181 (the ones up to May) and the actual ones according to IHME are 654,395.
CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Drop Their Masks
Understanding the big changes brought by the new guidance and what the exceptions may be
by Michelle Crouch, AARP, May 14, 2021 |
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If you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you may stop wearing a mask and social distancing in most settings, including at crowded indoor and outdoor events, according to new guidance issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is a big step toward a return to pre-pandemic life, and one that may take some getting used to for weary Americans who have been covering their faces and living with restrictions for more than a year.
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(NEW YORK) Newlyweds Ishaan Singh and Paramjyot Kaur wanted to take a honeymoon after their wedding, but as the death toll from COVID-19 continued to rise in India, they felt a sense of duty.
The couple from Punjab aren’t medical professionals he works in cybersecurity and she is an engineer for IBM but they traveled to New Delhi to help run a makeshift hospital out of a wedding venue.
“Day and night, we are open 24/7,” Singh told ABC News’
Nightline. “We don’t charge anything.”
“We are just so satisfied that we are helping people,” Kaur said. “We are ready to help anyone at any time.”