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India s Covid-19 second wave will devastate the country and the rest of the world if not brought under control, politician warns - as research suggests country is close to hitting a million deaths
India s second wave is a threat to the whole world because it is a breeding ground for new virus variants, opposition leader has warned
Country has already produced one new variant that is thought to be more infectious, but each new case provides it with a chance to mutate again
Rahul Gandhi issued the warning as he called for a second national shutdown
Meanwhile US researchers warned country s death toll - which is officially 234,000 - could be 700,000 and top 1million before the end of the month
Lockdown must be extended for two more weeks in Karnataka, state yet to reach COVID peak: Expert
Dr Giridhara Babu, who is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee on COVID, said the case detection is presently erratic because the testing numbers have reduced, especially in Bengaluru.
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BENGALURU: A health expert on Thursday suggested extension of lockdown by two more weeks in Karnataka, saying the state is yet to reach peak though it has been reporting over 50,000 cases. At least in two weeks we will see a peak in Karnataka, Dr Giridhara R Babu, who is a professor and head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, told PTI.
By Anuradha Nagaraj, Anastasia Moloney and Kim Harrisberg
May 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States announcement that it backs waiving intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines could be a game-changer in the global fight to control the pandemic, health experts said on Thursday.
The surprise move comes amid fears that India s escalating coronavirus crisis, along with new variants circulating in India and elsewhere, could stymie efforts to curb the disease unless vaccination levels are rapidly ramped up worldwide.
South Africa and India are leading efforts to temporarily waive patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines and medicines at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in order to boost supply to developing countries.
Bhargav Krishna and his wife, Sagri
Bhargav Krishna, DrPH ’21, hopes to build public support for improving the country’s ‘really terrible’ air, which puts millions including his wife at risk for health problems
May 6, 2021 – For Bhargav Krishna, the fact that Delhi has some of the worst air quality of anywhere on the planet is reason enough to fight air pollution.
But there’s more. About six years ago, his wife Sagri was diagnosed with asthma at age 28. Her doctor speculated at the time that air pollution exposure from early childhood onwards may have been a potential cause.
Krishna, who will earn his doctor of public health (DrPH) degree from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in May, has tackled air pollution issues in India since 2014 through his work at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), which aims to strengthen public health training, research, and policy development in India. He said the DrPH program has provided him with skills in conducting r