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Open schools only when teachers are vaccinated, Covid norms in place: Lancet's India Task Force Among recommendations by the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force are a series of suggestions for the road ahead, a financial package and also assessment of the digital divide that the pandemic has exposed. advertisement UPDATED: April 17, 2021 14:34 IST Students undergo thermal scanning at a school in Maharashtra's Thane on February 16, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI) HIGHLIGHTS 'School openings coincided with rise in transmission rates where measures weren't taken' 'Bridge digital divide by im...

Two-month ban on all indoor gatherings to contain spread of Covid-19, recommends Lancet's India Task Force In its report, the Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force has recommended a two-month ban on all indoor public gatherings to break the chain of transmission and contain the spread of Covid-19. advertisement [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] File photo of a mural depicting Covid-19 vaccine in Kolkata (Photo Credits: PTI) HIGHLIGHTS "Public health concerns need to override any other considerations," says the report Lancet Covid-19 Commission's India Task Force has also urged for closure of all...

In its report, Lancet COVID-19 Commission's India Task Force has also attributed India's recent surge in COVID-19 cases to religious, political events (state elections), and social gatherings (resurgence of weddings, sporting events)

How has the pandemic been spreading? Residents in slum areas and those without their own household toilet have been worst affected, implying poor sanitation and close living have contributed to the spread. One word that has dominated discussions about why cases have increased again is laaparavaahee (in Hindi), or “negligence”. The negligence is made out to be the fault of individuals not wearing masks and social distancing, but that is only part of the story. Negligence can be seen in the near-complete lack of regulation and its implementation wherever regulations did exist across workpl...

UPDATED: April 16, 2021 10:12 IST Provisionally, it appears that Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) is lower in the second wave. Yet, India is reporting 664 deaths per day across the country. (Image: PTI) With India in the grip of a second Covid-19 wave, the country may see 1,750 coronavirus related deaths per day, rising to approximately 2,320 by the first week of June, a report of the Lancet Covid-19 Commission by India Task Force members said. The report, titled “Managing India’s second Covid-19 wave: Urgent steps”, highlights the key points of the second wave of pandemic. The report also rec...