This photo shows people posing next to a newly renovated statue of a pair of parents and three children in Hankou Park next to the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province. China’s population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed on January 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP China’s population fell for … Read more
At least one novel pathogen emerges every year, with each one of those having the potential to morph into another worldwide pandemic and therefore, there is a need for a coordinated global response to tackle pandemics, health leaders said here on Wednesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 here, they noted that … Read more
COVID-19 cases in China’s largest city of Shanghai are still rising with millions isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown, as the draconian “zero tolerance” approach to the pandemic increasingly draws complaints from residents fed up with the restrictions. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed cases over the previous 24 hours, along with 7,788 … Read more
Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall’s delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks. Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the country, is driving the daily American death toll higher than during … Read more
Daily coronavirus cases and deaths in Russia remained at their highest numbers of the pandemic Wednesday as more regions announced extending existing restrictions in an effort to tame the country’s unrelenting surge of infections. Russia’s state coronavirus task force reported 40,443 new confirmed cases from a day earlier. It was the fifth time in seven … Read more
MONDAY, Nov. 1, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Monday, and the more than 740,000 lives lost in the United States is the most of any nation, Johns Hopkins University data show. “This is a defining moment in our lifetime,” Dr. Albert Ko, an infectious disease … Read more
At present, the city’s active caseload stands at 592, according to the Delhi government data. (Picture courtesy: IE) Delhi on Sunday broke a four-month streak to report zero casualties from Covid-19. The last time the national capital reported zero Covid-19 deaths was on March 2. The city also tested 71,546 samples on Sunday, of which … Read more
Markets and shopping malls will be allowed to reopen from Monday (June 7 Delhi Covid-19 Unlocking: The Covid-19 figures reported by the Delhi government show a significant drop in cases and deaths after the national capital witnessed the worst outbreak in April and May. In order to curb the spread, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government … Read more
In the early phase of pandemic with poor turn around times for RTPCR , hospitals have used it effectively in triaging cases in emergency alongside RAT( Rapid Antigen Test ) . (Representational image) By Dr. Sanjay Mehta & Dr. Jeetendra Sharma The second wave of coronavirus mutant has stretched the medical infrastructure to a point … Read more
Karnataka which took nearly six months to breach the 4,000 death-mark in the state during first wave of Covid last year, India‘s tech hub – Bengaluru – broke this dubious record within just 20 days since May 1, which proves that the second wave of Covid is deadlier than the first one that had gripped … Read more