Kerala Submitted Protocol For Plasma Therapy Week Before The US: Dr. Anoop Kumar
Kerala is all set to begin a clinical trial of convalescent-plasma therapy, which involves transfusion of the blood plasma of recovered Coronaviris patients to treat critically ill COVID-19 cases. Kerala is the first state to get approval from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) to conduct the therapy. Plasma therapy is a promising option […]
India’s Covid-19 cases cross 8000-mark, death toll at 273
India on Sunday morning reported 8,356 people have contracted the coronavirus disease and 273 have died across the country, with more than 900 cases and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours. According to the Union health ministry’s data at 8am, there are 7367 active cases, 716 people have been cured, discharged or migrated. The […]
Covid-19 lockdown: What are red, orange and green zones and how will they impact life
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a discussion with chief ministers on extension of 21-day lockdown, which is scheduled to end on April 14. The lockdown was imposed on March 25, a day after PM Modi addressed the nation on coronavirus pandemic. During the four-hour-long discussion, PM Modi said that India will have to strike a balance […]
COVID-19 In India :34 deaths in past 24 hours take the death toll to 273,no of positive cases cross 8000 mark
New Delhi/April,12: The highly infectious novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has infected 8,356 people in India, killed 273, the Union Health Ministry said Sunday, adding that 909 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, 34 people died. The latest figures come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who held a four-hour meet with […]
Explained: How coronavirus lockdown reduced Earth’s seismic noise levels
On Thursday, scientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS) reported a drop in the Earth’s movement amid the coronavirus lockdown. The UK findings have come two weeks after seismologists at the Royal Observatory in Belgium observed a 30-50 per cent fall in levels of ambient seismic noise since schools and businesses were closed in mid-March. Seismologists around […]
Lockdown: Thousands of foreigners remain stranded across country
Even as the government informed Friday that it has evacuated 20,473 foreign internationals till date, there are thousands others who remain stranded in various parts of the country. According to the Ministry of Tourism, “thousands of international visitors are confined to their hotel rooms and cannot fly out due to the nationwide lockdown”. On March […]
Coronavirus And The Great Depression of 2020: How Mental Demons Are Adding To Life’s Miseries
There’s no escaping that noise, it’s always there, in or around your head, like low radio chatter, or a mosquito. It’s the background sound of a pandemic…it’s not unlike a silence, or a headache on the horizon that you try to forget but can’t. It presses in between the work con-calls in the mornings and […]
Coronavirus: Inside India’s busiest Covid-19 hospital
In early March, 40-year-old Ravi Dosi, a chest specialist in India, saw a baffling surge in patients with respiratory problems at outpatient clinics. “There was almost a 50% jump in patients with upper respiratory issues and sore throat. They were not responding to antibiotics. Testing was still low and we didn’t really know what was […]
PM Narendra Modi speaks to CMs on extending COVID-19 lockdown
As India grapples with the coronavirus pandemic with nearly 7,500 cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a video-conference with chief ministers of all states and Union Territories to discuss the next course of action and decide whether the 21-day nationwide lockdown, which is to end on April 14, should be extended. PM Modi, and other ministers, were seen […]
On Covid-19 lockdown, PM Modi to strike a balance between saving lives and livelihood
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hear out all the Chief Ministers on their views and suggestions on whether to lift or extend the lockdown, but his decision will be communicated directly to people closer to April 14. On April 9 and 10, PM Modi had six hours of presentations made by his principal advisors and empowered groups […]