Climate Trends’ air-pollution and health expert Dr. Palak Balyan warns that air pollution is “a pandemic as severe as COVID at its peak,” adding that if cities like Beijing and London could reverse extreme air pollution, Delhi too has hope and can improve its air quality.
Over 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus have emerged in China’s Guangdong province since July, triggering Covid-style containment measures, a Hong Kong-based English daily said.
Vaccine hesitancy—a reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of the vaccine—continues to be a growing global concern, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and fuelled by misinformation and distrust.
In response to public concerns around sudden, unexplained deaths, particularly among young adults, India’s top medical research bodies have found no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccines to such fatalities.
A 52-year-old woman suffering from tuberculosis, bronchitis, and other comorbidities died during treatment at a hospital in Indore after testing positive for COVID-19 as well.
Usually protein levels in the body are stable, but they found a dramatic difference in levels of some of the proteins up to six weeks following infection, suggesting disruption to a number of important biological processes.
He said that till September 30 the booster doses are free and that it will be available at 11,333 facilities of the state medical health department.
With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 45,281 with active cases now constituting 0.10% of the country’s total positive cases.
With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 46,342 with active cases now constituting 0.10% of the country’s total positive cases.
The COVID-19 tally rose to 13,32,281, a bulletin issued by the department said, adding that Sundargarh district with 41 cases topped the daily Covid tally followed by Khurda at 39.
