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.
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.71% with 5970 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,39,19,264.
On Friday, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a great meeting and congratulated India's strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, ahead of India's upcoming G20 presidency.
India's first intranasal Covid vaccine by Bharat Biotech on Tuesday got the approval from the Drug Controller General of India for 18+ age group for restricted use in emergency situation.
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.69% with 7034 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,38,55,365.
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.68% with 9685 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,38,55,365.
