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 98.67% with 4035 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,26,61,370.
He also stressed on reduced COVID-19 testing, and stated that increased and timely testing will enable early identification of COVID cases and help to curb spread of the infection among the community.
While the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 2.21 percent, the daily positivity rate shoots to 3.24 percent, as per the data.
The party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that she is in a stable condition and will be kept at the hospital for observation, according to sources at the hospital.
As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.68% with 4435 patients having recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 4,26,52,743.
