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.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76% with 1,280 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,96,369.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76% with 1,316 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,95,089.
The death toll remained static at 9,121 for the fourth day in a row as no new fatality was recorded since the past 94 hours, the department said in a bulletin.
A total of 6 children were among the newly infected, the health department bulletin said, adding that 25,447 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 19 districts did not report any infection.
As far as tests are concerned, a total of 4,65,904 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative number of tests to 79.07 crores, mentioned the data revealed by the health ministry.
