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Coronavirus cases exceed 200,000

Confirmed novel coronavirus cases to date now exceed 200,000, including 152 cases in India.  At the time of writing, a total of 204,069 coronavirus cases have been confirmed worldwide, of which 112,953 are active. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority (94 percent) of current coronavirus patients are in mild condition, translating to 106,519 people. The remaining six …

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Bloomberg Philanthropies steps up in coronavirus fight

Bloomberg Philanthropies is to roll out a US$40 million programme to tackle novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries.  The Bloomberg Philanthropies Coronavirus Global Response Initiative aims to provide support to low- and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on Africa, to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The Initiative will look at both preventing cases …

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Three deaths due to coronavirus so far in India

A third individual has reportedly died within India from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). India’s current coronavirus case count stands at 137 at the time of writing. Fourteen of these cases have been resolved as individuals have fully recovered. Considering the three fatalities, there are 120 active cases dispersed throughout the country. A 76-year-old man from …

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PandemiCast. Episode 1: Public policy in a pandemic

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), which the World Health Organization (WHO) characterised as a pandemic last week, continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Confirmed cases worldwide number thus far at 187,375 (at the time of writing), of which 99,050 are active. The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in 7,477 deaths. Of the 99,050 …

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PandemiCast: A new insight into a global health crisis

(March 16th, 2020, New Delhi) PandemiCast, a new weekly video podcast, will look at how the COVID-19 pandemic is derailing health policy worldwide. The link to it is here. In its first week, the PandemiCast panel will look at why various governments are reacting so differently to the pandemic. Public policy experts and journalists from …

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Triple malaria therapies: the answer to resistance?

Against a backdrop of rising rates of antimicrobial resistance the world over, a new means of treatment able for immediate use has shown success. The first clinical trial of two triple artemisinin-based combination therapies (TACTs) for malaria has found the combinations to be both highly effective and well-tolerated.   The study, published in The Lancet, …

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India invokes colonial legislation against coronavirus

India has taken the decision to invoke colonial-era legislation pertaining to disease epidemics in order to attempt to bring novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases under control.  The Cabinet Secretary on Wednesday announced that all states and union territories should invoke provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 under which all advisories issued by …

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First coronavirus death confirmed in India

The passing of a 76 year-old Karnataka man has marked the first coronavirus death in India, test results have confirmed.  Cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have reached 76 in India, dispersed across multiple states and union territories. At the time of writing, coronavirus cases have been detected in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, …

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Pandemic: India steps up coronavirus fight

The Union Government has elected to effectively shut India off from the rest of the world, coming on the heels of the declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has reached pandemic proportions.  The global scope of the coronavirus pandemic Speaking yesterday, World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom …

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A second individual cured of HIV?

HIV/AIDS has been a major issue since the epidemic began in the 1980s. To this day, the disease continues to be a significant challenge to public health across the globe. However, the tide may be turning. A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with a HIV-resistant gene …

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