By Thursday, July 2nd, India registered 6,04,641 cases of COVID-19 after 19,148 new cases were reported over the preceding 24 hours. 434 people died over this same time period, pushing the death toll up to 17,834. Of the 434 COVID-19 deaths reported over the 24-hour period, 198 were from Maharashtra; 63 from Tamil Nadu; […]
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PandemiCast XII: How coronavirus has hit businesses and what the situation looks like going forward
In the twelfth edition of PandemiCast, members of the Baird’s CMC family – co-founders Francois Baird and Marta Dourado and shareholder Frederick Fussi – join moderator Mark Chataway to discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has affected businesses. Edited by Iknoor Kaur. You can watch the video here. Watch previous editions of PandemiCast here.
A gender divide when it comes to COVID-19?
Much has been made of how the COVID-19 pandemic affects groups of society differently – and fault lines may be there when it comes to gender and COVID-19 deaths, recent research suggests. More Indian men are diagnosed with COVID-19 and more COVID-19 deaths are reported among men. However, the case fatality rate (CFR) for COVID-19 […]
Slumdog Millionaire slum’s COVID-19 progress
Dharavi, a slum area of India’s financial capital of Mumbai, is home to more than one million people. April saw the densely-populated square-mile area experience a high number of COVID-19 cases. Understandably, given its large population and living conditions which hamper efforts to physically distance, it was expected that the situation would rapidly deteriorate. This […]
Could half of India contract COVID-19?
Half of India, or 670 million people in India could contract COVID-19. This alarming claim comes from Dr Jayaprakash Muliyil, former principal of the Christian Medical College in Vellore and chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Epidemiology. In a 37-minute interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dr Muliyil said […]
COVID-19 and the monsoon season
COVID-19 cases across the globe now number in excess of nine million. India’s situation is bleak, with more than 15,000 cases added per day consistently — now taking its place as the fourth most-affected country. Could monsoon season add to India’s already dire situation? It had been speculated that the hot weather of the […]
Critical COVID-19: Bad news for heart health
Critical cases of COVID-19, warranting admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), could pose a danger to heart health. Patients admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or, simply, the coronavirus – are ten times more likely to develop heart health complications such as […]
COVID-19 testing a must for all with symptoms
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has stated that COVID-19 testing is a must for all who display symptoms of the disease. Early on, concerns were raised about the pace of COVID-19 testing in India. Subsequently, authorities sought to step up the rate of testing in the country. As of June 23rd, the ICMR […]
Rural communities hit by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is often thought of as an urban phenomenon. This is not the case. Reports indicate that hotspots of the disease, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or the coronavirus, are springing up in India’s rural communities. This is a concerning trend – especially considering that healthcare infrastructure in rural […]
Severe COVID-19: One in five at risk
More than one in five people worldwide are at risk of developing severe COVID-19 if infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a major analysis published earlier this week. The research, published in The Lancet, estimates that 1.7 billion people – or 22 percent of the global population – are living with an underlying condition […]