The seventh edition of our weekly video podcast PandemiCast can be viewed here. This week, we discuss the importance of healthcare communications. Our panellists – Erik Sass, Raquel Cruz, Marta Dourado, and Aman Gupta – discuss Examples of responsible health communications during COVID-19 and any particularly irresponsible ones Communications as a source of both unity …
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From May 4th, the COVID-19 lockdown will be extended for two more weeks, it has been announced. However, some areas of the country will see restrictions relaxed. The announcement was made in a notification which said that the decision to extend the lockdown was made “after a comprehensive review, and in view of the lockdown …
Active COVID-19 cases now number at 2,041,688 worldwide, with the total number of confirmed cases thus far numbering at 3,329,453. In India, confirmed cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), typically referred to just as the coronavirus – number at 35,043 to date. The number of active …
The antiviral drug remdesivir could have a “significant, positive effect” in the treatment of COVID-19 patients according to a U.S. official. However, the Union Health Ministry is cautious. A trial of the drug, developed by Gilead Sciences, showed promising results in the United States according to the National Institute of Health (NIH). For those with …
Health Issues India in partnership with SPAG Asia hosted the webinar “In Times of COVID-19, Can Medical Care Be Delivered Without Using Plastics?” One of the participants was Dr Vijay Habbu, Polymer Scientist and Adjunct Professor, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. In advance of the webinar, I spoke with Dr Habbu to discuss this …
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UNICEF has issued a stark warning about children missing out on vital vaccinations due to disruption to immunisation schedules as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “South Asia could face yet another health emergency if children across the region do not receive their life-saving vaccine shots,” the agency warned. It went on to note …
The majority of Karnataka’s COVID-19 cases are asymptomatic, reports suggest. Between April 17th and April 28th, the state reported 205 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or coronavirus. Of these, 93 percent were asymptomatic. Of 520 cases assessed as of April 29th, 72 percent are asymptomatic. Of …
The number of Indian COVID-19 patients requiring ventilators is low, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has reported. Of currently-infected patients, just 0.33 percent require assistance breathing with ventilators and 1.5 percent require oxygen support. 2.34 percent are in intensive care, the Minister said. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India – the …
The coronavirus pandemic in India saw a record number of cases confirmed in a single day, with infections crossing the 30,000 mark and deaths surpassing 1,000. Tuesday saw 1,840 new infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), popularly known simply as the coronavirus. This marked the single-highest number of new infections recorded in …
The term pandemic is virtually ubiquitous in the public consciousness right now. The world is arrested in the grip of COVID-19, the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – more popularly known simply as the coronavirus. Yet COVID-19 is one of two pandemics the world is grappling with – as a …
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