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How Will Scarcity of Vaccines Be Overcome?
13 Apr 2021
In this episode of 'COVID-19 Watch with Dr Satyajit Rath', the eminent scientist talks about the scarcity of vaccines against COVID-19.
Varsha Torgalkar
Covid-19 Cases Cross 1 Lakh in Pune, Patients Struggle to Get Hospital Beds
12 Apr 2021
Covid-19 patients are finding it hard to get beds in hospitals in Pune district even though government dashboards show availability of beds.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: Healthcare Infrastructure Remains Poor Despite Rising COVID-19 Cases
12 Apr 2021
While one patient was found dead in the toilet of a government hospital, another was declared dead and an unknown body was handed over to his family, who found out the truth at the crematorium.
Sabrang India
Covid-19: Gujarat HC says State Heading Towards a "Health Emergency”, Gov't Stays Silent
12 Apr 2021
Chief Justice Vikram Nath, directed the high court registry to register a fresh suo motu PIL titled "In Re : Uncontrolled upsurge and serious management issues in COVID control"; on Sunday Gujarat…
PTI
Dancing Medicos of Thrissur Medical College in Scrubs Inspire Cops to Bat for Vaccines
12 Apr 2021
Kerala Police posted a video on its Twitter handle of two vials of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines moving to the tune of Boney M’s classic Rasputin.
Smruti Koppikar
Covid-19: Indian Women Urgently Need Gendered Response and Recovery Plan
12 Apr 2021
As with vaccine management, so with women hit by the pandemic—a year after the government knew what lay ahead, it has spectacularly failed to evolve a response.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Large Number of Women Do Not Have Access to Maternity Benefits: Survey
11 Apr 2021
The paper by economists Jean Dreze, Reetike Khera, and Anmol Somanchi is based on the findings of the Jaccha Baccha Survey (JABS), a survey of pregnant and nursing women in rural India conducted in…
PTI
COVID-19: Spike in Daily Cases in India at Record High of Over 1.31 lakh; 780 Deaths
09 Apr 2021
Several vaccination centres across Mumbai, including a jumbo COVID-19 facility in business district BKC, suspended inoculation on Friday due to a shortage of doses, BMC sources said.
World Health Day: Building a World Where Life is Put Before Profit
08 Apr 2021
April 7 was World Health Day. The significance of this day is being felt now more than ever as we stand in the midst of a pandemic.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Lucknow: Contract Worker on COVID-19 Duty Dies Due to Alleged Medical Negligence, Hospital Denies
07 Apr 2021
The hospital authorities at SGPGI have denied the reason of Sanjeev's death to be COVID-19 and claimed that he had left the job two months earlier and was no longer on duty.