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Mumbai Crosses 15,500 Cases, Maharashtra 25,000 Mark
Mumbai has reported 15,581 COVID-19 cases as of May 13, accounting for 60% of cases in Maharashtra and 20% of India’s...
12-Day Doubling Time Would Leave India With 8.5 Mn COVID-19 Cases By August 2020
The doubling time for COVID-19 cases in India has fluctuated between 10 days and 12 days since May 1, 2020. A difference...
Lack of contraceptives during lockdown could lead to unsafe abortions, maternal deaths
New Delhi: The lockdown due to COVID-19 has restricted the access of millions of women to their choice of contraception....
New discharge policy may increase ‘recoveries’, but could lead to new infections
COVID-19 patients with mild and moderate symptoms need not be tested before discharge, according to India’s revised...
What govt must do to make people use cooking gas as sole fuel
New Delhi: Even if a beneficiary of the government’s free-LPG (liquefied petroleum gas, or cooking gas) cylinder...
Obesity Puts Younger People At Risk For Severe COVID-19: Study
New Delhi: Obesity could make COVID-19 infection more severe, a new study in the medical journal The Lancet says. “[I]n...
In 8 of 9 countries, new cases fell within a month of lockdown. Not in India
Thirty nine days into the nationwide lockdown, and a day after its second extension, India today reported its highest...
As India Extends Lockdown, Health Experts Question Lack of Village-Level Data
Mumbai: As the Indian government extended the nationwide lockdown beyond May 4 for two more weeks, some crucial data are...