A head of a team of experts in Shanghai, said the current outbreak could peak in a month, though the end of the pandemic might take three to six months.
In two hours, around 10-12 bodies were collected by families from Maulana Azad College mortuary in Delhi Thursday. Ambulance drivers say they have been ferrying 40-50 bodies every day.
As Chhattisgarh sees surge in Covid cases, state's capital Raipur has been the highest contributor with over 24,000 active cases and 1,492 deaths so far.
Pharma firms have asked govt for a forecast on Covid trajectory to meet demand since manufacturing remdesivir takes time, by which time a vaccine could become available.
The coronavirus pandemic requires abandoning fiscal rectitude since India too is facing a demand slump. Across the world, economies are spending money.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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