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Topic: COVID-19

Who will apologise for plasma therapy? It was a disaster for Covid-19, govt hospitals knew

Hospitals shelved ICMR's reports that plasma therapy wasn't good. It was still rolled out, and people paid the price.

Health data cannot be fragmented and inaccessible. Modi govt needs a policy revamp

The discussion around the exchange of personal and sensitive health info has largely focused on aspects of security and privacy of the data.

Omicron unlikely to completely evade antibodies, US study using AI tool suggests

Results of the study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, indicate antibodies from vaccines or previous infection will provide some protection against Omicron, say researchers

India registers 8,439 new Covid cases, 195 deaths in last 24 hours

Active cases count has declined to 93,733, comprising 0.27% of total infections and the national recovery rate was recorded at 98.36%, according to health ministry data.

Political leadership today lacks a critical element — empathy

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Prioritise 1st & 2nd vaccine dose, but those with low immunity need booster: US epidemiologist

Dr Brian Wahl of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health says Covid seems to be endemic in India, and vaccine mandates and vaccination for children may be required.

Mystery of how Karnataka doctor got Omicron unsolved, but community transmission ‘improbable’

Karnataka was India’s first state to report 2 Omicron cases on 2 December. One of them is a local doctor with no travel history of his own or among 200 contacts.

Modi, Shah, Priyanka Chopra ‘vaccinated’ in Bihar, local operator sacked for data fraud

Bihar data on Covid-19 vaccine came into question after the goof-up was revealed. Bihar health minister says it’s mischief by some elements, but denies any data credibility issues.

India registers 6,822 new Covid cases in past 24 hours, lowest in 558 days

The death toll climbed to 4,73,757 with 220 fresh fatalities while a dip of 3,402 cases has been recorded in the active caseload, according to health ministry data.

India registers 8,306 new Covid infections in last 24 hours, active cases drop to 98,416

The active cases comprise of 0.28% of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded at 98.35%, the health ministry data said.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?