Findings published in Lancet based on ICMR data collected from 14 states. Study to help monitor anti-microbial resistance & tailor region-specific treatment plans, researchers say.
Dr Monica Gandhi, infectious disease specialist at University of California, says India will unlikely see a third wave since second wave would have caused natural immunity in many people.
The health ministry invokes the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, urges states to follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and management of black fungus.
Doctors find increasing instances of mucormycosis & aspergillosis — both caused by fungi — and loss of vision from glaucoma, in Covid patients on prolonged or high-dose use of steroids.
Aversion to taking preventive medicines, poor awareness campaigns & an outdated surveillance mechanism have been responsible for this delay in meeting elimination targets.
Emerging evidence from South Korea suggests that 're-positive patients' present no risk of spreading the virus when physical distancing measures are relaxed.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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