The statement by the doctors’ comes on a day when the annual Rath Yatra began in Puri and amid talks of allowing the 'Kanwar Yatra' in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
National Covid-19 Supermodel Committee head Prof. M. Vidyasagar says the projections, based on SUTRA model, have not been shared with the central govt yet.
Talking about ways staff strength can be enhanced, Devi Shetty said state govts should document workforce available and come up with road map to train more doctors and nurses.
Describing the pictures as 'frightening', the govt officials cautioned that not following Covid-appropriate behaviour will nullify the gains made in the management of the pandemic.
Manindra Agarwal, who is working on the mathematical projection of the COVID-19 trajectory, also said Covid can spread faster during the third wave if any new virulent variant emerges.
Chairing a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers, PM Narendra Modi asked them to ensure people are vaccinated and remain vigilant to contain the spread of the virus.
States and Union Territories have also been urged to ensure the five-fold strategy of Covid-appropriate behaviour, test-track-treat and vaccination is followed to prevent a relapse.
At 55.7% and 63.5%, respectively, a mid-term analysis of the AIIMS survey found seroprevalence in children already high and comparable to the adult population.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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