Covid-19
The report, ‘A Governance Landfill: The Tragic Story of Capital’s Waste-Picking Community During the Pandemic’, was published by the People’s Commission and Public Inquiry Committee (PC-PIC)
[…]The case originated in 2022 following a complaint by one Sunil Kaushik, who alleged that he was defrauded of Rs 4 crore under the pretext of securing government contracts for vaccine transportation
[…]Medical experts reassure that the risk of blood clotting due to Covishield is rare, and Indians who received a jab two years ago need not be concerned
[…]This high prevalence of co-morbidities, combined with air pollution and potentially weakened immune systems due to tuberculosis, could exacerbate COVID-19-induced lung injury among Indians
[…]According to an office memorandum, a screening out-patient department (OPD) in the emergency department will be set up to screen patients for Covid-like symptoms and triage those on the basis of medical requirement
[…]The death count has climbed to 5,31,886 with two deaths reported in the last 24 hours the data updated at 8 am stated
[…]Delhi government provided financial assistance of Rs 1 crore to the kin of Covid warrior Gayatri Sharma, a frontline worker who got infected with the coronavirus on the frontline and died fighting it
[…]Delhi’s Covid case tally has climbed to 20,40,347, while the death toll due to the viral disease stands at 26,649
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