Topic: corona lockdown
India designates all metros as red zones for lockdown post-May 3, 130 red zone districts in fresh list
Ahead of the end of the extended lockdown, the health ministry has prepared the final list of containment zones, dividing states and districts into different categories based on the spread of coronavirus pandemic in these regions.
Psychologist’s note: Mental health in the time of a pandemic
"During a time of a disaster or an epidemic, anxiety disorder, phobia, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and depressive thoughts are more likely to be triggered in mentally ill people and aggravate their condition," Mita Rena a clinical psychologist explained. This emphasizes the importance of mental health during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which killed 228,000 people worldwide till the date.
As job losses escalate, half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods: ILO
The continued sharp decline in working hours globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy – that is nearly half of the global workforce – stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed, warns the International Labour Organization.
For Kerala’s queers, lockdown packages wane as discrimination persists against them
The Kerala Government that labeled itself to be the first, to sanction the Transgender and Intersex Policy, declared not a single package for the community with a very meek financial stability.
Covid-19: ‘What is abnormal for rest of world is normal for Palestinians here’
A full lockdown has been in place in the West Bank for more than three weeks, with over 300 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in the Palestinian Territories.
