Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: COVID-19

UK’s new vaccine rule for India ‘smacks of racism,’ allege Congress leaders

Congress on Monday criticised the United Kingdom government’s decision to consider people vaccinated in India, as unvaccinated.

‘Our plight is overlooked’ lament ASHA workers

"We don't get a monthly salary, the payment is based on tasks, like a task wage. For example, When the baby is born, we visit the home and take care of both the baby and the mother for 42 days, and visit them 7 times and when 42 days are complete, we're paid a meagre amount of Rs 250," says Usha (name changed), one of the Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers from Chaukhutia in Uttarakhand.

COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy

A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.

Kerala: 22,129 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 33 lakh

Kerala on Tuesday recorded 22,129 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the infection caseload to 33,05,245, with the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) going back to more than 12 per cent.

COVID-19: Recovery rate in India stands at 97.20 per cent

According to the Union Health Ministry update, a total of 42,776 new infections of coronavirus were reported in the country in the last 24 hours taking the total caseload of the country to 3.07 crore since the onset of the pandemic.

COVID-19: Community radio in Mewat fights stigma

Fifteen months into the pandemic, Radio Mewat, community radio in Haryana's Mewat district, vows to lift vaccination hesitancy.