The Pandemic
As Covid-19 cases continue to surge, the government has shifted the focus of its containment plan to fatality mitigation. Plans are afoot to improve the three sub-aspects of clinical management of patients -- the time taken for patients to reach the hospital and the call refusal rate of ambulances; the average time the positive patient spends in the triage area before being assigned a bed; and the response of the hospitals in providing non-invasive oxygen to patients.
Swasth Alliance, a consortium of more than a 100 organisations in the healthcare and technology system, is set to launch its free teleconsultation app aimed at Covid-19 patients this week. But red flags have been raised in several quarters, with the stakeholders behind Swasth Alliance also doubling up as a part of the team building Aarogya Setu for the government.
If all goes well, we may have a Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use by November even though experts have said getting regulatory approval followed by mass production and supply chain issues may push the development into next year. We answer the question: “How close are we to a Covid-19 vaccine?”
India coronavirus numbers explained: Delhi is poised to overtake Mumbai as Covid-19 capital
JUNE 23, 2020 11:14:52 AM
India Coronavirus Cases Numbers: Delhi now has 59,746 confirmed cases, of which 18,564, a little less than one-third, was added in just the last one week. Tamil Nadu, which slipped to third place, has 59,377 confirmed cases.
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