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Even as the official stand of the Centre remains that there is no community transmission of Covid-19, the last denial came some time in mid-June, India's has claimed the third spot from Russia in the list of countries with the largest caseload. The surge in cases, which are nearing seven lakh, has been powered by a sharp rise in case numbers in the southern states, most notably in Telangana and Karnataka. And Bengaluru is staring at a growing healthcare crisis as there is a paucity of ICU beds with ventilators. Meanwhile, some of India's most eminent scientists were not happy with the ICMR's target of August 15 to launch Covid-19 vaccine.
The Pandemic
Thiruvananthapuram became the latest capital city in the country where authorities have imposed a complete lockdown. Guwahati went into lockdown on June 28 (read how it coped) and Chennai will be coming out of one from today. On Sunday, Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran told the media that Thiruvananthapuram “is perched on a volcano, which can erupt anytime”.
As several patients struggle to keep up with the hospital bills, a doctor at a government hospital in Hyderabad has filed a police complaint alleging that she was charged Rs 1.19 lakh for a day by a private hospital for Covid-19 treatment in violation of the state government’s guidelines on treatment costs.
The Indian Express’ editorial on the ICMR's August 15 deadline to vaccine makers says: “The WHO does note that participation in these trials ‘would be least risky for young healthy adults’. But the global health agency also underlines that ‘preserving public trust in research requires minimising harm not only to volunteers but also to research staff and third parties’. The ICMR, which has so far creditably anchored the country’s fight against COVID 19, cannot afford to relegate this imperative.”
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