You are here

Home

India

A new WHO report indicates that other countries had more excess deaths that the US during the Covid pandemic

Thu, 2022-05-05 19:40 — mike kraft
Does US really have world's highest Covid death toll? A new report suggests other countries had more excess deaths than US during the pandemic. BBC News

The US is approaching one million Covid deaths - the highest total officially recorded anywhere in the world.

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
India
Russia
SouthEast Asia
United Nations
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Data
Disease
Government
Health
Hospitals
Medical Testing
Pandemics
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

India’s giant heat wave is having ripple effects for the world’s food supply.

Wed, 2022-05-04 18:11 — mike kraft
Wheat Can’t Catch a Break Right Now India’s giant heat wave is having ripple effects for the world’s food supply. Robinson Meyer The Atlantic
Country / Region Tags: 
Africa
Global
India
Middle East
SouthEast Asia
General Topic Tags: 
Health
Public Health
Scarcity
Agriculture
Climate
Extreme Weather
Food
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

New Delhi reinstates masks mandates, Israel drops reqirements

Wed, 2022-04-20 12:13 — mike kraft
Delhi makes masks mandatory again after COVID cases rise New Delhi authorities on Wednesday made the wearing of masks compulsory again after COVID-19 infections rose in the Indian capital in recent days. Reuters Reuters
Country / Region Tags: 
India
Israel
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Disease
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Mandates
Masks
Pandemics
Policy
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Cities
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Overview, China, vaccines, U.S developments

Mon, 2022-04-04 08:36 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus China sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for its 26 million residents as cases continued to rise on Monday, in one of the country's biggest-ever public health responses. Reuters Reuters
Country / Region Tags: 
Brazil
China
India
Italy
United Nations
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Disease
Disease Prevention
Government
Medical Personnel
Pandemics
Policy
Public Health
Research
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Overview: Europe, U.S., Asia, Africa deveopments

Thu, 2022-03-31 18:52 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Germany plans to end mandatory quarantine for most people who catch COVID-19, the health ministry proposed on Thursday, as numbers isolating with the infection top four million. Reuters Reuters
Country / Region Tags: 
Africa
Europe
Germany
India
Italy
SouthEast Asia
United Kingdom
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Disease
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Pandemics
Public Health
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally--WHO

Wed, 2022-03-30 18:17 — mike kraft
WHO: COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally GENEVA (AP) — The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday. AP NEWS

...

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
India
Latin America
United Nations
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Disease
Health
Medical Testing
Pandemics
Public Attitudes
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

No country met air quality standards in 2021, new WHO report says

Tue, 2022-03-22 10:12 — mike kraft
No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021, new report says Bangladesh remained the most polluted country, and New Delhi continued as the world’s most polluted capital, the data showed. NBC News

SHANGHAI — Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-related dip.

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
India
SouthEast Asia
General Topic Tags: 
Health
Public Health
Research
Climate
Pollution
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

International Generic drugmakers sign on to make cheap version of Pfizer COVID pill

Thu, 2022-03-17 12:01 — mike kraft
Generic drugmakers sign on to make cheap version of Pfizer COVID pill Thirty five generic drugmakers around the world will make cheap versions of Pfizer Inc's highly effective COVID-19 oral antiviral Paxlovid to supply the treatment in 95 poorer countries, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) said on Thursday. Michael Erman Reuters
Country / Region Tags: 
Global
India
Israel
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Disease
Health
Pandemics
Public Health
Science
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Omicron BA.2 COVID variant has circulated in U.S. for some time--White House

Mon, 2022-03-14 19:14 — mike kraft
White House: Omicron BA.2 COVID variant has circulated in U.S. for some time The White House said on Monday that the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant of COVID-19 had been circulating in the United States for some time, with roughly 35,000 cases at the moment, and more money was needed to help fight it. Reuters Reuters
Country / Region Tags: 
Africa
Australia
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
Canarsie
China
Conakry
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eastern Europe
Europe
France
Germany
Ghana
Global
Greece
Guinea
Haiti
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Lancang-Mekong
Lao
Latin America
Liberia
Mali
Mekong Delta
Mexico
Middle East
Nepal
New Zealand
Nigeria
Oceans
Philippines
Rockaway
Russia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
South Korea
SouthEast Asia
Spain
Sri Lanka
Staten Island
Sweden
Thai Nguyen City
Thailand
Turkey
UK - London
United Kingdom
United Nations
United States
US - Alaska
US - Central
US - East
US - Great Lakes
US - Gulf Coast
US - Hawaii
US - MidWest
US - North
US - NorthEast
US - NorthWest
US - South
US - SouthEast
US - SouthWest
US - West
US - West Coast
Vietnam
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Data
Disease
Government
Health
Mutations
Pandemics
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Asia's COVID deaths surpass 1 million

Fri, 2022-03-11 09:35 — mike kraft
Asia's COVID deaths surpass 1 million - Reuters tally Asia passed the grim milestone of 1 million coronavirus-linked deaths on Friday, a Reuters tally showed, as a spike in Omicron variant infections spreads across the region after starting in nations such as Japan and South Korea. Aparupa Mazumder,Lasya Priya M Reuters

...

Country / Region Tags: 
China
Global
India
Japan
Philippines
South Korea
SouthEast Asia
Thailand
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Contagion
Data
Demographics
Disease
Health
Pandemics
Public Health
Research
Vaccinations
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Pages

Subscribe to India
howdy folks
Page loaded in 0.757 seconds.