Page 4 - Public Health Care

India's Covid-19 fatality rate 'progressively falling': Health Ministry

From 2.82 per cent over a month earlier, India's Covid-19 case fatality rate have declined to 2.49 per cent currently

Portable hospital to vaccines: Low-cost Covid solutions from universities

IIT Delhi has developed the world's cheapest RT-PCR based diagnostic kit, priced at Rs 399; IIT Madras-backed Modulus Housing's portable hospital can be installed by four people in two hours

Covid-19: Daily growth rate shows decline as India crosses 900,000 mark

While total recovered cases are 1.8 times the active cases, 20 states and union territories have shown higher recovery rate than the national average of 63 per cent

India coronavirus dispatch: Pandemic is still quite early in the country

How Andhra plans to ensure no patient is turned away, neurological impact of mild Covid-19, and the toll on TB and HIV treatment-a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic.

The bright spot

Expansion of public health care will help fight the pandemic

4,329 new coronavirus cases reported in Tamil Nadu, tally crosses 100,000

With 64 patients succumbing to the virus in the past 24 hours, the total number of fatalities in the state now stands at 1,385

Beyond the gloom and doom of Covid-19

There is a sharp decline in resistance to change that is catalysing some long pending reforms and transformations in both industry and society

India records over 17,000 Covid-19 daily cases; death toll tops 15,000

In the quest to expand Covid-19 testing labs network across the country, the ICMR has inducted 11 new labs in 24 hours

No lockdown in Bengaluru, 'still safer' than other cities: Karnataka govt

There will be only containment zones in the city and regions that have a large number of cases will be sealed

Delhi reports record 3,947 new Covid-19 cases; tally crosses 66,000-mark

Sixty-eight fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, a Delhi health department bulletin said on Tuesday

Tamil Nadu adds 2,516 new cases on Tuesday, total tally at 35,339

The state also tested 23,921 persons for Covid-19 today

World dispatch: China cases show coronavirus can return if curbs eased

A patient in Seattle served $ million bill, UK PM urged to relax 2-meter social distancing rule, massive labour migration in Africa - round up of Covid-19 news across the globe

Govt says no community transmission of Covid-19 yet, but experts disagree

Emphasising that community transmission was on in many parts of the country, the experts asked the government to admit it so that people don't get complacent

Covid-19 lockdown a success, no community transmission in India: ICMR

The sero-survey has found that 0.73 per cent of the population in the districts surveyed had evidence of past exposure to SARS-CoV-2

Monetising fiscal deficit via secondary OMOs right way: Uday Kotak

If we keep subsidising or protecting businesses that are not able to compete, we have an issue. I would expect the market to be able to sort things out, says Uday Kotak

Covid-19: To reach hinterland, lab chains may be allowed to go for tie-ups

Govt also considers installing RT-PCR machines at medical colleges

Health policy for the coming year

The priority for health policy is now a decentralised process for testing and engaging with private health care

The next stage of Covid

India's focus needs to move away from the feel-good metrics about recovery rate to the spike round the corner

Covid-19 to stay till 2021, aggressive testing needed: Health experts

In an interaction with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, health experts Professor Ashish Jha and Professor Johan Giesecke talked about the Covid-19 pandemic

Video claims no arrangement for Covid patients: Delhi HC seeks govts' stand

HC directed the two governments to place before it the status of functional and responsive helpline numbers being operated by them