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hindidailynews2020 · 4 years

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कोरोना के बढ़ते केस को लेकर अलर्ट पर बिहार का स्वास्थ्य महकमा, बढ़ाए जाएंगे जांच केंद्र

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बिहार के 38 में से 37 जिले कोरोना से प्रभावित हैं (फाइल फोटो) बिहार के स्वास्थ्य मंत्री मंगल पांडेय (Mangal Pandey) ने माना कि बिहार में चिकित्सक की कमी है लेकिन उसके लिए भी विभाग पहल कर रहा है. बिहार में…

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newsaryavart · 4 years

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COVID-19 से जंग में भागीदार नहीं बने बिहार के 362 डॉक्‍टर, शुरू हुई कार्रवाई

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सरकार के इस कदम पर आईएमए ने डॉक्‍टर्स की परिस्थिति समझने की बात कही है. (फाइल फोटो) कोरोना संक्रमण (Corona Infection) के खिलाफ जारी इस जंग में नदारद होने वाले चिकित्‍सकों में पटना (Patna) के 25 और सूबे के…

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ritu78-blog2 · 4 years

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Corona Vaccine Updates

China leads in vaccine development Britain and the United States may be the lead in development and trials, but China is the country that has put many vaccine candidates on trial in different countries. Eight of the world's top 20 Covid-19 vaccines are from China. There are three vaccines in the last stage of the trial. Germany is currently in the second stage of developing its vaccine, while Australian companies are in the first stage. The trial of the corona vaccine on humans in Malaysia has started two days ago. Bangladesh gives green signal to vaccine trial program Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) has approved Phase 3 trial of Covid Vaccine, a Chinese company. The trial will start from seven months in seven hospitals. 4,200 health workers have been created by the Chinese company Sinovac Research and Development Co Ltd. Its Phase 1 and 2 trials have been conducted in China. Record increase in covid cases in southern states: rapid growth in UP, Bihar and Gujarat New Delhi / Chennai, 19 July (Language) In many southern states of the country, new cases of corona virus increased on Sunday, while the number of Covid-19 cases across India reached close to 11 lakh. The situation continues to improve in Delhi, which is ranked third in the epidemic-affected states and union territories, but Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat have recorded a sharp increase in infection cases. Maharashtra had the highest number of 9,518 new cases of #Covid-19 in a single day, bringing the infection cases to 3,10,455 in the state, while 258 more people died of the disease, with 149 people in Mumbai metropolitan area. Has occurred in In Tamil Nadu, 4,979 new cases of Covid-19 were reported, which is the highest one-day increase. With these new cases, the total cases in the state crossed 1.70 lakh. Tamil Nadu is the second most affected state in the country after Maharashtra. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Covid-19 prevention measures. An official statement said that during a phone conversation, Palaniswami told Modi that 48,000corona virus probes are being done every day in Tamil Nadu. A record 5,041 new cases of Covid-19 were also reported in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, bringing the total cases to around 50,000, while 56 patients died in the state due to infection, taking the death toll to 642. 4,120 new cases of Covid-19 in Karnataka brought the total number of infections to 63,772 and 91 deaths to 1,331. The number of infected in Kerala crossed 12,000 on Sunday. The national capital Delhi saw 1,211 new cases of corona virus, its lowest in a month and 31 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours. According to a bulletin issued by the Health Department of Delhi, the death toll from corona virus infection has increased to 3,628 and the total number of people infected has increased to 1,22,793. According to the bulletin, a total of 1,03,134 patients have been cured so far. Presently, 16,031 patients are being treated in the city. In Bihar, two more people have died during the last 24 hours due to Corona virus infection, the death toll has so far reached 179. With this, the total number of cases of Covid-19 has increased to 26,379 with 1,412 new cases of infection reported during this period. 38 more people died of corona virus in Uttar Pradesh. 2,211 new cases of infection have also been reported in the state. At the same time, 1181 patients have also recovered. Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Medicine and Health Amit Mohan Prasad told here on Sunday that 38 more people have died due to corona virus infection in the last 24 hours in the state. With this, the death toll has increased to 1,146. Gujarat recorded the highest number of 965 new cases of corona virus infection in a day, with a total of 48,441 cases of Covid-19 here on Sunday. The state health department said that with the death of 20 more infected patients, the number of people who died due to infection in the state rose to 2,147. The total number of infected people increased to 42,487 with 2,278 new cases of Corona virus infection reported in West Bengal. Comments Powered by Blogger

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clevercase · 3 years

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Covid 19 norms Violated: Former MLA trampled on Kovid rules in Tunga .. Jedi leader spilled along with O Star

. Authorities are imposing a number of tough sanctions to curb the virus, with some neglecting to commit the offense. Recently in Bihar, JD (U) leader and former MLA Vijay Kumar alias Munna Shukla broke the rules. Jdu Ex Mla Vijay Kumar Violated Covid 19 Norms Ex MLA Covid 19 Rules Break: If the country is in turmoil with the corona .. On the one hand, the corona epidemic is booming at a severe…

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adminnewstrust24 · 3 years

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Schools and colleges will open in Bihar from Monday, these rules will have to be followed

Representative image Patna: In Bihar, various educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities will reopen from Monday. Educational institutions in the state were closed about nine months ago after the Covid-19 epidemic. It seems that with the reduction in the number of new cases of corona virus and the rate of recovery being 97.61 percent, there is confidence in the state…

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vignaniasacademy · 4 years

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06-05-2020 Current Affairs & Daily News Analysis

EXCISE DUTY ON ALCOHOL The Delhi government announced a 70% hike in the price of liquor across categories in the capital. Delhi’s “special corona fee” on alcohol underlines the importance of liquor to the economy of the states.

About: Liquor contributes a considerable amount to the exchequers of all states and Union Territories except Gujarat and Bihar, both of which have enforced prohibition. Generally, states levy excise duty on manufacture and sale of liquor. Some states, for example Tamil Nadu, also impose VAT (value added tax). States also charge special fees on imported foreign liquor; transport fee; and label & brand registration charges. A few states, such as Uttar Pradesh, have imposed a “special duty on liquor” to collect funds for special purposes, such as maintenance of stray cattle. According to a report published by the RBI in September 2019, state excise duty on alcohol accounts for around 10-15 per cent of Own Tax Revenue of a majority of states. In fact, state excise duties on liquor is the second or third largest contributor to the category State’s Own Tax revenue; sales tax (now GST) is the largest. During 2018-19, the five states that collected the highest revenue from excise duty on liquor were Uttar Pradesh (Rs 25,100 crore), followed by Karnataka, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Telangana. Source : Indian Express ( Economy ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Coronavirus Global Reponse Pledging Conference British Prime Minister Boris Johnson opened a virtual global conference on COVID-19 by calling on all countries to step up their efforts and work together on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

About: The Coronavirus Global Response International Pledging Conference was co-hosted by the UK and eight other countries and organisations including Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and the European Commission. At the conference, Johnson confirmed the UK's pledge of 388 million pounds aid funding for research into vaccines, tests and treatments – part of a larger 744 million pounds existing UK aid commitment to help end the pandemic and support the global economy. This includes 250 million pounds for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to develop vaccines against coronavirus – the biggest such donation to the fund by any country. Source : All India Radio ( International ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CCMB) Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is the only centre in the country which is pooling the samples for doing testing of COVID-19.

About: It is an Indian biotechnology research establishment Established in: 1977. Location: Hyderabad. Parent body: It operates under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. CCMB is a designated "Center of Excellence" by the Global Molecular and Cell Biology Network, UNESCO. India's national biosafety level – 4 containment facility for human infectious diseases is located on the campus of CCMB. Source : All India Radio (Science & Technology) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy ARKTIKA-M Russia announced that it will launch first Arktika-M satellite for monitoring Arctic climate by the end of the year.

About: As of now first satellite is developed and the launch is planned for 2020. The satellite will be launched by Soyuz -2,1b carrier rocket with frigate booster. The remote sensing Artika-M will monitor the meterological conditions in the polar region. Source : All India Radio ( Science & Technology ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy SWINE FLU Data from the Health Ministry’s National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), show that the five States/UTs namely Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Tamil Nadu consistently accounted for the bulk of swine flu cases, or seasonal influenza (H1N1) since 2015.

About: H1N1 Flu Virus (Swine Flu) is an infection caused by type A influenza viruses. Who are infected? It's named for a virus that pigs can get. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. In 2009 a strain of swine flu called H1N1 infected many people around the world. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. Symptoms: Symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Spread in India: February-March are typical months for influenza in India. Most influenza activity in northern India was seen during the summer months, but in southern and western India, cases occurred mostly during winter months. Important Info : Swine flu vs COVID-19? While both HIN1 and COVID-19 are due to pathogens that trace their origins to viruses from non-human hosts, they belong to different families.While both infiltrate the lungs and cause characteristic pulmonary infections, they have varying lethality.Swine flu infections have a higher case fatality rates (deaths per confirmed cases) and can cause significant deaths in children as well as those less than 60.COVID-19 on the other hand is relatively more dangerous to those above 60 and almost harmless in children. Source : The Hindu ( Health ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy New Specified Health Warning on Tobacco Products packs Union Ministry of Health has notified a new set of images with specified health warnings for all tobacco product packs by amending the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2008 via “The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules, 2020”.

About: All tobacco products manufactured or imported or packaged on or after September 1, 2020 shall display the first image and those manufactured or imported or packaged on or after September 1, 2021 shall display the second image. Violation of the provision is a punishable offence with imprisonment or fine as prescribed in Section 20 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. Source : The Hindu ( Health ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy LLAMA Researchers have developed a treatment that links two nanobodies isolated from a 'Llama' named winter to create an antibody that binds to the spike protein on the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That bond prevented the virus from invading cells. Winter, the llama, is 4 years old, female, and living on a farm in the Belgian countryside.

About: Family: Llamas are a member of the camelid family, which includes camels, alpacas, vicunas, and guanacos. Description: Llamas have a typical camel-like body shape, but they lack the humps of the Bactrian and dromedary camel. Distribution: Llamas are no longer found in the wild. They are now distributed throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. Currently, nearly 70% of llamas are found in Bolivia. Source : Indian Expres ( Environment ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy jharkhand tribals observe bishnu sendra parva 2020 sanshunting due to lockdown For the first time in living memory, not a single animal was killed in Jharkhand on Bishnu Sendra Parva.

About: Bishnu Sendra Parva is an annual hunting festival observed by tribals of Jharkhand and the neighbouring Odisha and West Bengal. This year, Adivasis observed the centuries-old festival without leaving their houses as Jharkhand continued with a complete lockdown across the state. With the lockdown continuing, many tribal hunters could not reach the forests to observe the festival. Source : Times of India ( Culture ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Saras Collection launched by govt on GeM Portal Union Rural Development Minister launched the Saras collection on Government e Marketplace (GeM) portal in New Delhi.

About: It is a unique initiative of GeM and the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development. The Saras collection showcases daily utility products made by rural self-help groups. It aims to provide market in rural areas with access to Central and State Government buyers. Under the initiative, sellers from Self Help Group will be able to list their products in 5 product categories, namely (i) handicrafts, (ii) handloom and textiles, (iii) office accessories, (iv) grocery and pantry, and (v) personal care and hygiene. Important Info : Government e Marketplace (GeM): It is a 100 percent Government owned Section 8 Company set up as the National Public Procurement Portal for procurement of goods and services required by Central and State Government organizations.DAY-NRLM: DAY-NLRM aims to reduce poverty through promotion of diversified and gainful self-employment while creating skilled wage employment opportunities. Source : PIB ( Economy ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy MANISHA SINGH United States President Donald Trump has nominated senior Indian-American diplomat Manisha Singh as his envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

About: She will be the US Representative to OECD with the rank of an Ambassador. Ms Singh is currently Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs at the State Department. Paris-based OECD is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 36 member countries to stimulate economic progress and world trade. Important Info : President Donald Trump has also nominated Indian-American Ashok Michael Pinto as a representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for a term of two years. Source : All India Radio ( International ) Read UPSC Current affairs and Daily News Analysis from Top IAS Academy in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Daily Current affairs and News Analysis Best IAS Coaching institutes in Bangalore Vignan IAS Academy Contact Vignan IAS Academy Enroll For IAS Foundation Course from Best IFS Academy in Bangalore Read the full article

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A 69-year-old man infected with coronavirus, dies during a hospital in Gujarat's Surat, taking the price to 7.

The price from the Covid-19 epidemic in India has gone up to 6 within the morning with two fatalities being reported in Maharashtra and Bihar. While this was the second death reported from Maharashtra, it had been the primary fatality from Bihar. The latter was a 38-year-old man who traveled to Qatar with a travel history. because the number of coronavirus infections in India soared to 341, Railways say all train services shall be suspended till Annunciation.

1st Death in Gujarat (Surat) thanks to coronavirus confirmed. A 67 year old male, was in hospital for last 4 days.

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mytracknews · 3 years

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Last Day 94 Thousand Corona New Cases, Death Rate Beats All-Time Records

Highlights 94,052 new cases of corona infection were found on the last day In the same period, Kovid-19 took 6148 people. Recovery rate has also improved compared to new cases New Delhi: Call it relief or disaster… New cases of coronavirus infection may have been showing a decrease for the last three days, but the death toll is touching new heights. If we talk about just the last 24 hours, then…

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#Bihar #Corona Epidemic #Corona infection #corona virus #COVID-19 #Death Rate #India #new cases

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hindidailynews2020 · 4 years

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ट्रेनिंग के बाद COVID-19 से दो-दो हाथ करने उतरे 185 IAS ऑफिसर्स, इसलिए है ख़ास...

ट्रेनिंग के बाद COVID-19 से दो-दो हाथ करने उतरे 185 IAS ऑफिसर्स, इसलिए है ख़ास…

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कोरोना वायरस से दो-दो हाथ करने उतरे 185 IAS ऑफिसर्स उत्तराखंड के मसूरी के लाल बहादुर शास्त्री राष्ट्रीय प्रशासन अकादमी, लबासना में अपनी ट्रेनिंग पूरी करने के बाद 2019 बैच के आईएएस अफसरों का दल अपने अपने…

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#Bihar government #cm yogi #corona epidemic #COVID-19 #Lockdown #Lucknow News #UP news #yogi adityanath #Yogi government

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journalistcafe · 4 years

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बिहार में अमित शाह की वर्चुअल रैली आज, दिल्ली भाजपा दफ्तर में मंच तैयार

भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा) कोरोनावायरस महामारी के बीच ही बिहार में रविवार से चुनावी अभियान शुरू करने जा रही है। इस क्रम में पार्टी वर्चुअल रैली का दौर शुरू करेगी और इस सिलसिले की शुरुआत आज दिल्ली से हो रही है।

बिहार में लोगों को संबोधन

गृह मंत्री अमित शाह एक वर्चुअल रैली के जरिए बिहार में लोगों को संबोधित करेंगे। रैली के लिए दिल्ली स्थित पार्टी कार्यालय के भीतर बड़े हॉल में एक वर्चुअल स्टेज बनाया…

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webodisha18 · 4 years

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Bihar Assembly elections should not be held in Corona period, time to be extended: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha has been the Union Finance Minister. (File photo)

Yashwant Sinha has been a Union Finance Minister Sinha said – increase election time Assembly elections to be held in Bihar this year:

Former Union Finance Minister and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) convenor Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said that the time for Bihar Elections should be extended in view of the COVID-19 epidemic.…

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#assembly #Bihar #Corona #elections #extended #held #period #Sinha #time #Yashwant

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clevercase · 3 years

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Covid 19 norms Violated: Former MLA trampled on Kovid rules in Tunga .. Jedi leader spilled along with O Star Hero

. Authorities are imposing a number of tough sanctions to curb the virus, with some neglecting to commit the offense. Recently in Bihar, JD (U) leader and former MLA Vijay Kumar alias Munna Shukla broke the rules. Jdu Ex Mla Vijay Kumar Violated Covid 19 Norms Ex MLA Covid 19 Rules Break: If the country is in turmoil with the corona .. On the one hand, the corona epidemic is on the rise in many…

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news18assamplus · 4 years

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Bihar BJP unit to set up Task Force for COVID-19 epidemic and flood control, JP Nadda directs

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JP Nadda holds meeting with Bihar BJP unit through video conferencing BJP National President JP Nadda said that the central and state governments are working at their own level and are fighting the war against the Corona epidemic including flood disaster. But with this, the party should also strive at its own level.

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adminnewstrust24 · 4 years

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Union Minister says government to provide free corona vaccine to all countrymen

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Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday said that Kovid-19 (Covid-19) vaccine will be made available free of cost to all citizens of the country. Opposition parties accused the ruling NDA of using the epidemic for political gains after the BJP announced that the Kovid-19 vaccine was made available free of cost to the people of Bihar. The promotion is on.

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Not only national but Bihar ready to be international hotspot of Corona: Tejashwi

Patna: The scope of the global epidemic corona virus (Covid-19) infection in Bihar is increasing so much that the situation can become uncontrollable. Alam is that since last eight July, almost double cases of Covid-19 have been reported.

Given the seriousness of the situation, the central team is visiting Bihar tomorrow. She will take stock of the deteriorating situation.

Meanwhile in Bihar,…

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#Insight: Vulnerable, Lonely Residents In 'Old Age Homes' Struggle With Self-Isolation

By Dr. Shelly Ahmed

Apart from standard hygiene practices, these centres are shutting their gates to visitors and discouraging group activities to enforce social distancing. For senior citizens in these homes, already suffering from a sense of isolation, these measures are leading to anxiety and panic.

At Sai Kripa Old Age Home, situated in south-west Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area, visitors have been turned away at the gate for nearly a week now. The home has been enforcing the rules of social distancing that are expected to curb the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease. The infection has been found to be the deadliest for senior citizens, causing 10 times the average number of deaths among those above 80.

Kripa Nath, a 75-year-old resident at Sai Kripa Home, had to make do with a video chat with his son-in-law who had come to visit him recently. “He had come from Mumbai to meet him but he is a frequent flyer so we didn’t let them meet--we asked him to wait in the lawn and organised a video call instead,” said Gyandeep Singh, the founder of the home run by a private trust.

The institution has enough groceries and vegetables to make it through this week, there are enough medicines too but an outbreak of the virus could change all that, Singh said. It is also becoming increasingly difficult for the home to hold on to the staff who are reluctant to work through the epidemic, he added.

But what is insurmountable is the impact of complete isolation on the elderly residents of old age homes, many of whom are already prone to depression and anxiety arising from multiple factors, including a sense of abandonment.

“Shaam ko sab log milkar baithte the, ek dusre ki help karte the; abhi lagta hai jaise chhua-chhoot chal raha hai (Earlier we would gather in the evening, chat and help each; now its seems like we are all practising untouchability),” said Rameshwar Prasad, 89, on how social distancing has altered the lives of the small community of 38 senior citizens living at Sai Kripa.

As the novel coronavirus flares across the world, having already caused more than 20,000 deaths, the elderly have been found to be particularly vulnerable to the disease that starts with symptoms such as fever, dry cough and difficulty in breathing. And of them, those in old age homes are most vulnerable if there is lack of care, as recent reports emerging from Spain have shown.

India has reported 649 cases of the disease as of 10.15 a.m. on March 26, 2020, according to Coronavirus Monitor, a HealthCheck database. Of the 13 deaths recorded, except a 38-year-old man in Patna, Bihar, all others were of people aged 60 years or above. This included a 76-year-old from Kalburgi in Karnataka, a 68-year-old woman in Delhi and a 72-year-old in Punjab. Of the two deaths recorded in Maharashtra, one person was 64 and the other 63 years of age.

On March 17, 2020, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment issued instructions to all non-government organisations (NGOs), old age homes and other institutions for the disadvantaged to take precautionary measures for the elderly. Visitors were to be discouraged and rules of distance and hygiene maintained, including frequent handwashing and social distancing.

‘Adhering to instructions’

All the old age homes in Delhi that we contacted said they are following the preventive rules for COVID-19. Delhi has some 20 old age homes run by NGOs, as per a 2019 HelpAge report. The Delhi government lists two government-run old age homes in Bindapur and Lampur areas.

At Durga Old Age Home, located in south Delhi’s Sainik Farm, extra measures have been put in place, said founder Harsh Kumar. “We have a team of doctors at the centre and anyone showing any of the symptoms like sneezing or cough is being taken care of,” he said. “We have called off evening group activities and ensured greater distance between the beds of residents in shared rooms. A few had been running a fever earlier but as a precaution, we have quarantined them in single occupancy rooms.”

There is an acute shortage of infrastructure and manpower dedicated to the elderly across India, as per HelpAge reports. Section 19 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents’ and Senior Citizens’ Act, 2007 (MWPSCA) recommends that state governments establish at least one old age home in each district with a minimum of 150 indigent senior citizens, but few districts meet these requirements.

‘Hard to enforce isolation on the elderly’

Social and demographic factors have resulted in an increasing number of elderly shifting into old age homes, but this often affects their psychosocial well-being, as per this 2012 study published in the Delhi Psychiatry Journal. Anxiety and depression were common among the residents, it reported, due to “problems of adjustment with tight and rigid schedules, total and or near total separation from the family/social milieu, anxiety over entrusting oneself to a new environment, diminished physical capacity and very close and frequent encounters with death and ailments in the institution”.

At Vaishnav Charitable Trust, a home for the elderly in south Delhi’s Kishangarh area, Leela Das 74, put her situation down to the “greed” of the younger generation. “You [the young] threw out your parents and family to accumulate money, jewellery and property but all your power now can’t keep you safe from a virus,” she said. “So when people ask me to take care, I tell them you take care--I have seen enough of this world.”

This sense of isolation is now growing acute, said Rohan Raghavan, a general physician, who visits two old age homes every day--Nirmal Chhaya in Vasant Vihar and Panchavati in Tughlakabad, both in south Delhi. “Most of them have or had emotional breakdowns for some reason or the other,” he said. “To overcome these, they made new friends and spent time doing chores together. Now, with the self-isolation rule, that’s difficult. Now there is the sense of panic.”

At Panchavati, office staff talked about how challenging it is to convince their elderly residents to not socialise with each other. “Initially most of them argued, ‘Hamein kuchh nahin hoga (nothing will happen to us)’ or ‘Yeh ameeron ki beemari hai (this is a disease of the rich)’,” said staff member Pintoo, who goes only by his first name. It was only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on March 20, 2020, emphasising the need for senior citizens to self-quarantine, that the residents at the centre agreed to avoid gatherings, he recalled.

The severity of the infection caused by the novel coronavirus rises with age, showed studies, as we mentioned earlier. The initial cases of novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia (NCIP) occured in Wuhan in the Hubei province of China in December 2019 and January 2020, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine on January 29, 2020. Based on their analysis of the first 425 confirmed cases in Wuhan to determine the epidemiologic characteristics of NCIP, they found that the “median age of the patients was 59 years (range, 15 to 89), and 240 of the 425 patients (56 percent) were male”.

Almost half the 425 cases were in adults 60 years of age or older, although case definition specified severe enough illness to require medical attention, which may have varied according to the presence of coexisting conditions, as per the study.

In Italy, which now has the world’s highest death count, according to JAMA, a peer-reviewed Journal by American Medical Association, age-wise breakdown as of March 15, 2020 showed that 42.7% (694) of deaths recorded were among those in the 80-89 years of age, 35.6% (578 cases) among those in the 70-79 age bracket and 8.6% (139 cases) in the 60-69 year bracket.

Amidst the spiralling crisis, Leela Das remained optimistic, citing the example of tuberculosis that claimed her daughter’s life in the early 1990s. "Tab hamare desh me TB ka bhi ilaj nahin tha, par ab hai, aur Corona ka bhi ilaj aa jaaega (There was no cure for TB then, today there is, soon we will be one for the coronavirus).” #KhabarLive #hydnews

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