• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a high-level meeting to review the status of COVID-19 in the country and its related aspects, reported ANI
The Covid situation in China has become a matter of concern to the world after Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy. Research groups predict that the death toll could rise into the millions as new mutants emerge as a new wave of infection spreads rapidly throughout the vast country. WHO urges China to share data on Covid. In India, PM Modi will hold a high-level meeting on the Covid situation
22 December 2022, 10:02:18 AM IST
Covid scare wipes out ₹4.4 trillion in assets
Indian stock indices declined more than a per cent each, wiping out ₹4.4 trillion of investors' wealth in the bargain.
Nifty closed 186.20 points down at 18,199.10, while Sensex closed 635 points down at 61,067.24 as markets braced for Centre's advisory to step up genome sequencing to identify new Covid strains spreading from China . read more
22 December 2022, 09:59:27 AM IST
Delhi CM Kejriwal called an emergency meeting
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will call an emergency meeting today amid the sudden spurt in Covid cases in several countries, officials said.
22 Dec 2022, 09:55:05 AM IST
Active Covid cases in the country come down to 3,402
India recorded 185 new coronavirus infections, while active cases dropped to 3,402, according to the Union health ministry's data updated on Thursday.
The total number of Covid cases has been recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,76,515). The data updated at 8 am said the death toll stood at 5,30,681 with one death reported from Delhi in the last 24 hours.
22 December 2022, 09:43:17 AM IST
PM Modi to review the status of Kovid-19 in a high-level meeting today
News agency ANI reported that PM Modi will review the situation and related aspects related to Kovid-19 in the country at a high-level meeting this afternoon. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the current COVID-19 situation in the country and the preparedness of the public health system for surveillance, containment and management of the pandemic. read more
22 December 2022, 09:36:13 AM IST
Epidemiologists fear that 1-2 million people may die from the Covid wave in China
Epidemiologist Eric Feigel-Ding said in a tweet: "China has a large vulnerable elderly population that is unvaccinated or under-vaccinated - 130 million such people. If the virus spreads unchecked in China, the mortality rate in this group will increase." The number is likely to be much higher - easily over 1 million. That's why a total of 1-2 million deaths is possible." Read more
22 December 2022, 09:12:54 AM IST
WHO urges China to share Covid data
At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the World Health Organization is "very concerned at the evolving situation with increasing reports of serious illness in China." He urged China to "share data and study." We have requested, and we continue to request. As I have said many times before, all hypotheses about the origin of this pandemic are on the table." read more
22 Dec 2022, 09:04:00 AM IST
Shanghai's hospitals are getting crowded
Reports say that after months of a brutal lockdown in Shanghai to contain the spread of Covid, the virus is starting to make its way through the megacity's 25 million-strong population. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of infected patients, pharmacies are returning customers empty-handed, businesses are closing because staff are sick, most schools have closed and public transport use is falling.
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