The information on bed availability in Delhi’s corona app and actual patient experiences are at great odds. The fact is beds are simply not available! And where they are, they are often unaffordable. »
How can public buses ensure social distancing after the lockdown is relaxed? German sustainable development consultancy GIZ has some pointers. »
Though there is a government order that private hospitals should function normally, these hospitals are blithely ignoring it, turning away patients in need of treatment. »
Residents of Trivandrum took the relaxations as a nod to get back to how it was before the corona outbreak and caused traffic bottlenecks at different parts of the city on April 20. In fact, the capital city is a hot spot though Thiruvananthapuram district as a whole is categorised as Orange zone. »
In a video interview with Citizen Matters, Chandigarh’s Social Development Officer Vivek Trivedi talks about the steps that his department has taken to ensure supply of essentials to citizens during the COVID lockdown. »
Sirmauris, as natives from Shillai are known, have been living for years in Shimla working as porters, tourist guides, taxi drivers, private security and waiters. So have the roughly 8000 porters from Kashmir. But none of them have faced such a financial crisis ever before, unable to meet even their basic food needs. »
Telangana is one of the few states to have announced a slew of relief measures targeted at health support as well as social security, but what about containment of the virus? Though exact numbers are not known, some patients who have succumbed to the virus had attended the Tablighi event in Delhi. »
Assam might be entering a critical stage in the spread of the virus as more Tablighi event returnees are identified and tested. Positive cases are reported from other northeastern states too, including Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh, but they not be equipped as well. »
Several individuals and groups have come together to offer help to the poor and vulnerable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We have put together a list of some initiatives that you may wish to support and join, to help them. »
With the Coronavirus scare spreading far and wide, how can you help your security personnel and help be safe? How can you clean your apartment’s common areas? Read here. »
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