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The United States on Wednesday (local time) crossed the three-million mark of coronavirus cases and reported more than 129,000 deaths, as frontline health workers struggle to cope with the growing demand of virus hospitalisations, and exhausting supplies of protective gear and testing equipment. According to The Washington Post, in pandemic hotspot states such as Florida, Arizona, California and Texas, hospitals are adding new intensive care unit beds and special air-flow systems to treat the increasing number of COVID-infected patients. In some cases, hospitals are also cancelling elective surgeries to free up space for those sick with the virus. For example, hospitalisations in Texas have more than doubled in the past two weeks, filling nearly 80 per cent of the state's hospital beds. Backache, abdominal pain, nausea, rashes may also be COVID-19 warning signsSenior doctor Jalil Parkar who treated over 200 Covid patients before testing positive for the virus, said backache was the … [Read more...] about US COVID-19 count crosses 3 million, hospitals struggle with supply of medical equipment

The WHO has 194 member states: every country except Liechtenstein which is a member of the United Nations but not of its global health agency. They appoint representatives to The World Health Assembly, which convenes annually and sets WHO policies. These policies are implemented by the WHO’s Executive Board, composed of members technically qualified in health. … [Read more...] about Who’s WHO? The World Health Organization under scrutiny

At least on three occasions, including on January 30 when the health emergency of international concern was declared, WHO had publicly praised China for its commitment to transparency. While it also said China was “setting a new standard for outbreak response” and called the quick sharing of whole genome sequence data of the virus as “very impressive”, independent investigation revealed a different situation — China was not very forthcoming. The world knew of human-to-human transmission in China only on January 20, and the global body was often kept in the dark. Scientific evidence strongly suggests that the outbreak began at least by early November. Apparently, WHO had to keep praising China so that it shared information. Surely, powerful nations cannot be allowed to endanger lives around the world by shirking responsibility. China has evidently refused to learn lessons from the disastrous handling of the 2002 SARS outbreak. The current pandemic continues … [Read more...] about What about WHO?: on failures of containment of COVID-19

By Praveen MenonWELLINGTON: New Zealand's former prime minister Helen Clark warned if the world remained "flat-footed" in its response to pandemics it faces future economic, social and political crisis, after she was appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead a review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.WHO announced late on Thursday that Clark and Liberia's former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will lead a panel scrutinising the global response.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called both women "strong-minded, independent leaders", aiming to underscore their freedom in assessing his agency's and governments' COVID-19 responses.The COVID-19 outbreak originated in China in late 2019 and has infected a reported 12.16 million people globally and 550,242 have died, according to a Reuters tally.The United States has accused China of not being open with the rest of the world in the early stages of the outbreak. Beijing has rejected the charge and has … [Read more...] about “It’s going to happen again,” says former NZ PM Clark tasked with WHO COVID-19 review

“While I Support Farming functioned as a facilitator, the farming profit was shared with the investors. We had immense support for this initiative and it turned out to be a win-win for farmers and investors; a kind of partnership where farmers get financial support and the profit is shared,” says Vasanth Kumar, who holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture. He purchased 10 acres of agricultural land at Marakkanam in 1999. … [Read more...] about Farm-to-table amid the Chennai lockdown, in the name of fresh produce