Page 8 - Health Crisis

Top Headlines: RBI to push rates by 30-50 bps, task force for monkeypox

The Reserve Bank of India's MPC is likely to announce a repo rate hike of 35-50 basis points in its policy statement on August 5, a Business Standard poll showed

India records 19,673 new Covid cases; active caseload reaches 143,676

India's COVID-19 case rally rose by 19,673 in a day to reach 4,40,19,811 while active cases reached 143,676

Allahabad High Court directs compensation for victims of Covid deaths

The Allahabad high court has said that if a person admitted to hospital due to Covid-19 dies during treatment, it should be considered a Covid death

New York City officials declare monkeypox a public health emergency

Officials in New York City have declared a public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus, calling the city "the epicentre" of the outbreak

Spanish health ministry confirms second death from monkeypox virus

The Spanish Health Ministry has confirmed the country's second death from the Monkeypox virus

Covid-19 pandemic 'unprecedented', which India faced confidently, says PM

PM Modi termed the Covid-19 pandemic as 'unprecedented' and once in a century crisis and said the country faced it confidently due to its scientists and common people

India registers 20,409 Covid-19 infections, 47 deaths in 24 hours

India saw a marginal decline in Covid cases with 20,409 infections reported in the past 24 hours against previous day's 20,557 count

Amid case surge, low vaccine supply, US says monkeypox can still be beaten

The country's monkeypox outbreak can still be controlled and eliminated, US health officials said, despite rising case numbers and so-far limited vaccine supplies

Bengal's Covid positivity rate goes up to 10.42% with 1,495 new cases

West Bengal's Covid-19 positivity rate deteriorated to 10.42 per cent after 1,495 new cases were reported pushing the tally to 2,090,483

Data story: India logs 18,313 new Covid cases, 57 deaths in 24 hours

The count of active cases across India on July 27 saw a decrease of 2,486

Wuhan locks down 1 mn residents again in an echo of Covid pandemic's start

A district on the outskirts of Wuhan has been locked down, the first time the Chinese city that saw the world's first Covid-19 lockdown has imposed such a measure since 2020

TMS Ep224: UPI-credit card link, monkeypox, auto firms' results, DESH Bill

Will UPI on credit cards take off? Should India be worried about monkeypox? Will easing chip shortage perk up auto firms' Q1 commentary? What is the DESH Bill? All answers here

Over 14 mn children in US infected with Covid since virus outbreak

More than 14 million children in the US have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic

Data story: India logs 14,830 new Covid cases, active tally at 147,512

India has so far administered 2,025,057,717 vaccine doses

Japan issues level-one alert after detecting first case of monkeypox

Japan has issued a level-one alert against monkeypox as the first case was detected in the country

No need to be afraid of monkeypox, those infected stable now: Kerala min

There is nothing to be concerned or worried about monkeypox as testing and surveillance have been intensified across the state, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said

Samples from Telangana's first suspected Monkeypox case sent to NIV

Samples collected from a man with suspected symptoms of Monkeypox were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune

Data story: India logs 16,866 new cases, active infections see net decline

India has added 138,087 cases in the past 7 days

Data story: India logs 21,880 new Covid cases, death toll reaches 525,930

India has added 137,038 cases in the past 7 days

Week after India's first monkeypox case, global numbers rise further

The government has issued guidelines for dealing with the illness