ISOLATION IS INDIA’S BEST WEAPON: ICMR
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology Why in news? Isolation, and not indiscriminate testing, is the only way India can limit the spread of COVID-19: Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on 22nd March 2020. What ICMR Director General had to say? A lockdown is the most important step in breaking transmission […]
COVID-19 IS A NEW ANIMAL IN THE ZOO
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Management Why in news? Co-chair of the Empowered Committee for COVID-19 Response, India, Dr. V.K. Paul said the changed circumstances of the spread of the disease called for a revised testing strategy and marshalling all resources to contain the pandemic. He also indicated that India is close to rolling […]
80 DISTRICTS GO INTO LOCKDOWN TO CONTAIN SPREAD OF VIRUS
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management Why in news? All train, metro and inter-State transport services across the country were suspended on Sunday till March 31 as the death toll from COVID-19 rose to seven nationwide, and the number of confirmed cases stood at 396. Unprecedented restrictions were imposed in 80 districts across 17 States and five […]
NO COUNTRY IS DOING ENOUGH TO PROTECT CHILDREN’S HEALTH, FINDS STUDY
Why in news? No single country is adequately protecting children’s health, their environment and their future, according to a recently released report by a Commission of more than 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world. The Commission was convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and The Lancet Country wise comparison […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF ‘CONTACT TRACING’ – CONTROLLING COVID-19 SPREAD -‘ONCE-IN-100-YEAR’ VIRULENCE
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology, Prelims Why in news? Reported spreading of infection by Coronavirus infected people, to a large number of other people that they came into contact with, makes the issue of tracing contacts very crucial. Beginning from the second phase of the epidemic — local transmission — which Indian Council […]
WEST BENGAL INVOKES EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT
Focus: GS-II Governance, GS-III Disaster Management, Prelims Why in news? The West Bengal government on 16th March 2020, invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and extended the closure of the educational institutions from March 31 to April 15. The wife and father of the coronavirus infected Google employee in Bangalore have been booked by the […]
INDIA STILL IN SECOND TRANSMISSION STAGE
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology Why in news? Senior scientists and health officials have said that India currently is showing no evidence of any community transmission and that enough tests were being done to pick up any early indication of third stage transmission. So far there is no evidence for the need to […]
PRIME MINISTER MODI CALLS FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUND FOR SAARC
Focus: GS-II International Relations, GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Management, Prelims Why in news? The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) should create a fund to fight the threat of COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 15th March 2020 – Addressing the first ever video conference among the heads of governments of the […]
THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR ONE HEALTH SCIENCE
Focus: GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Managament, Prelims Why in news? As India goes into emergency mode to tackle the potentially catastrophic impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ‘Kerala model’ is being widely cited as an example to emulate. Kerala Model In 2018, Kerala reacted quickly and efficiently to tackle the Nipah virus outbreak […]
PM CALLS FOR SAARC STRATEGY, MASKS AND SANITIZERS NOW ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES, CORONAVIRUS STRAIN ISOLATED
Focus: GS-II International Relations, GS-III Science and Technology, Disaster Management, Prelims Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14th March 2020 called for a videoconference summit of leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to discuss a common strategy to tackle COVID-19. Masks and hand sanitisers have been declared as essential […]