India’s confirmed cases of Covid-19 has cross the 18,000 mark, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry’s 8 am update said of 18,601 cases, 14759 people were under treatment while the death toll was 590.
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WHO chief says worst of virus is still ahead
The head of the World Health Organization has warned that the worst is yet ahead of us in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarm bells about the pandemic just as many countries are beginning to ease restrictive measures.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify exactly why he believes that the outbreak that has infected nearly 2.5 million people and killed over 166,000, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University, could get worse.
Tedros alluded to the so-called Spanish flu in 1918 as a reference for the coronavirus outbreak.
“It has a very dangerous combination and this is happening ... like the 1918 flu that killed up to 100 million people, he told reporters in Geneva. But now we have technology, we can prevent that disaster, we can prevent that kind of crisis. Trust us. The worst is yet ahead of us, he said. Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t understand.” (AP)
Indigenous PPE kit production may start this week, says Haryana university
Haryana-based World University of Design on Monday said it along with IIT Delhi, AIIMS and a few textile mills in Chennai have developed indigenous personal protection equipment kits for healthcare workers in the fight against coronavirus infection.
The prototypes of PPE kits are currently undergoing the second round of testing in a Chennai hospital and are expected to go into production within this week, World University of Design Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Gupta said in a statement.
“The design and production of these kits is open source, therefore any small or medium scale factory interested can take the design from us and start manufacturing them.
“The key feature of this design is the ease of doffing, where the garment can be taken off by the person without touching the infected outer surface. The prototypes for these kits have been created following the required protocol,” Gupta said.
The World University of Design is a private university in Haryana.