Congress MP
TN Prathapan has written to Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja as he sought
action into the alleged lapses in the treatment of a 67-year-old woman, a Covid
patient. According to the patient's family, she was found lying on the floor -
injured and bleeding - at the Thrissur Medical College. While the family has
alleged her hands were tied to the hospital bed, the hospital administration
has denied lapses, stressing the patient "was not tied down, but was
physically restrained on the advice of a psychiatrist, so that she would not
remove her cannula".
Though too
early to celebrate, there are some good signs in the Covid 19 front in
India. As per the data
released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on October 26 reported
single-day spike of 45,149 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. 480
deaths in the same period, pushing the COVID-19 toll in the country to
1,19,014. India’s confirmed cases of coronavirus stand at 79,09,960 which
include 6,53,717 active infections after a decrease of 14,437 in last 24 hours.
Today
(26.10.2020) is the 217th day since
India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus
pandemic. So far, India has recorded 79,09,960 confirmed COVID-19 cases,
including 1,19,014 deaths. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have reported
the highest number of cases. India’s
recovery rate continues to rise and now stands at 90.2 percent.
There was a time when
couple of States were blamed and couple appreciated even winning awards. Now today’s
statistics reveals the real picture .. .. one can see which States are badly
affected ..
Globally, many countries
are suffering in what is stated as second wave.
Britain is now recording more Covid-19 deaths each day for the size of
its population than the US for the first time since June, data has revealed. Both
countries are currently recording around two Covid-19 deaths for every million
people — but Britain's rate stands slightly higher at 2.63, compared to 2.4 in
the US. The UK suffered far higher daily death counts in the spring, relative
to its population. But over the summer, while Britain's outbreak fizzled out,
America's failed to improve. Coronavirus
cases have picked up once again in Britain as it battles a 'second wave' and
deaths are climbing at a fast rate. Around 180 Covid-19 patients are dying
every day, double the rate ten days ago. It can take infected patients several
weeks to fall seriously ill and die, meaning there is always a lag between
cases and fatalities.
The US currently has the
highest cumulative death toll in the world at 228,477. And researchers warned
last week that the grim tally could pass half a million by February, in a
worst-case scenario. When looking at the total coronavirus death toll since the
pandemic began, the two nations are on par with almost 700 deaths per million
people so far. This is because the UK — which has endured around 45,000
Covid-19 deaths — is home to around 66million people, whereas the US'
population stands at around 330million. The figures come amid soaring cases in
both nations, with officials in the US posting a record-high of 83,757 new
infections on Friday. Britain also posted its highest ever daily number of
cases tally last week, registering 26,688 positive tests on Wednesday. Officials in both nations have been highly
criticised for their handling of the crisis. Donald Trump's administration was
blamed for 'one of the greatest losses of American life in history' by his
presidential election rival Joe Biden, while Boris Johnson was accused of
failing to act quickly enough in March.
The Czech Republic is
facing a 'catastrophic' Covid-19 outbreak and needs a 'miracle' to avoid new
restrictions, its prime minister said last night with its infection rate now
the highest of any major country in the world.
Andrej Babis said the current lockdown measures 'are not working yet'
after the country's coronavirus deaths doubled in the space of two weeks. Like
many countries which escaped lightly from the first wave, the Czech Republic is
now seeing record numbers of fatalities, with average daily deaths rising from
14 at the start of October to 111 today - after a peak of just 10 in the
spring. When adjusted for population, the Czech Republic's current rate of
deaths is around four times higher than Britain's. The light death toll in the spring means that
many older and vulnerable people in the Czech Republic had yet to be exposed to
the disease when the second wave struck.
The spike in deaths could also be
linked to the rising average age of patients - with over-50s now making up 35
per cent of new infections compared to 22 per cent in early August.
In addition, the spread of
the virus among doctors and nurses is worsening the strain on Czech hospitals,
with as many as 1,000 medical workers being infected every day and medics
having to be drafted in from abroad. Saturday
saw a new record of 126 deaths along with 15,258 cases, and the current Czech
infection rate is the highest on the planet except for tiny Andorra.
~ not everything is
bad. Down under, after New Zealand,
Australia too is faring better. Melbourne
will finally exit lockdown this week after nearly four months as Australia's second biggest city today recorded zero new
infections or deaths. The city will exit its coronavirus lockdown under
onerous restrictions, authorities announced Monday, as zero cases were reported
for the first time since June 8. Stay-at-home orders for Melbourne's five
million residents will be lifted from midnight Tuesday into Wednesday while
restaurants, beauty salons and retail stores will be permitted to throw open
their doors. Australia's Victoria state
has spent months under tight restrictions after becoming the epicentre of the
country's second wave of coronavirus infections
Melbourne and the
surrounding Victoria state recorded the first 24-hour period without any new
Covid-19 cases since June 8 - before security bungles at quarantine hotels
housing returned international travellers sparked a major outbreak in July. Victoria has seen 20,341 total Covid-19 cases
and its coronavirus death toll stands at 817. Announcing the much-anticipated
relaxing of restrictions, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews' voice cracked
as he declared it an 'emotional day'.
Looking at all
these Indian Government has certainly handled the crisis better.
With regards –
S. Sampathkumar
26.10.2020 @
10.55pm
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