Such measures are effective at slowing disease spread and preventing health systems becoming overwhelmed, they can also lead to job losses and social disruption, noted the study, published in the European Journal of Epidemiology.
Since no effective treatments or vaccine for COVID-19 is available, reducing virus transmission via measures like isolating suspected infected individuals, school closures, and lockdowns are crucial, according to the researchers, including Rajiv Chowdhury from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
A major fire broke out in a private hospital in Hyderabad on Tuesday, in which nearly 150 people, including 29 patients in the Intensive Care Unit and emergency wards, had a providential escape. But an old patient on ventilation was not so lucky.
The country also reported 3,397 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 169 from dormitories for migrant workers.
The legendary actor lost a two-year battle against a rare cancer.
The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, also demonstrates that the immunity built up from previous non-SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections does not prevent individuals from getting COVID-19.
The 49 children died in the last one month and the FIR was registered on Sunday night by the city magistrate, the sources said.
Ola Electric became the latest among electric scooter (e-scooter) makers to have started the exercise of recalling a specific batch of its model after a rap on the knuckles by the government. Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday advised electric vehicle (EV) companies to act responsibly by identifying and recalling defective batches without waiting for orders or guidelines from the ministry. The Bengaluru-based start-up is conducting pre-emptive diagnostics and health check on 1,441 scooters, it said in a statement on Sunday.
Though there is enough anecdotal evidence of COVID-19 catching children -- early teens and younger -- there is little reason to panic, said several doctors and scientists. They also stressed on the urgent need to vaccinate children to stem the spread of the infection.
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who was injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail, remained critical at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh.
Just keeping our fingers crossed, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said about Sarbajit Singh, who is battling for life in a Lahore hospital after a brutal assault last week in a Pakistani jail.
The 55-year-old minister has been diagnosed with pneumonia and his oxygen saturation level has also dipped, prompting hospital authorities to shift him to an intensive care unit. "He was brought to Max hospital in the evening and admitted in ICU," a source said.
Pakistan has restricted consular access to Indian national Sarabjit Singh who is in a coma in a Lahore hospital, prompting Indian officials to take up the issue with their Pakistani counterparts, sources said on Sunday.
Group Commander (coordination) B K Jha was admitted to the Central Armed Police Forces Hospital in Greater Noida after he contracted COVID-19 and breathed his last early morning.
Vinod Dua was a Hindi broadcast journalism pioneer with stints in Doordarshan and NDTV.
The officials said the jawan was the youngest to die among the CAPFs. All other fatalities were over 45 years, they said.
At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday.
The tragedy comes two days after 22 COVID-19 patients who were either on ventilator or oxygen support, suffocated to death when their oxygen supply stopped suddenly due to a malfunction in the main storage at a civic hospital in Nashik.
Terming the situation as scary, Nath also said there was a shortage of Remdesivir injections used in the treatment of coronavirus, and alleged that the key anti-viral drug and oxygen were available only on paper and not in reality.
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, currently on death row in a jail in Pakistan, on Friday suffered a head injury and was admitted to a hospital after he was attacked by a fellow prisoner. Sarabjit was admitted to the state-run Jinnah Hospital after being attacked within Kot Lakhpat Jail, TV news channels quoted officials as saying.
The plea also sought a direction to the Centre for providing all necessary medical equipment and other supports for the effective treatment of the children suffering from the epidemic disease.
Legendary Bengali semi-classical singer Sandhya Mukherjee, who had worked with leading music directors such as S D Burman, Naushad and Salil Chaudhury died on Tuesday evening following a massive cardiac arrest, leaving behind millions of mourning fans of all ages across borders.
Expressing concern over the 'poor financial situation' in the railways, opposition parties on Thursday asked the government to come out with steps to be taken to improve the condition of the public sector unit behemoth.
University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula's mother was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after she complained of chest pain.
The newborns, who were just about one to nine days old, had not even been named by their parents as they were admitted to the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) of the government-run Kamala Nehru Hospital for treatment.
Jat had served as Minister of State for Water Resources in the Narendra Modi government.
Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, was still on ventilator at a top army hospital, though her condition was satisfactory and her vital organs were "intact and working properly", the military said on Saturday.
The distraught family of a comatose Sarabjit Singh was on Sunday allowed to have a glimpse of him from a distance at the hospital where he is being treated after a brutal assault in a Pakistani jail.
Sarabjit, 49, is in the Intensive Care Unit of the state-run Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, where he was admitted on Friday after being brutally beaten with blades and pieces of a ghee tin by at least six other prisoners within his barrack at the Kot Lakhpat Jail.
Indian national Sarabjit Singh, who is in a deep coma, has been put on ventilator support after being assaulted by a group of prisoners in a Pakistani jail. Sarabjit, 49, is in an Intensive Care Unit of the state-run Jinnah Hospital in Lahore. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday after being brutally beaten by at least six other prisoners within his barrack at the Kot Lakhpat Jail.
As she continues to battle for her life, the 23-year-old gangrape victim has given a "fearless and bold" statement before a magistrate about the brutal assault on Sunday night and wants her tormentors to be swiftly brought to justice.
A day after over seven persons brazenly opened fire in an Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital here, one of the injured persons today succumbed to his injuries while his father was battling for life, even as the police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested the key accused.
Media reports had said that Headley was attacked by two inmates at a Chicago prison on July 8.
Pakistan's national cricket selector Asif Baloch has been left critically injured after being attacked by armed men in the troubled province of Baluchistan.
The shifts are long and the scenes are heartbreaking inside a Maryland hospital where nurses and doctors have been treating coronavirus patients for weeks, unable to let family inside to visit loved ones on their death beds. Some of the hospital staff share their toughest moments to show just how heartbreaking this pandemic has been.
Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre is in 'intensive care unit' and claimed that his party would form government in the next elections.
Four children died on December 30 while five on December 31, all mainly due to low birth weight, hospital superintendent Dr Suresh Dulara said.
VHP has cancelled its 18-day 'Chaturved Swahakar Yajna' that was scheduled to start from Monday.
Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who is still critical after being shot in the head by the Taliban, was on Thursday airlifted to Pakistan's top army hospital in Rawalpindi for better post-surgery care.
Thane Additional Sessions Judge R D Sawant handed out the punishment to Dr Vishal Vanne (26), who was also fined with Rs 1,000 along with another three-month imprisonment in the 2010 case.
