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‘COVID-19 Patients Are Delaying Doctor Visits Because Of Stigma’
COVID-19 patients are delaying visits to the doctor because of the stigma associated with the disease, said Anita...
Is Aarogya Setu A Surveillance App? Experts Give Some Answers, Flag Some Concerns
The Government of India has launched an app, Aarogya Setu, that sits on your smartphone if you download it, then shares...
COVID-19 Lockdown Is The Best Time To Quit Tobacco
Mumbai: The temporary ban on the sale of tobacco products during the ongoing lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 is...
‘Use of War Metaphors For COVID Divides People, Spreads Fear’
Bengaluru: With COVID-19 cases on the rise, several global leaders and officials have repeatedly likened the pandemic to...
COVID-19: ‘Indebtedness, Hunger May Push West Bengal’s Denotified Tribes Into Bonded Labour’
New Delhi: On March 19, 2020, Lakhan Sabar, 35, a farmer who lives in Boro village of drought-prone Purulia district of...
COVID-19: Displaced & Out Of Work, Artistes Of Kathputli Colony Struggle For Two Meals
New Delhi: Master puppeteer Puran Bhatt is a Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar awardee. Today, the 66-year-old winner of...
COVID-19: Intra-State Migrants Marooned Too
Seasonal farm workers from Mantralayam in Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh (AP), stranded in a chilli farm in Peddapalem...
‘Physical Distancing Works By Buying Time To Ramp Up Testing & Bolster Health Systems’
Mumbai: One of the first peer-reviewed studies on the impact of physical distancing on the spread of COVID-19 has used...
