US inks the Biggest ever Relief package of 2 Trillion Dollars as Cases charge to 100,000;Marching Migrant Workers emerging big worry in India
Scary Coronavirus, charging ferociously through large swathes of the world, has so far infected 5, 97304 people and leftover 27,363 dead with no sign of a let-up in its onslaught. Vaccine too is till 12-18 months away. distancing
Italy this morning earned the dubious distinction of having maximum death toll with 9,134 leaving behind China which officially reported only 3,295 deaths and 81,394 cases. Italy witnessed a maximum spike in cases with staggering figures of 86,498. Strict measures are in force to ensure lockdowns but panic is too much with a rush in cemeteries and morgues. Hospitals are running short of protective gear, mainly ventilators.
The United States has witnessed a sudden surge in the cases and already about 104,661people have tested positive, with this tally it has emerged as the number one infected nation with 1689 deaths.
US President Donald Trump has signed two trillion Dollars stimulus after the Congress passed same but blame games are underway in full swing with a number of governors voicing concerns over the handling of the situation at the top leadership which sees chinks at the states’ level. Today, President@realDonaldTrump signed into the law the #CARESAct which will help small businesses stay open, help workers keep their jobs, and provide relief for distressed industries as our Country faces the threat of the Coronavirus together, Vice President Mike Pence has tweeted.
Spain is writhing in pain with about 66,000 cases and about 5000 deaths but in the UK, a piquant situation has emerged as Prime Minister Boris Johnson, health secretary and third most important functionary have contracted the infection which has taken toll of 759 cases and about 15,000 cases.
India has come under sharp focus, not for its 873 Cases and 19 deaths, but the plight of migrant workers and poor people who have hit streets to reach their distant places on foot as air, rail and surface transport has come to a screeching halt due to the 21 days nationwide lockdown. Only essential services are plying.
The figures include 79 cured patients and 19 deaths. Maharashtra has reported 180 while Kerala has accounted for 171 cases.
Armed forces are playing a key role in building up additional capacity to accommodate the infected persons if the situation arose. Armed forces hospitals are on the alert.
A large number of organizations have forward to feed free these foot marchers but due to the crowding, an inherent danger of the society transmission is looming large. Authorities do not rule out the possibility of super spreaders among them.
In the International scenario, Dozens of independent UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday that in addition to public health and emergency measures, battling the COVID-19 pandemic must respect the fundamental human rights of every individual.
“Everyone, without exception, has the right to life-saving interventions and this responsibility lies with the government”, said the group of 42 experts – representing nearly every independent rights specialist working within the Human Rights Council-mandated system – maintaining that the scarcity of resources or insurance schemes should never justify discrimination against certain groups of patients. “Everybody has the right to health”, they declared.
They cited people with disabilities, older persons, minority communities, the internally displaced and those living in extreme poverty, as well as people in detention, the homeless, refugees and other groups needing government support.
While advances in biomedical sciences are vital for the right to health, the experts underscored that “all human rights” were equally as important and that non-discrimination, participation, empowerment, and accountability must be applied “to all health-related policies”
States and business leaders must step up efforts to ensure that the selfless doctors, nurses, first-responders and other medical professionals working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic receive adequate protective equipment, a UN rights expert said on Friday.
“Their tireless work and self-sacrifice show the best of humanity”, said Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes.
The chronic global shortage of personal protective equipment is now one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives, WHO DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.”One of the most important areas of international cooperation in research and development.
He said A vaccine is still at least 12 to 18 months away.
“In the meantime, we recognize that there is an urgent need for therapeutics to treat patients and save lives.
Today we are delighted to announce that in Norway and Spain, the first patients will shortly be enrolled in the Solidarity Trial, which will compare the safety and effectiveness of four different drugs or drug combinations against COVID-19.
This is a historic trial that will dramatically cut the time needed to generate robust evidence about what drugs work.
More than 45 countries are contributing to the trial, and more have expressed interest. The more countries that join the trial, the faster we will have results.
In the meantime, we call on individuals and countries to refrain from using therapeutics that have not been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. The history of medicine is strewn with examples of drugs that worked on paper, or in a test tube, but didn’t work in humans or were actually harmful. During the most recent Ebola epidemic, for example, some medicines that were thought to be effective were found not to be as effective as other medicines when they were compared during a clinical trial. We must follow the evidence. There are no short-cuts.
We also need to ensure that using unproven drugs does not create a shortage of those medicines to treat diseases for which they have proven effective. As the pandemic evolves and more countries are affected, we are learning more and more lessons about what works and what doesn’t.WHO is continuing to support all countries in response.
We’ve published more than 40 guidance documents on our website, providing detailed, evidence-based recommendations for governments, hospitals, health workers, members of the public and more. The New York City itself has 450 deaths and scrambles for beds and ventilators have ensued as a number of states are reporting more and more cases”, he added.
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