Notably, a rise in new confirmed patients prompted a second, regional lockdown in Pune city, a metropolitan city in western India. Using public COVID-19 surveillance data collected between February 1st and September 15th, 2020, we aimed to assess the real-world impact of lockdown on incident...
We are in the process of taking steps, and I hope that we will have some to continue the vaccination campaign, adding that "countries are appropriating as many vaccines as they can,"vaccines have been received from India (AstraZeneca and Covaxin), from WHO through Covax (AstraZeneca), and...
Second, the Government of India imposed a stringent nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus on March 25, 2020. The stringent nature of the lockdown led to an abrupt halt of economic activity in the manufacturing and service sectors, except for a few services in the essential ...
It all began when Isak was watching some videos on his friend’s phone during lockdown in 2020. That was when he was hit by inspiration and decided to start his own YouTube channel. The 35-year-old initially took Rs 3,000 on loan to purchase a smartphone. He then used it to record...
The start date was one week after the UK government’s imposed travel restrictions on 23/03/2020, allowing for a transition in travel behaviour. The study end date was 5-days before a public holiday, which was anecdotally linked with widespread travel breaches. Daily average concentrations were...
Victoria's chief health officer, Brett Sutton, said the Melbourne lockdown could be lifted later next week as long as all cases have been tracked down, even if the source of the Delta variant that was first detected in India had still not been found. ...
started on March 9, 2020, anticipating by two days the formal pandemic declaration by the WHO. Other European countries (e.g., France, Spain) followed suit. While in democracies in the developing world, such as India and South Africa, a similar lockdown occurred later as the virus spread ...
of India order dated 24 March 2020 issued guidelines for containment of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, whereby barring few industries, it was declared that industrial establishments will be closed. However, vide another order date 24 March 2020, the restrictions of lockdown were excluded inter...
Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. Changes in PTB rates, ranging from −90% to +30%, were reported in many countries following early COVID-19 pandemic response measures (‘lockdowns’). It is unclear whether this va
In the wake of the deadliest pandemic of the modern history, COVID-19, India acted early nudging its people for a voluntary curfew (Janata Curfew) followed by a nationwide 21-day lockdown1 starting 25 March 2020, as a strategy to flatten the curve of virus infection and also to use the...