Mysterious Case of Indian COVID Variant Forces Curbs in Sydney
Australia on Thursday reinstated curbs related to social distancing in Sydney to trace the missing transmission links of the mystery case of the Indian COVID-19 variant.
| 6 May 2021 11:18 AM GMT
Sydney- Sydney forces Australian authorities to impose curbs related to social distancing on Thursday, as they hastily attempt to find the missing transmission links in a mysterious COVID-19 case linked to the Indian variant of the virus.
The restrictions are also extended to Sydney s neighboring regions of Wollongong, the Central Coast, and Blue Mountains.
Reckoning that the huge gathering of people over the weekend on the occasion of the annual mother s day celebration could potentially add to the difficulty for officials to trace the missing link of the Indian COVID-19 variant, the authorities limited household gatherings to 20 guests and restricted aged care facility visitors to two per resident. Read more
USA Reissues Level 4 Travel Advisory Urging Citizens Not to Travel to India Do not travel to India due to COVID-19, cautions the US state department to its citizens after reissuing a level 4 travel advisory to India.
| 6 May 2021 10:06 AM GMT
Washington- As the COVID-19 cases in India keep skyrocketing and spiraling out of control with every passing day, the US government reissued its travel advisory urging its citizen to refrain from traveling to India.
India is presently suffering from an unprecedented surge in the cases of the novel coronavirus, reporting more than three lakh fresh cases on a daily basis for the past few days resulting in the overburdening of the healthcare infrastructure dangerously bringing it on the verge of collapse. There have been widespread acute shortages of hospital beds, supply of medical oxygen and life-saving drugs as well as manpower signaling the inefficient functioning of the healthcare sector in India.
Chronic sleep deprivation can have long-term consequences for your overall health and well-being.
March 17, 2021
Consistently cutting short your sleep has been linked to worse heart health, brain health, gut health, and more.
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Most of us would prefer a good night of sleep. We have more energy, we’re better able to focus, and we generally feel better the next day. But there’s growing evidence that sleep is really critical for maintaining good long-term health, too.
The body can usually cope with occasionally staying up late, but if you’re frequently or chronically depriving yourself of sleep, there will be health prices to pay, says Sigrid C. Veasey, MD, a researcher and professor of medicine at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia.