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The Indian government has passed controversial farming laws triggering strikes and protests by more than 250 million workers. These historic levels of unrest have continued even as Covid-19 ravages the country.
Routine vaccinations in India disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic
In less than three months from its detection, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. COVID-19’s causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is highly infective. To date, over 103 million cases have been reported, with over 2.23 million deaths.
At various points in the pandemic’s trajectory, the rapid spread of COVID-19 across many parts of the world have forced numerous nations into a string of lockdowns. In India, lockdown measures have resulted in major disruptions to essential health services, including routine immunization drives for children. Such interruptions during previous epidemics have led to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, amplifying morbidity and mortality.
Males at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and mortality in Indian case study
Low- and middle-income countries have been heavily impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which is caused by the infective agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
A new US-based study by researchers at Dartmouth College, the Development Data Lab, IDFC Institute, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Chicago shows that the infection fatality rate (IFR) could be twice as high for men compared to women and increases much less at older ages compared to high-income countries.
India’s COVID-19 outbreak
The coronavirus pandemic reached India in January 2020, when the country reported its first case. The first few cases were residents who returned from Wuhan, China, the place where the virus is thought to have emerged. However, in May 2020, the country reported a surge in COVID-19 cases. Many of these were tourists who can back after trips to Italy, Un