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HYDERABAD: The pandemic has impacted many families across the State, leaving many children orphaned. As per data by the State Women Development and Child Welfare Department (WDCD), 143 children have been orphaned due to Covid-19, of which 30 are from Hyderabad. However, the number is much more for children who have lost a single parent, officials say.
The officials from Telangana State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (TSCPCR) and State WDCD said that measures are being taken to extend help to orphaned children and an action plan will also be released in the next few days spelling out the State government’s intended plan to support the children.
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HYDERABAD: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has brought along with it multiple fears contracting the virus yourself, near and dear ones getting affected, the ever-increasing death toll and a teetering health infrastructure. This has resulted in all-time high levels of stress and anxiety among people. “Hope you are safe”, is usually the first message people greet each other with these days.
Psychological counselling helplines, started either by the police and city activists, are constantly buzzing as the new wave has taken a toll on the mental health of people. Rachikonda police’s Psycho-Social Helpline received around 206 calls from May 10 to May 20. The helpline was launched last year soon after the pandemic broke and was restarted on May 10 as the Covid cases began to climb.
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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), along with the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), is collecting samples from various water bodies in the city to find out how many people are affected by Covid-19 and whose load is more for which virus variant. They are carrying out the study based on wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).
During the first wave in August last year, the two institutions published a part of the ongoing study based on samples they had collected from different water bodies in the city, including Hussainsagar, Pedda Cheruvu (in Nacharam) and Nizam Talab.
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HYDERABAD: The real estate sector in Hyderabad that staged an impressive recovery after the pandemic broke out in 2020, is again hit by the second Covid-19 wave. While there has been a slight dip in property sales, new project launches and commercial rentals, the Hyderabad chapter of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) claimed that the situation in the city is better compared to other States.
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HYDERABAD: Fatalities in the second wave of the Covid pandemic have unfortunately left several children orphaned. Lately, adoption posts for many of these children have been doing the rounds of social media. Women Development and Child Welfare (WDCW) Department Commissioner D Divya has, however, cautioned people against rushing for adoption through these mediums. She urged people to follow the due procedure as adoptions without permission from agencies concerned is an illegal act.
One such post on a social media platform reads, “Kids aged 2 years old baby girl and 2 months a baby boy whose parents have passed away due to covid. These kids need a home. If anyone close to you is looking for an adoption please contact me. Kindly share it as much as possible [sic].”