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Nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths occur in Asia Pacific: WHO report

Nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths occur in Asia Pacific: WHO report ANI | Updated: Jul 23, 2021 08:12 IST By Joymala Bagchi New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Nearly two-thirds of global drowning deaths occur in the Asia Pacific, said a World Health Organization (WHO) report. WHO on Friday launched its first Regional Status Report on Drowning Prevention in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. During the launch of the report, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, South-East Asia, WHO said, Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for 7 per cent of all injury-related deaths. Low and middle-income countries account for more than 90 per cent of unintentional drowning deaths, and over half of the world s drownings occur in the South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions, according to WHO.

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Four-fold surge in long COVID cases after second wave, reveals study

Four-fold surge in long COVID cases after second wave, reveals study ANI | Updated: Jul 17, 2021 13:24 IST By Joymala Bagchi New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The manifestation of post-COVID-19 complications in a number of patients is four-fold higher in the second wave as compared to the first wave, a study by Apollo Hospitals has revealed. The long COVID cases are referred to instances where a patient suffer from COVID-related complications for longer duration and these cases have surged. The Delta variant that caused havoc this year in April caused extreme causality and the latter was termed as virus of concern (VoC) by the Union Health Ministry saw newer symptoms like high-grade fever, diarrhoea, severe lung infection followed by long COVID syndrome and post COVID complications like falling oxygen levels and lung fibrosis that manifested even after eight weeks or more of testing positive, the study reads.