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Aarogya Setu (translation from Sanskrit: the bridge to health) is an Indian COVID-19 " contact tracing, syndromic mapping and self-assessment" digital service, primarily a mobile app, developed by the National Informatics Centre under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The app reached more than 100 million installs ...
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global mortality excess for COVID-19 is significant, "while 1,813,188 COVID-19 deaths were reported in 2020... WHO estimates suggest an excess mortality of at least 3,000,000." [19] The worldwide average for underreporting COVID-19 deaths in cities is 30%.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indiais a part of the worldwide pandemicof coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2). As of 13 September 2024, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America ...
Follow BBC News India on YouTube. September 20, 2024 at 2:23 AM. The channel showcases hard-hitting stories from across India [BBC] The latest news, features and analysis from the BBC News India's ...
CoWIN. CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) is an Indian government web portal for COVID-19 vaccination registration, owned and operated by India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It displays booking slots of COVID-19 vaccine available in the nearby areas and can be booked on the website. The site also provides vaccination ...
India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020, and by March 2020, the government implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. However, this lockdown resulted in significant economic disruption and social challenges, particularly for the millions of informal workers who lost their livelihoods.
The Government of India confirmed India's first case of COVID-19 on 30 January 2020 in the state of Kerala, when a university student from Wuhan travelled back to the state. [24] As the number of confirmed COVID-19 -positive cases approached 500, Modi on 19 March, asked all citizens to observe the 'Janata Curfew' (people's curfew) on Sunday, 22 ...
Vaccine Maitri ("Vaccine Friendship") [1] is a humanitarian initiative undertaken by the Indian government to provide COVID-19 vaccines to countries around the world. [2] The government started providing vaccines from 20 January 2021. As of 21 February 2022, India had delivered around 16.29 crore (162.9 million) doses of vaccines to 96 ...