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Rupsa Chakraborty
Rupsa Chakraborty, is a special correspondent with The Indian Express' Mumbai bureau. She writes on issues related to health, science, gender sensitivity and rural development. She tweets @RupsaChak
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1.15 cr people in Maharashtra yet to take second vaccine jabSubscriber Only
January 28, 2022 02:12 IST
The district-wise call centres established last December under the programme 'Dastak on phones' are struggling to convince the defaulters, said a source in the government.
Fri, Jan 28, 2022
Weekly Covid positivity rate remains above 20 pc in 22 districts in MaharashtraSubscriber Only
January 25, 2022 01:26 IST
🔴 After recording the peak of 20,971 cases on January 7, the daily cases in Mumbai have gradually dropped to 2,550 on January 23.
Tue, Jan 25, 2022
Death during child birth: At Mumbai’s M-East, maternal health takes a beatingSubscriber Only
January 24, 2022 05:48 IST
One of the biggest worldwide public health triumphs in recent years has been the reduction in maternal mortality.
Mon, Jan 24, 2022
A Letter From Malgaon village, Shahade taluka, Maharashtra: The shots in the darkSubscriber Only
January 23, 2022 03:16 IST
🔴 Vaccine hesitancy, loadshedding, busy farmers, long distances — vaccinators are up against many odds in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar. But they are hoping to pull the tribal district up from its trailing numbers
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
Maharashtra: Vaccination coverage of teens at 45%, many districts lag behindSubscriber Only
January 22, 2022 02:40 IST
🔴 In Maharashtra, out of the 60.63 lakh children in the age group of 15-18 years, 28.26 lakh of them have taken the first dose.
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
Maharashtra: Patients line up for S-gene tests at pvt labs; 45-64% samples positiveSubscriber Only
January 21, 2022 02:01 IST
🔴 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that due to multiple mutations, the S-gene is not present in the Omicron variant. So, missing S-gene is one of the indicators of this variant.
Fri, Jan 21, 2022
Metros show gender gap in Covid-19 vaccination, more men get jabbedSubscriber Only
January 20, 2022 04:40 IST
🔴 Until January 18, Mumbai saw 1.10 crore men getting vaccinated against 76.98 lakh women, a ratio of 694 women for every 1,000 men. This is sharply lower than the city’s Census sex ratio of 832.
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
TB detection in Mumbai improves in 2021 after pandemic-induced setback in 2020Subscriber Only
January 20, 2022 02:01 IST
🔴 Detection of TB cases had fallen by nearly 28 per cent in 2020 with only 43,464 people identified with the illness as compared to 2019 when a total of 60,597 TB patients were detected in Mumbai.
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
Mumbai’s test positivity rate drops to 10% but other districts a cause for concernSubscriber Only
January 20, 2022 00:51 IST
🔴 Maharashtra records 43,697 Covid-19 cases with 20.66% TPR
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
One-third of claims duplicate, say authorities as number of compensation pleas exceeds state’s official Covid death tollSubscriber Only
January 19, 2022 22:21 IST
An official from the state relief and rehabilitation department said, “Nearly 30 per cent of the total applications are duplications."
Wed, Jan 19, 2022
23 districts in Maharashtra record seven-day positivity rate above 10 per centSubscriber Only
January 18, 2022 21:33 IST
The daily count began plateauing in Mumbai on January 12. With this, public health experts assumed that the state’s tally would also drop, but the more transmissible third wave has already spread to other major cities and neighbouring rural districts.
Tue, Jan 18, 2022
‘I am still alive and able to treat Covid patients daily because of the vaccine’Subscriber Only
January 17, 2022 04:35 IST
🔴 Despite wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) round-the-clock, several physicians around him contracted Covid-19 on the line of duty.
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
‘No longer scared’: One year since Day 1, Shot 1Subscriber Only
January 17, 2022 03:04 IST
🔴 On January 16, 2021, more than three months before the devastating second wave, when vaccinating the entire population looked more in the realm of fancy, they were among the 48,276 persons who got the first weapon against the pandemic
Mon, Jan 17, 2022
Covid cases drop, Mumbai sees highest 1-day fatality since JulySubscriber Only
January 16, 2022 00:44 IST
The data from Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also shows that 38 or 80% of the deceased patients had comorbidities which deteriorated their infection.
Sun, Jan 16, 2022
At 14.29 crore doses, state ranks second in country in vaccination coverageSubscriber Only
January 15, 2022 23:33 IST
On January 16, 2021, the state had started vaccination drive for healthcare workers in around 300 centres. Gradually, in the last 12 months, the service has been extended to people above 15 years. The number of vaccination centres has increased to nearly 8,000.
Sun, Jan 16, 2022
11,317 new cases in Mumbai, positivity rate drops to 20%Subscriber Only
January 15, 2022 01:10 IST
Mumbai is currently going through the peak and it is expected that the cases will drop further,” said Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state Covid-19 task force.
Sat, Jan 15, 2022
While Mumbai Covid numbers drop, Maharashtra reports over 46k cases againSubscriber Only
January 14, 2022 00:41 IST
A day ago, Mumbai registered 16,420 new infections, which was 41% more than that of Tuesday. The test positivity rate —the ratio of tests returning positive — fell to 21.73% from 24.38%.
Fri, Jan 14, 2022
Mumbai: 154% spike in cases among fully vaccinated hints at weak antibodySubscriber Only
January 13, 2022 04:45 IST
Data sourced from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that while breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated beneficiaries stood at 15,565 between February 1 and November 7, the numbers jumped to 40,536 as on January 4, 2022 – 154 per cent rise in two months.
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
After dip for four days, Covid-19 cases surge in Mumbai; positivity rate up to 24.3%Subscriber Only
January 13, 2022 04:00 IST
While Mumbai saw a big surge in new cases with the city recording 16,420 fresh infections, Maharashtra reported 46,723 new infections.
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
19 lakh Covaxin vials in stock, Maharashtra fears of shortage in 2-3 daysSubscriber Only
January 13, 2022 01:42 IST
On January 3, the state had received 10 lakh Covaxin doses from the Centre.
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
Maharashtra: Booster shots get lukewarm response from frontlinersSubscriber Only
January 13, 2022 01:35 IST
On January 10, under the national immunisation programme, the state had started administering booster shots or precautionary doses as named by the Union government. In the first two days, only 56,464 healthcare workers and 28,119 frontline workers, got the booster shots.
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
Mumbai records 11,647 fresh Covid-19 cases, 4th straight day of fallSubscriber Only
January 12, 2022 02:12 IST
The daily Covid cases in Maharashtra however increased marginally to 34,424 from 33,470 recorded on Monday.
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
One-year of vaccination: Vaccinated patients account for 6% of 4,575 Covid deaths in over 11 monthsSubscriber Only
January 12, 2022 00:45 IST
🔴 The remaining 6 per cent or 255 patients who lost their lives to Covid-19 were vaccinated and they are categorised as breakthrough infection deaths – where a patient contracts Covid-19 after getting partially or fully vaccinated against SARS-Cov-2 and succumbs to the infection.
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
BMC gives nod to hold vaccination camps for children inside schools and collegesSubscriber Only
January 11, 2022 22:53 IST
🔴 Mumbai has 6,12,461 eligible children for vaccination (between the age group of 15 to 18 years). But only 83,934 of them have taken the first dose since the start of the campaign on January 3. The city ranks 34th in Maharashtra for having one of the lowest vaccine coverage among children.
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
Daily Covid tally drops sharply in Mumbai; 13,468 cases recordedSubscriber Only
January 11, 2022 05:23 IST
While some experts are hopeful that the low numbers were reflective of a probable plateauing of cases in the city, another section believes that the low numbers are due to the “Sunday effect” when testings are fewer and RT-PCR reports come after 24 hours.
Tue, Jan 11, 2022Journalism of Courage
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