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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Country could have 100 mn case in six weeks

How Jaipur has kept its health workers motivated, Covid-19 risk doesn't depend (much) on blood type, and what you need to know about pulse oximeters - news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

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Timely provision of on-demand testing for Covid-19, quarantine facilities, protective gear, and humane work conditions with fixed shifts and on-time salary ensured that Jaipur’s health workforce stayed motivated all through the ongoing pandemic.

Sarah Farooqui New Delhi
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India could have 30 million undetected Covid-19 cases today; 100 million in six weeks: One of US' most regarded epidemiologists, who has been working on mathematical models of the trajectory of Covid-19 in India, says the country probably already has up to 30 million cases and in the next six weeks the total is likely to jump to 100 million. Read this interview with Professor Brahmar Mukherjee, who says the tally of 30 million includes the present official figure of 1.3 million and a further 28 million undetected asymptomatic cases. 

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