India Coronavirus Dispatch: Pvt hospitals continue to flout charging norms

Govt advisory on human trafficking, Delhi's MAMC doctors flag disruption in clinical activity, medical expert's view on timeline for vaccine--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Anti-trafficking units: Amid the Covid-induced lockdowns, the Home Ministry had sent an advisory to all states laying down several markers to combat human trafficking. The advisory warned the financial distress caused by the pandemic may lead to an increase in human trafficking. Experts had warned that once normal manufacturing activity resumes, factory owners will look to make up for their financial losses by employing cheap labour, the easiest target of which are children. A petition filed with the govt had further warned that Covid would make the lives of poor children tougher leading to a spike in trafficking. However, key