prea California governor says community spread started at nail salon By www.nbcnews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 02:22:00 GMT He said he couldn't provide more information because of health and privacy concerns. Full Article
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prea Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:30:45 +0000 The European Union unveils its new Africa strategy On Monday, March 9, the European Union unveiled its new Africa engagement strategy, which the EU hopes will shift the relationship to one of more equal partnership. The new “Strategy with Africa” will focus on six areas of partnership: energy (especially green energy) access; digital transformation; sustainable… Full Article
prea ‘Essential’ cannabis businesses: Strategies for regulation in a time of widespread crisis By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:32:19 +0000 Most state governors and cannabis regulators were underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis is affecting every economic sector. But because the legal cannabis industry is relatively new in most places and still evolving everywhere, the challenges are even greater. What’s more, there is no history that could help us understand how the industry will endure the current economic situation. And so, in many… Full Article
prea The Growth and Spread of Concentrated Poverty, 2000 to 2008-2012 By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:01:00 -0400 Downloads Appendix Tables Full Article
prea 3 ways mobile helped stop the spread of Ebola in Nigeria By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 07:30:00 -0400 During the height of the Ebola crisis in September 2014 there were 21 confirmed cases of the virus and 8 deaths in Nigeria. The African nation has the continent’s largest population, a high poverty rate, and the government spends relatively little on health care. At the time many were worried about a scenario where the virus spread throughout Nigeria. But, the Nigerian Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu disagreed with that assessment. He commented to Forbes, “Nigeria will be as clean as any other country as far as Ebola virus disease is concerned.” His comments were proven to be accurate in the coming months. There were a variety of factors that contributed to Nigeria’s success at combating the disease. One important factor was the use of mobile electronic health records programs. How mobile fights disease 1. Training Healthcare Workers Training health care providers was a priority at the beginning of the Ebola outbreak. A survey found that 85 percent of health care workers in the country believed you could avoid Ebola by abstaining from handshakes or touching. Correcting these myths about the disease was a critical part of the response effort, especially for health care workers. 2. Rapid Deployment One of the virtues of mHealth is its speed and flexibility. Mobile allows officials to quickly disseminate the latest information to front line health care workers. Increasing the speed of communication is a general boon to any large public health response. 3. Virtual Records Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) greatly benefitted from using digital rather than paper records. Paper records cannot be removed from an ETU. Deborah Theobald co-founder of Vecna Technologies that created the mHealth platform in Nigeria has pointed out that, “If the patient is isolated, so is their paperwork”. Electronic records are easy to share and also lower the risk of infection for health care workers. Mobile health policy challenges Despite the potential benefits of mHealth, barriers in some countries prevent the full positive impact of these technologies from coming into effect. Many developing nations lack the electrical infrastructure that is necessary to power mobile devices. Health care regulations are often too overly bureaucratic and burdensome. This makes it difficult for innovators to develop and equip workers with mobile tools and applications. It often takes an emergency situation like the Ebola crisis to make substantive changes. Success in the long term is only possible if leaders create an environment that is more hospitable to mHealth. Mobile interventions have also demonstrated potential to address important public health issues. Recently experts gathered at the Brookings Institution to discuss how mHealth can improve health outcomes. Apps like Mobile Midwife and Text4Baby can encourage healthy pregnancies by providing valuable tips to expecting mothers. Mobile health platforms are successful because they directly inform caregivers. The proliferation of mobile phones through the developing world presents a health opportunity to communicate with the people who need help. Authors Joshua BleibergDarrell M. West Image Source: © Stringer . / Reuters Full Article
prea As states reopen, COVID-19 is spreading into even more Trump counties By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:18:02 +0000 Even as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, America has begun to open up for some business and limited social interaction, especially in parts of the country that did not bear the initial brunt of the coronavirus. However, the number of counties where COVID-19 cases have reached “high-prevalence” status continues to expand. Our tracking of these… Full Article
prea COVID-19’s recent spread shifts to suburban, whiter, and more Republican-leaning areas By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:01 +0000 There is a stereotypical view of the places in America that COVID-19 has affected most: they are broadly urban, comprised predominantly of racial minorities, and strongly vote Democratic. This underlines the public’s perception of what kinds of populations reside in areas highly exposed to the coronavirus, as well as some of the recent political arguments… Full Article
prea As states reopen, COVID-19 is spreading into even more Trump counties By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:18:02 +0000 Even as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, America has begun to open up for some business and limited social interaction, especially in parts of the country that did not bear the initial brunt of the coronavirus. However, the number of counties where COVID-19 cases have reached “high-prevalence” status continues to expand. Our tracking of these… Full Article
prea How the Spread of Smartphones will Open up New Ways of Improving Financial Inclusion By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:30:00 -0500 It’s easy to imagine a future in a decade or less when most people will have a smartphone. In our recent paper Pathways to Smarter Digital Financial Inclusion, we explore the benefits of extending financial services to the mass of lower-income people in developing countries who are currently dubious of the value that financial services can bring to them, distrustful of formal financial institutions, or uncomfortable with the treatment they expect to receive. The report analyzes six inherent characteristics of smartphones that have the potential to change market dynamics relative to the status quo of simple mobile phones and cards. Customer-Facing Changes: 1. The graphical user interface. 2. The ability to attach a variety of peripheral devices to it (such as a card reader or a small printer issuing receipts). 3. The lower marginal cost of mobile data communications relative to traditional mobile channels (such as SMS or USSD). Service Provider Changes: 4. Greater freedom to program services without requiring the acquiescence or active participation of the telco. 5. Greater flexibility to distribute service logic between the handset (apps) and the network (servers). 6. More opportunities to capture more customer data with which to enhance customer value and stickiness. Taken together, these changes may lower the costs of designing for lower-income people dramatically, and the designs ought to take advantage of continuous feedback from users. This should give low-end customers a stronger sense of choice over the services that are relevant to them, and voice over how they wish to be served and treated. Traditionally poor people have been invisible to service providers because so little was known about their preferences that it was not possible build a service proposition or business case around them. The paper describes three pathways that will allow providers to design services on smartphones that will enable an increasingly granular understanding of their customers. Each of the three pathways offers providers a different approach to discover what they need to know about prospective customers in order to begin engaging with them. Pathway One: Through Big Data Providers will piece together information on potential low-income customers directly, by assembling available data from disparate sources (e.g. history of airtime top-ups and bill payment, activity on online social networks, neighborhood or village-level socio-demographic data, etc.) and by accelerating data acquisition cycles (e.g. inferring behavior from granting of small loans in rapid succession, administering selected psychometric questions, or conducting A/B tests with special offers). There is a growing number of data analytics companies that are applying big data in this way to benefit the poor. Pathway Two: Through local Businesses Smartphones will have a special impact on micro and small enterprises, which will see increasing business benefits from recording and transacting more of their business digitally. As their business data becomes more visible to financial institutions, local firms will increasingly channel financial services, and particularly credit, to their customers, employees, and suppliers. Financial institutions will backstop their credit, which in effect turns smaller businesses into front-line distribution partners into local communities. Pathway Three: Through Socio-Financial Networks Firms view individuals primarily as managers of a web of socio-financial relationships that may or may not allow them access to formal financial services. Beyond providing loans to “creditworthy” people, financial institutions can provide transactional engines, similar to the crowdfunding platforms that enable all people to locate potential funding sources within their existing social networks. A provider equipped with appropriate network analysis tools could then promote rather than displace people´s own funding relationships and activities. This would provide financial service firms valuable insight into how people manage their financial needs. The pathways are intended as an exploration of how smartphones could support the development of a healthier and more inclusive digital financial service ecosystem, by addressing the two critical deficiencies of the current mass-market digital finance systems. Smartphones could enable stronger customer value propositions, leading to much higher levels of customer engagement, leading to more revelation of customer data and more robust business cases for the providers involved. Mobile technology could also lead to a broader diversity of players coming into the space, each playing to their specific interests and contributing their specific set of skills, but together delivering customer value through the right combination of collaboration and competition. Authors Ignacio MasDavid Porteous Image Source: © CHRIS KEANE / Reuters Full Article
prea COVID-19’s recent spread shifts to suburban, whiter, and more Republican-leaning areas By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:48:01 +0000 There is a stereotypical view of the places in America that COVID-19 has affected most: they are broadly urban, comprised predominantly of racial minorities, and strongly vote Democratic. This underlines the public’s perception of what kinds of populations reside in areas highly exposed to the coronavirus, as well as some of the recent political arguments… Full Article
prea As states reopen, COVID-19 is spreading into even more Trump counties By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:18:02 +0000 Even as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, America has begun to open up for some business and limited social interaction, especially in parts of the country that did not bear the initial brunt of the coronavirus. However, the number of counties where COVID-19 cases have reached “high-prevalence” status continues to expand. Our tracking of these… Full Article
prea ‘Essential’ cannabis businesses: Strategies for regulation in a time of widespread crisis By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:32:19 +0000 Most state governors and cannabis regulators were underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis is affecting every economic sector. But because the legal cannabis industry is relatively new in most places and still evolving everywhere, the challenges are even greater. What’s more, there is no history that could help us understand how the industry will endure the current economic situation. And so, in many… Full Article
prea As states reopen, COVID-19 is spreading into even more Trump counties By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:18:02 +0000 Even as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, America has begun to open up for some business and limited social interaction, especially in parts of the country that did not bear the initial brunt of the coronavirus. However, the number of counties where COVID-19 cases have reached “high-prevalence” status continues to expand. Our tracking of these… Full Article
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prea The robots are ready as the COVID-19 recession spreads By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:27:54 +0000 As if American workers don’t have enough to worry about right now, the COVID-19 pandemic is resurfacing concerns about technology’s impact on the future of work. Put simply, any coronavirus-related recession is likely to bring about a spike in labor-replacing automation. What’s the connection between recessions and automation? On its face, the transition to automation may… Full Article
prea ‘Essential’ cannabis businesses: Strategies for regulation in a time of widespread crisis By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 18:32:19 +0000 Most state governors and cannabis regulators were underprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis is affecting every economic sector. But because the legal cannabis industry is relatively new in most places and still evolving everywhere, the challenges are even greater. What’s more, there is no history that could help us understand how the industry will endure the current economic situation. And so, in many… Full Article
prea Keep on Trucking: How the Food Truck Concept is Spreading To Other Uses By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:43:00 -0400 It's hard to tell if this is a good thing or not, but mixing new tech with old trucks is changing business. Full Article Design
prea Interfaith Preach In On Climate Change Will Pressure Obama To Act By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:46:46 -0500 Religious communities across the country will gather to reflect on the moral implications of climate change and our imperative to act. One man, in particular, should pay heed. Full Article Science
prea Coastal wetlands could protect New York City from storms - and the Nature Conservancy is spreading the word By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:55:59 -0400 The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city Full Article Science
prea "Go Dry" Movement Spreads, As Californians Rip Up Their Grass Lawns By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:25:51 -0400 Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the Full Article Business
prea Trend Watch: "Green Wrap" Virus Spreading As Major Bank Turns Plant Wall Into Billboard By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:57 -0400 PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an Full Article Design
prea Could Bacteria-Filled Balloons Stop the Spread of the Sahara? Architect Magnus Larsson Thinks So By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:13:00 -0400 Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England, Full Article Technology
prea Africa's Great Green Wall Hopes to Stop the Spreading Sahara - If It Ever Gets Planted By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:46:00 -0400 It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the Full Article Science
prea Spread your grocery dollars beyond the supermarket By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0400 It supports local business owners and gives you more local and seasonal options. Full Article Living
prea Mississippi Governor Barbour Opposes Widespread Beach Berm Building In Louisiana By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sat, 29 May 2010 13:03:13 -0400 "People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the Full Article Business
prea Little Brown Bat Will Be Pushed to Extinction by Spreading White Nose Syndrome: New Study By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:44:00 -0400 photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr White nose syndrome, a disease caused by exposure to a particular fungus, first discovered in 2006, has been afflicting bats in the eastern United States and appears to be spreading. Considering that it's Full Article Science
prea Deadly White Nose Syndrome Keeps Spreading Among New York's Bat Population By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:59:30 -0500 New York's brown bat continues to be hard hit by White Nose Syndrome (WNS). WNS is named for the white fungus that eats bat tissues and wakes the bats prematurely from hibernation. WNS has been Full Article Business
prea Can coronavirus spread through tears? By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 11:52:00 -0400 A new study finds that it is unlikely that infected patients are shedding the virus through their tears. Full Article Living
prea Poor toilet hygiene spreads more E.coli than raw meat By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:00:00 -0500 In other words, always wash your hands when you're done in the bathroom. Full Article Living
prea New Survey Shows UK Public Willing to Pay £10 for Missed GP Appointments to Support the NHS Amid Widespread Concerns About Government Spending on Healthcare - Healthcare leaders and the public say how they would balance the NHS’ books By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 09 Feb 2016 13:10:00 EST Healthcare leaders and the public say how they would balance the NHS’ books Full Article Healthcare Hospitals Medical Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals Survey Polls & Research MultiVu Video
prea California identifies nail salons as source of coronavirus community spread, Gov. Newsom says By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:21:23 GMT Unlike some other states that have announced reopenings, California nail salons won't be allowed to reopen until the state's phase 3. Full Article
prea European schools get ready to reopen despite concern about pupils spreading Covid-19 By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T17:38:11Z Germany’s top coronavirus expert says children play as big a role as adults in spreadCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore countries across Europe are preparing to reopen schools in the coming weeks despite conflicting advice from scientists, some of whom caution against underestimating children’s potential to spread the coronavirus.Some schools and nurseries in Denmark and Norway have already reopened, and grandparents in Switzerland are allowed to hug grandchildren under 10, following a ruling by the health ministry’s head of infectious diseases that it is safe to do so. Continue reading... Full Article Europe Coronavirus outbreak Schools Germany France Education World news Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Children Teaching
prea How a Warming Climate Could Affect the Spread of Diseases Similar to COVID-19 By rss.sciam.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 14:00:00 GMT A hotter planet could change the relationship among infectious agents, their hosts and the human body’s defense mechanisms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Full Article Health Public Health Sustainability Climate
prea preapocalypse By www.toothpastefordinner.com Published On :: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 04:00:00 EDT Today on Toothpaste For Dinner: preapocalypseThe Worst Things For Sale is Drew's blog. It updates every day. Subscribe to the Worst Things For Sale RSS! Full Article comic
prea down with spreadsheets By www.toothpastefordinner.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 04:00:00 EST Today on Toothpaste For Dinner: down with spreadsheetsThe Worst Things For Sale is Drew's blog. It updates every day. Subscribe to the Worst Things For Sale RSS! Full Article comic
prea Eat it: Hanoi chef spreads joy with 'Coronaburger' By feeds.reuters.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:04:35 -0400 You've got to eat it, to beat it: That's the philosophy of one Hanoi chef who is attempting to boost morale in the Vietnamese capital by selling green, coronavirus-themed burgers. Full Article oddlyEnoughNews
prea Coronavirus: Far-right spreads Covid-19 'infodemic' on Facebook By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 05:33:16 GMT An investigation details how extremists are trying to exploit the pandemic via the social network. Full Article
prea Covid-19: Investigating the spread of fake coronavirus news By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 05:33:14 GMT In a joint investigation BBC Click investigates the groups behind fake news about the pandemic. Full Article
prea Coronavirus: 'Plandemic' virus conspiracy video spreads across social media By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:26:57 GMT A slickly-produced "documentary" has exploded across social media, peddling medical misinformation. Full Article
prea Coronavirus by Air: The spread of Covid-19 in the Middle East By www.bbc.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 12:47:26 GMT An investigation by BBC News Arabic has found how one Iranian airline contributed to the spread of coronavirus around the Middle East. Full Article
prea Wilson college students and alumni to spread awareness on environment By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 25 Feb 2019 03:13:00 GMT The Nature Club of Wilson College is an active one, with members participating in platforms to raise awareness about environmental issues. And with professor Sudhakar Solomon Raj, HOD of the political science department and head of the club, being a music aficionado, the move to celebrate the 40th year of the club's initiation by combining his two passions to organise a nature concert this Monday was only natural. A part of a year-long series, which includes environmental talks, this celebration aims to highlight crucial issues via songs about nature. The evening will feature collaborations between students of the college. A choir performance by North East Collective comprises 10 students from the region, for example. Then there is the college a cappella group, which, interestingly, resulted from a dare issued by St Xavier's College. The college band, led by Sambhav Singh, will also perform, besides alumni Keegan Pereira, Reinhardt Dias and Riya Kartha. Plus, students from Andrew Vision Centre will perform covers. "We have been using nature-themed songs as an educational tool since 1983. We wanted to share this by providing a platform for our students to express their talent," says Raj. Keegan Pereira and Reinhardt Dias Proceeds will go towards organizing nature trails for underprivileged kids, a tree planting drive and publishing an environmental handbook. ON Today, 7 pm to 9.30 pmAT St Andrew's Auditorium, St Dominic Road, Bandra West.LOG ON TO bookmyshow.comCOST Rs 500 onwards Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
prea Spreading the word By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 27 Feb 2019 04:04:03 GMT The image of a daffodil in a botany textbook can instantly transport you to 1802 — when William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy walked on the shore of Ullswater in the Lake District and spotted the flowers waving in the wind. Two years later, he wrote I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud — one of the most widely-read poems in the English language. The beauty of poetry lies in this intersectionality; a poem sometimes translates into a tangible memory. And when poems are performed, this memory grows stronger, thus reducing the time it takes to relate to text, because action and emotion matter. But the divide between performance poetry and the written word is evident. The former isn't taken as seriously and the latter seems too overwhelming.That's why a new publishing initiative has promised to tackle that. Nirav Mehta and Ishmeet Nagpal Dentist-turned-social activist Ishmeet Nagpal, 30, and tech analyst Nirav Mehta, 28, who also co-founded the popular city-based book club Broke Bibliophiles - Bombay Chapter, conceptualised the idea of Nirvana Publishers this year to give space to diverse voices in poetry. "The bigger publication houses have started publishing fewer books on poetry and short stories. We feel it's absolutely necessary for these voices to be heard and read in the mainstream media. Every novel begins with a short story," Mehta tells us, and Nagpal concurs. "Most young artists find the publication process daunting. We want to curate and handhold such poets and storytellers to bring forward as many perspectives as possible." A Broke Bibliophiles meetup at Powai Lake They also aim to blur the divide between various formats of poetry, and the first step in doing so is through a soft launch this weekend at a Bandra venue where city spoken-word poets — many of whom are part of the book club — including Aekta Khubchandani, Amina Arif, Damini Kane, Manisha Lakhe and mid-day journalist Aastha Atray-Banan will perform pieces themed around empathy. A meet-up involves book discussions and sometimes even features authors "There is a revolution underway in the spoken word arena, but it is limited to pockets in the metro cities. To increase the reach, it would be great to have some of these voices in a publication that people sitting anywhere in the world can experience," they say, adding that they will initially start with accepting submissions in English and delve into more languages and translations after learning what their audience appreciates. Their initiative as of now remains self-funded as the two juggle day jobs. But Mehta says that they are open to funding, as and when an angel investor turns up. Aekta Khubchandani and Amina Arif Although Nirvana hasn't put out an open call for submissions, as they will formally begin in April, people are free to send pitches. At the end of the day, the goal is to stay approachable. "There are so many rigid rules that dictate what constitutes page literature and what is classified as spoken word or performance-oriented writing. Of course, what may be a great performance piece might not translate just as beautifully on page and vice-versa, but what if it can?" they question. And we wonder if Wordsworth would do a good job. ON March 3, 6 pm to 9 pmAT The Pioneer Hall, next to Corona Garden, St John Baptist Road, Mount Mary Steps, Bandra West.CALL 7021454630Email nirvana.publishers@gmail.comFREE Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
prea There is no proof that COVID-19 is spread through newspapers: HC tells state government By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 28 Apr 2020 01:42:11 GMT The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday pulled up the state for its claim that the novel Coronavirus could spread through newspapers. The state had, accordingly, banned the distribution of newspapers, while allowing its printing. The court, in an order dated April 20, directed the state to justify its claims with evidence and expert opinions instead of meagre statements. A suo moto public interest litigation (PIL) in this regard was filed at the Nagpur bench of HC after the distribution ban was announced on April 18. Government pleader DR Kale told the court that the order was amended on April 21 to allow "door-to-door distribution except in MMR, Pune, and other containment zones." While Kale said that the virus stayed on surfaces for a while, and hence newspapers could be potential carriers when passed from hand-to-hand, the court said that there was no evidence to prove this. It, however, added that door-to-door delivery could be restricted in some areas while asking the government to respond to its queries along with a report by amicus curiae advocate Satyajeet Bora. The next date of hearing in the case is June 11. 11 JuneDate of the next hearing in the case Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news Full Article
prea BMC starts mobile dispensaries to curb spread of novel Coronavirus By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 30 Apr 2020 01:40:56 GMT The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started mobile dispensaries to curb the spread of COVID-19. Currently they will move about in the areas most affected by the disease such as Worli, BDD chawls, Lower Parel, Currey Road etc. It was decided to start mobile dispensaries to prevent the spread by reaching out to people and detecting patients. While the service began on Wednesday in the severely affected G South ward, the doctors will move to other areas later. More than 600 COVID-19 positive patients have been found in G South Ward. A doctor, a nurse and an assistant will be available in the mobile dispensary. It will be stocked with medicines for cold, cough and fever, and in case of a suspicious patient of COVID-19, a thermal scanner has also been placed in the vans. The vans will provide the service from 10 am to 7 pm. After their check-ups, people will be treated with pills for minor fever etc. But if a suspected patient of COVID-19 is found, she or he will be hospitalised. The mobile dispensaries aim to find such patients in red zones to help curb the spread of the disease. The mobile dispensaries were launched at the NSCI club in the presence of Mayor Kishori Pednekar. In all five mobile dispensaries have been started. Mayor Pednekar told mid-day, "Medicines for cold, cough and fever are available in these dispensaries. If a suspect patient is found during the check-up, he will be taken to the OPD of a COVID-19 deisgnated hospital and examined immediately." Catch up on all the latest Mumbai news, crime news, current affairs, and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates. Mid-Day is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@middayinfomedialtd) and stay updated with the latest news Full Article
