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COVID-19 not last pandemic; world must be better prepared for next pandemic, warns WHO

September 8, 2020, 1:32 PM

Sneha Shah | New Delhi

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

In a virtual news briefing held on September 7 in Geneva, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world must be better prepared for the next pandemic as he called on countries to invest in public health.

This will not be the last pandemic. History teaches us that outbreaks and pandemics are a fact of life. But when the next pandemic comes, the world must be ready- more ready than it was this time, Dr Tedros warned.

In the one-hour-long briefing, Dr Tedros also talked about focusing on public health and investing in population-based services. He said, Public health is the foundation of social, economic and political stability. That means investing in population-based services for preventing, detecting and responding to disease.?

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COVID-19 is teaching all of us many lessons. One of them is that health is not a luxury item for those who can afford it; it’s a necessity, and a human right, he added.

Globally, over 27.19 million people reportedly have been infected by COVID-19, and 8,88,326 people have succumbed to the virus, since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.