The Costs of hospitalisation for COVID-19

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The costs of hospitalisation for COVID-19 The very first monetary hurdle - a test kit - is necessary to ascertain if someone has just a cold or the virus. A test costs about Rs. 4,500 - subsidised by the Indian government - and is free for people with an Ayushman Bharat card. The 4 am call behind Reliance-Facebook's Rs 43,574 crore deal Even as the world grappled with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a high-profile, year-old deal between Reliance and Facebook was undergoing final touches Can herd immunity help in Coronavirus battle Of late, the discussion on combating COVID-19 has pivoted from lockdowns and testing to 'herd immunity', with a study - by Princeton University - even saying countries like India may be better off depending on herd immunity than a lockdown. 'Free Ration App' comes to the rescue during coronavirus pandemic The novel coronavirus has rapidly spread across the country and affected nearly everyone in the wake of its destruction, but the poorest, and the needy, have been hit the worst. Should a negative test be the only indicator of being free of COVID? Patients in Kerala have been waiting for more than 15 days - some of them for over 20 days - to test negative for COVID-19, despite being clinically stable. India battles coronavirus in its biggest slum In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, India has a new worry; the spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, the country's largest slum. UNICEF's guidelines for media persons As the novel coronavirus spreads across the world, media persons who report from the frontlines are susceptible to be infected. It is in this context that United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued several guidelines. How COVID-19 has fuelled India's global outreach Over the past few months, in the throes of the coronavirus crisis across the globe, every country has been struggling. India has, however, used that in its favour to lend a hand to its neighbours and friends - USA, Brazil. Coronavirus crisis will drag on, says WHO Countries across the globe are putting up a valiant fight against COVID-19, but they are only in the early stages of the fight, even as the global death toll surpassed 180,000. Facebook launches Messenger Kids app in India The social networking platform had launched its own messaging platform way back in 2011, as a connected app to it's main offering - Facebook itself.

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