Isolated Populations

A recent survey has revealed that 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are living as recluses. A fifth of them cited COVID-19 as the main reason for their withdrawal in the government survey, known as hikikomori.

Some isolated populations of India like the Onge and Jarawa tribes of the Andaman islands have a higher genetic risk for COVID-19, according to a study led by researchers at CSIRCCMB and BHU.

A recent research has indicated that isolated populations of indigenous communities in India, like the Onge and Jarawa tribes on the Andaman Islands, are under serious threat from COVID-19.

To become an effective tool for public health authorities, a contact tracing app has to be widely used -- experts say by at least 60 percent of the population -- but also provide them with needed information about who is getting sick as well as where, which can be important for taking quick measures to close hotspots.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned why the government was focusing on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, when India hosts a sizeable population from neighbouring Nepal. Illegal migration, the Chief Minister pointed out, is not an isolated or one-time issue or even one that only involves Bangladesh.

The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...

Describing 'Gaokor' as a serious violation of the human rights of women, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Maharashtra government to take effective measures to eradicate the practice amongst the tribal population, in which women are forced to live at an isolated place during menstruation.

The Nigerian city of Lagos shut and quarantined a hospital on Monday where a Liberian man died of the Ebola virus, the first recorded case of the highly-infectious disease in Africa's most populous country.

A recent survey has revealed that 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are living as recluses. A fifth of them cited COVID-19 as the main reason for their withdrawal in the government survey, known as hikikomori.

Some isolated populations of India like the Onge and Jarawa tribes of the Andaman islands have a higher genetic risk for COVID-19, according to a study led by researchers at CSIRCCMB and BHU.

A recent research has indicated that isolated populations of indigenous communities in India, like the Onge and Jarawa tribes on the Andaman Islands, are under serious threat from COVID-19.

To become an effective tool for public health authorities, a contact tracing app has to be widely used -- experts say by at least 60 percent of the population -- but also provide them with needed information about who is getting sick as well as where, which can be important for taking quick measures to close hotspots.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned why the government was focusing on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, when India hosts a sizeable population from neighbouring Nepal. Illegal migration, the Chief Minister pointed out, is not an isolated or one-time issue or even one that only involves Bangladesh.

The final draft of citizens in Assam, which leaves out over 40 lakh people, provoked political anger with opposition parties targeting the government in parliament today. Among them was the Trinamool Congress of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who accused the ruling BJP of trying to identify and isolate people who don't vote for the party. "...

Describing 'Gaokor' as a serious violation of the human rights of women, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed Maharashtra government to take effective measures to eradicate the practice amongst the tribal population, in which women are forced to live at an isolated place during menstruation.

The Nigerian city of Lagos shut and quarantined a hospital on Monday where a Liberian man died of the Ebola virus, the first recorded case of the highly-infectious disease in Africa's most populous country.