Tag: Public Health

In the context of the pandemic, being old is seen as just one more comorbidity. It should not be

History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone

  The gap between predictions of COVID-19 deaths in Africa and what has actually happened is staggering

As we are shortly to open our borders, we must be fully prepared to cope with a possible second surge – this is the lesson that the more

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

It is better for the country and the government to be overcautious than to be foolhardy and irresponsible

  By John J Reilly

Matters of The moment

Surprises are never far behind in medicine. Still, this is a major advance while awaiting more specific antiviral therapy

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

We have to continue with all the sanitary measures in place… How long will we go on like this is the query and worry on all lips. The

for we are still in pandemic mode

By Dharam Gokhool

Prof Snowden admonishes that ‘what happens in the long run depends on us’. If we don’t take this seriously and act accordingly, we will have to face the

Costly bailout packages dished out by government from the Public Exchequer to help the corporate sector reboot the economy must ensure that the crying lessons of the 2008