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Before I start travelling to the remotest districts in bihar amid the strict lockdown and bring you the stories from second Covid wave.
Sharing the links of my reports from UP where we covered the cities and villages.
Here is the thread-
Sharing the links of my reports from UP where we covered the cities and villages.
Here is the thread-
On 16th April, we published the report on the gaps between the number of official Covid deaths and Covid funerals at the crematoriums.
For this, I visited Lucknow crematoriums for 4 days. I counted the dead bodies and got hold of registered numbers. https://theprint.in/india/dead-bodies-all-over-lucknow-funerals-tell-a-story-starkly-different-from-up-govts-claims/640741/
For this, I visited Lucknow crematoriums for 4 days. I counted the dead bodies and got hold of registered numbers. https://theprint.in/india/dead-bodies-all-over-lucknow-funerals-tell-a-story-starkly-different-from-up-govts-claims/640741/
On 18th April, we highlighed the issue of 'CMO referral' letter in UP.
This story of a veteran journalist who live tweeted his own death. I spotted his son outside the Covid Command Centre.
The story of state apathy towards it's citizens. https://theprint.in/health/where-are-ambulances-covid-hospitals-family-of-up-journalist-who-died-without-treatment/641750/
This story of a veteran journalist who live tweeted his own death. I spotted his son outside the Covid Command Centre.
The story of state apathy towards it's citizens. https://theprint.in/health/where-are-ambulances-covid-hospitals-family-of-up-journalist-who-died-without-treatment/641750/
On the vaccination drive in India's most populous state.
Once the best performing district Lucknow registered a drastic decline in Covid-19 immunisation numbers during and since the four-day ‘Tika Utsav’ between 11 and 14 April. https://theprint.in/health/why-lucknow-ups-top-district-in-vaccinations-lost-its-edge-during-and-after-tika-utsav/641837/
Once the best performing district Lucknow registered a drastic decline in Covid-19 immunisation numbers during and since the four-day ‘Tika Utsav’ between 11 and 14 April. https://theprint.in/health/why-lucknow-ups-top-district-in-vaccinations-lost-its-edge-during-and-after-tika-utsav/641837/
On 21st April, we published the story from Barabanki and Sitapur.
How these 2 districts are battling a double crisis — an already stretched medical infrastructure pushed beyond limits and the additional burden of patients streaming in from Lucknow. https://theprint.in/india/ups-unprepared-district-hospitals-now-frontline-as-lucknow-turns-away-covid-patients/642985/
How these 2 districts are battling a double crisis — an already stretched medical infrastructure pushed beyond limits and the additional burden of patients streaming in from Lucknow. https://theprint.in/india/ups-unprepared-district-hospitals-now-frontline-as-lucknow-turns-away-covid-patients/642985/
On 21st April, Yogi govt passed an order which prohibited the supply of oxygen to individuals, ‘except for those in serious conditions’.
This led to the arrest of 44 yr Zafar Abbas, who got an oxygen cylinder refilled for his 80 ailing father. https://theprint.in/health/in-up-oxygen-is-now-exclusive-for-hospitals-patients-in-home-isolation-not-getting-any/644793/
This led to the arrest of 44 yr Zafar Abbas, who got an oxygen cylinder refilled for his 80 ailing father. https://theprint.in/health/in-up-oxygen-is-now-exclusive-for-hospitals-patients-in-home-isolation-not-getting-any/644793/
On 27th April, we published an important story on the two dozen 'mysterious' deaths happening in two Varanasi villages.
The story highlighed the fact that the deadly second Covid wave has reached the Rural India. https://theprint.in/india/the-young-in-these-2-varanasi-villages-started-to-die-thats-when-covid-became-real/646326/
The story highlighed the fact that the deadly second Covid wave has reached the Rural India. https://theprint.in/india/the-young-in-these-2-varanasi-villages-started-to-die-thats-when-covid-became-real/646326/
The story from Jaunpur district published on 29th April where we traced the roots of the virus in this rural district.
How one lakh migrants who returned from other states in March, went unchecked and govt got serious only after 11th April. https://theprint.in/health/what-caused-rural-jaunpurs-covid-surge-up-govt-suspects-1-lakh-carriers/647765/
How one lakh migrants who returned from other states in March, went unchecked and govt got serious only after 11th April. https://theprint.in/health/what-caused-rural-jaunpurs-covid-surge-up-govt-suspects-1-lakh-carriers/647765/
The Panchyat Polls in UP that killed the 8 months pregnant Kalyani Agrahari who begged the election officials to not to deploy her at the polling station. https://theprint.in/india/she-was-8-months-pregnant-was-forced-into-up-poll-duty-that-killed-135-teachers/648092/
The data story which we managed to get from the health departments.
The story highlights the poor number of Covid testing in two most burdened districts of UP- Lucknow and Varansi. https://theprint.in/health/in-ups-two-worst-hit-districts-the-fight-is-just-to-get-tested/648909/
The story highlights the poor number of Covid testing in two most burdened districts of UP- Lucknow and Varansi. https://theprint.in/health/in-ups-two-worst-hit-districts-the-fight-is-just-to-get-tested/648909/
Spent two days inside the emergancy wards of two eastern UP districts- Ghazipur and Ballia.
The lone doctor, who had to attend more than 20 patients at a time, described the situation as
'Emergancy wards have become war rooms now.' https://theprint.in/health/virus-attacking-on-all-sides-hospitals-in-rural-up-districts-are-buckling-under-covid-flood/650490/
The lone doctor, who had to attend more than 20 patients at a time, described the situation as
'Emergancy wards have become war rooms now.' https://theprint.in/health/virus-attacking-on-all-sides-hospitals-in-rural-up-districts-are-buckling-under-covid-flood/650490/
