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11 Sep

WHO makes BIG claim, says Covid-19 ‘kills a person every 44 seconds globally’

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As the world was once transferring closer to normalcy putting up the Covid-19 pandemic amid declining cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that one person with Covid-19 is nonetheless dying every forty-four seconds globally. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, stated that this virus would no longer just fade away. “The international decline in pronounced instances and deaths is continuing. This is very encouraging. But there is no warranty these tendencies will persist. The most hazardous component is to anticipate they will,” he said in his modern-day remarks. “The wide variety of weekly mentioned deaths may additionally have dropped…

13 Jun

Age-related macular degeneration causes vision loss

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Health, IndiaAccidental Falls, WHO

As per WHO, falls due to poor vision are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, where people over 60 years of age suffer the greatest number of fatal falls. Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision loss and has been associated with falls, poor balance, difficulty with activities of daily living, smaller life-space and poor quality of life. It is a retinal disease, damage to a spot in the retina called macula, causes vision loss in patients over 65 years of age. This spot is important for visual acuity as it has plenty of visual…