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On 28 March the Prime Minister launched a new fund called PM CARES fund for combating coronavirus-like situations. [ 62 ] On 30 March it was announced that the UP government would transfer ₹ 611 crore (equivalent to ₹ 719 crore or US$82 million in 2023) to 2,715,000 workers under MNREGA scheme.
Numerous reports and studies have shown how the COVID-19 pandemic highly motivated consumers to create a better, healthier planet. Consumer fashion purchasing behavior has evolved and people are leaning towards more environmentally-friendly, sustainable, and/or ethical purchases.
[87] [88] That event was to be held with in-person spectators in Bucharest, Romania, in October 2021, but due to new COVID-19 restrictions in the city, it was announced that the event would instead be played behind closed doors at the stadium with only essential personnel present. [89]
High-mortality events in general have been shown to result in a reduction in conception, as seen in birth rates nine months later. Lyman Stone in March 2020 suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic would cause a severe reduction in birth rate due to the disease's low case fatality rate, citing occasions on which high death rates motivate an increase in birth rate to replenish populations. [3]
Worldometer has faced some criticism over transparency of ownership, lack of citations to data sources, and unreliability of its COVID-19 statistics and live rankings. [2] In April 2020, editors of the English Wikipedia decided that Worldometer's COVID-19 figures are often unreliable and should not be cited in any pages related to the pandemic ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Myanmar is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . The virus was confirmed to have reached Myanmar on 23 March 2020. [ 4 ]
A new community case of COVID-19 in New Zealand was reported on 17 August 2021, after many months without one. In response, the Government took the country to a full nationwide Alert Level 4 lockdown beginning the following day.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global mortality excess for COVID-19 is significant, "while 1,813,188 COVID-19 deaths were reported in 2020... WHO estimates suggest an excess mortality of at least 3,000,000." [19] The worldwide average for underreporting COVID-19 deaths in cities is 30%. [20]