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Pregnant women in India most vulnerable against air pollution

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Air pollution has caused more than three lakhs pregnancy’s in India over the past few years.

Pregnant women exposed to poor air quality, especially in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, may be at higher risk of miscarriages and stillbirths, as per a modelling study conducted in  The Lancet Planetary Health journal.

Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses per year in south Asia were associated with exposure to PM2.5 concentrations that exceeded India’s air quality standard of 40 microgrammes per cubic metre (?g/m3) of small particulate matter (PM2.5).

These account for 7 per cent of annual pregnancy loss in the region from 2000-2016, study found. Of top-10 most air polluted in countries in the world, four are from Asia. While, Pakistan is most polluted country in the world. Afghanistan is at third position. Bangladesh (fourth) and India (ninth).

For air pollution above world health organization (WHO) air quality guideline of of 10 ?g/m3, exposure may have contributed to 29 per cent of pregnancy losses, according to the study.

South Asia has the highest burden of pregnancy loss globally and is one of the most PM2.5 polluted regions in the world,” said study lead author Tao Xue, from Peking University, China.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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