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Malaria deaths rose by 69,000 in 2020 due to Covid-19 disruptions

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Malaria deaths rose by 69,000 in 2020 due to Covid-19 disruptions

The World Health Organization said on Monday that medical care interruptions related to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria cause 69,000 more deaths in 2020 than the previous year, but avoided the worst.

The World Health Organization stated in its annual malaria report that more than 627,000 people died of malaria last year, most of which were babies in the poorest areas of Africa, compared with 558,000 in 2019.

This number exceeds the 224,000 reported deaths from the coronavirus in Africa since the beginning of the pandemic.

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According to the WHO, approximately two-thirds of new malaria deaths in 2020 are due to coronavirus restrictions that disrupt malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

However, despite the challenges, striving to maintain health services means that sub-Saharan Africa does not see the possibility of doubling the number of malaria deaths in 2020, which the World Health Organization has warned of.

On the contrary, according to WHO data, the number of deaths in the region has increased by 12% compared to 2019. “Thanks to urgent and painstaking efforts, we can claim that the world has successfully avoided the worst-case scenario of malaria deaths,” said Pedro Alonso, director of the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Program.

Experts hope that after the World Health Organization recommended in October that RTS, S (or Mosquirix), a vaccine developed by the British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, should be widely used in African children, the fight against malaria may achieve significant results. progress.

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RBM CEO Abdourahmane Diallo said: “By increasing funding, acquiring life-saving tools, and staying ahead in new tools to stay ahead of changing mosquitoes and parasites, we can accelerate change and end malaria within a generation. .” End the partnership of the malaria advocacy group.

“We are now at a critical juncture, and I urge global leaders to renew their commitments and investments,” he said in a statement.

News source : Hindustan times

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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