COVID cases on rise in Vijayawada
The Hindu
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Vijayawada has been witnessing a rapid rise in the incidence of COVID-19 infections of late, and a majority of the Krishna district’s 46 containment zones and 604 active cases were in the city. District Collector A.Md. Imtiaz said that the positivity rate of the samples tested every month in the district came down from 7.7% in October to 0.4% in February but in the current month so far it was 1.1%.More Related News

Under the NBS, newborns are screened for communication disorders before they are discharged from the hospital. For this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening which is performed to detect hearing impairment and other developmental disabilities that can affect speech and language development. The screening has been helping in early intervention for those identified with the disorders, as any delay in the identification poses risk and affects successful management of children with hearing loss, according to AIISH.