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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: Is India particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases? | In Focus
Description: Over the last decade, India has seen the emergence, or re-emergence, of a number of infectious diseases. Not only have seen an alarming surge in the number of dengue and chikungunya cases, we've had Zika and Nipah virus cases, and even an Ebola scare. This is in addition to existing diseases that we are still battling -- such as tuberculosis, malaria, Kala Azar and others, and all while India battled the COVID-19 pandemic over the last two years.Some estimates indicate that about 60 per cent of infectious diseases and 70 per cent of emerging infections of humans are...