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In this interview with Dr Ravi Shekhar Jha, Head of Department and Senior Consultant - Pulmonology, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Faridabad, he answers questions about the link between diabetes and COVID-19.

“The city I left as a young boy had changed. I came back to poverty, apathy, and a general sense of disillusionment. No one should go to bed at night on a hungry stomach. When I meet my maker I need to have my answers ready and be able to look at him and tell him I did all I could to make a difference,” he says.

ICMR guidelines: Asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of an infected person should be tested between day 5 and day 14 of coming into contact with a person infected with COVID-19

Copper production, including mining, smelting and refining, is a hazardous industry that produces toxic by-products like lead, arsenic and sulphur oxides that adversely impact water, soil and air quality.