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Pfizer lifts sales forecast for coronavirus vaccine to $26 billion
The raised goal assumes 1.6 billion doses of vaccine, which is co-developed with BioNTech SE, will be delivered in the year, with the two-shot vaccine emerging as the best-selling product for the U.S. drugmaker in the first quarter.
“Based on what we’ve seen, we believe that a durable demand for our COVID-19 vaccine – similar to that of the flu vaccines – is a likely outcome,” Chief Executive Albert Bourla said in his prepared remarks.
PIL for capping price of HRCT tests for COVID-19; HC seeks Delhi govt stand
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the plea by Shivleen Pasricha, a lawyer, who has claimed that for detection of COVID-19 amongst suspected/ probable patients, the most widely recommended test is RT-PCR.
Op CO-JEET Launched By Armed Forces To Fight COVID-19 In India: Lt Gen Kanitkar
“Under the CO-JEET” plan, personnel of the three wings of the armed forces the Army, the Indian Air Force and the Navy have been pressed into service to help restore oxygen supply chains, set up COVID beds and provide help to the civilian administration in its fight to control the pandemic,” said the Lt General, whose post of deputy chief integrated defence staff (medical) comes under the Chief of Defence Staff.
Indonesia finds cases of Indian COVID-19 variant as officials warn on Eid travel
Indonesia, which has been trying to contain one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, stopped issuing visas last month for foreigners who had been in India in the previous 14 days.
The two cases of the Indian variant, known as B.1.617, were found in Jakarta, while the minister said a variant first discovered in South Africa was also detected in Bali.
China directs 33 apps to stop collecting users’ data
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on Saturday that these apps had breached local regulations, primarily, for capturing personal data that were not relevant to their service.
Aaditya Thackeray suggests creating paediatric Covid care ward anticipating next wave
“Along with paediatric covid care centre, another aspect we are now focussed on is to create a network of creches for those parents who may have to be in covid care centres and may not have support to look after their children, that aren’t infected by covid,” he added. He further said that Mumbai saw a massive spike last month and sustained it because of the constant increase in beds and facilities.
75 lakh people lose jobs in April as lockdowns sprout; unemployment at a 4-month high: CMIE chief
The national unemployment rate touched 7.97 per cent as per the centre’s proprietary data, with urban areas witnessing higher stress at 9.78 per cent and rural joblessness at 7.13 per cent.
4,68 lakh dedicated beds for COVID-19 patients in 2,084 hospitals, Centre to SC’
“It is common knowledge that a large number of medical, nursing and pharmacy students, who graduated in 2020 and would be in the process of graduating in 2021, would be available to augment the workforce in the health sector. The Central Government should, we feel, look into this aspect, and ensure the optimal manner of utilization of their services, regard being had, of course, to their safety and well-being,” it said.
The Central Government should also consider using health care workforce available with the armed forces and para military forces for the purpose of vaccination, it suggested.
Cloudbursts in Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi
However, there is no information about any human casualties in the incidents, the state emergency operation centre here said.
Could not predict exact nature of 2nd wave: Scientists working on mathematical models
”Clearly, the model predictions in this instance were incorrect because of the reasons below,” they said, listing reasons why. A mathematical model, they said, can only predict the future with some certainty so long as virus dynamics and its transmissibility do not change substantially over time. Mathematical models can also provide a mechanism to predicting alternate scenarios corresponding to various policy decisions such as non-pharmaceutical interventions, they added.