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Data gathered from the programme could offer evidence of the vaccine’s safety, but such data, which is not part of the registered clinical trial protocols, will not be used as main materials that regulators review in judging whether to approve the vaccine for commercial use, Yin said.
Country”s biggest COVID Care Centre to be shut from Sep 15
Following the government”s decision to allow home isolation of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID cases, there has been a drastic fall in people getting admitted to the centre, official sources said.
SC asks Centre why no ban on disinfectant tunnels despite saying chemicals harmfuL
In the meeting it was recommended, “spraying of disinfectants on humans is not recommended under any circumstances. Spraying any chemical disinfectant is physically and psychologically harmful. Further, chemicals are harmful to human skin and the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, if needed”, it said.
External spraying of any chemical disinfectant does not kill a virus that has already entered the body of a person, who has earlier been exposed to the virus, the Centre said.
At 96.2%,Kerala tops literacy rate chart; Andhra Pradesh worst performer at 66.4%
The study has pegged the overall literacy rate in the country at about 77.7 per cent. In rural areas, the literacy rate is 73.5 per cent compared to 87.7 per cent in urban areas of the country.
At all-India level, the male literacy rate is higher at 84.7 per cent compared to 70.3 per cent among women.
The survey showed that the male literacy rate is higher than female literacy rate among all states. In Kerala, the male literacy rate is 97.4 per cent compared to 95.2 per cent among females.
“Pandemics,climate change,cyber top the current risk chart”:Munich Re
The coronavirus pandemic needs to be a lesson to us all: We must take action more rapidly and vigorously to ensure that we are not as unprepared as we were with COVID-19 for risks such as cyber attacks or climate change. It is possible to better safeguard against the financial consequences of such risks for the benefit of humanity. It needs to be clear that systemic risks like pandemics also require systemic countermeasures – for instance, the creation of state-backed risk pools to make uninsurable risks bearable,said Torsten Jeworrek,Member of the Board of Munich Re.
As India’s Covid-19 cases rise, docs ‘scared like the patients, exhausted’
Data from the Indian Medical Association, that represents 350,000 doctors across the country, shows almost 200 doctors have died from the coronavirus.
Fall in GDP alarming; time for bureaucracy to take meaningful action: Rajan
“The sharp decline in economic growth should alarm us all. The 23.9 per cent contraction in India (and the numbers will probably be worse when we get estimates of the damage in the informal sector) compares with a drop of 12.4 per cent in Italy and 9.5 per cent in the United States, two of the most COVID-19-affected advanced countries,”Rajan wrote in a post on his LinkedIn page.
McDonald’s takes action against Australia’s Burger King over ‘Big Jack’
McDonald’s is also seeking damages, interest and costs, as well as an order that Hungry Jack’s destroy all “promotional materials,” which include physical and electronic advertising, the paper reported.
China offers experimental Coronavirus vaccine to Aviation workers
It is not clear yet which candidate vaccine will be given and how many people will be vaccinated.t least two experimental vaccines, one from Sinovac Biotech Ltd and the other from China National Biotec Group, have been approved for emergency use in China.
Centre highlights protections for disabled govt employees seeking voluntary retirement
The ministry said no promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of disability. It said no government establishment shall discriminate against any person with disability in any matter relating to employment.