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India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000,total number of tests cross the 3 crore mark
Implementation of testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently through a plethora of measures have contributed to the existing high level of recoveries as well, it said. The total number of recoveries in the country rose to 18,62,258 on Sunday, according to official data.
Improved and effective clinical treatment in hospitals, supervised home isolation, use of non-invasive oxygen support, and improved services of the ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt and timely treatment have been the focus of the Centre and state and UT governments, the ministry said.
National Digital Health Mission rolled out on pilot mode in Chandigarh, 5 different UTs
Welcoming the historic announcement by the prime minister, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan mentioned, “Based on the initial learnings in the UTs, we will gradually work in partnership with the states to launch the NDHM. I seek the whole-hearted support, inputs and cooperation of doctors, healthcare facilities, citizens and state governments to adopt this game-changing scheme.”
The NDHM is a holistic, voluntary healthcare programme that may scale back the prevailing hole between numerous stakeholders reminiscent of docs, hospitals and different healthcare suppliers, pharmacies, insurance coverage firms, and residents by bringing them collectively and connecting them in an built-in digital well being infrastructure, the NHA assertion mentioned.
“Covid warriors will be first to get vaccinated, once we get it”: MoS Health
Phase 1 and 2 human clinical trials of two of the vaccine candidates, developed indigenously by Bharat Biotech, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and Zydus Cadila Ltd, are currently underway.
The Serum Institute of India has been permitted to conduct Phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the third vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University. The Pune-based institute has partnered with AstraZeneca for manufacturing the vaccine.
COVID-19:Over 63,000 fresh cases, tally climbs to 25,89,682,death toll nears50k
The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.
ndia has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11 when the country registered 53,601 new cases of the infection.
The case fatality rate has declined to 1.93 per cent.
There are 6,77,444 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country presently which comprise 26.16 per cent of the total caseload in the country.
USFDA clears simple saliva test for faster detection of COVID-19
With the FDA’s emergency use authorisation, the testing method is immediately available to other diagnostic laboratories that want to start using the new test, which can be scaled up quickly for use across the nation and, perhaps, beyond in the coming weeks, researchers said
”This is a huge step forward to make testing more accessible,” said Chantal Vogels, a Yale postdoctoral fellow, who led the laboratory development and validation along with Doug Brackney, an adjunct assistant clinical professor.
FPIs turn net investor in debt after 5 months; invest Rs 28,203 cr in Aug
Depositories data showed that a net sum of Rs 26,147 crore was invested in equities and Rs 2,056 crore in the debt segment by FPIs between Aug 3-14. This translated into a total net investment of Rs 28,203 crore.
Demand for tech-enabled healthcare solutions rising due to COVID-19 impact: Report
“Consumers are increasingly preferring to have their healthcare needs met remotely or from the comfort and safety of their homes. They expect their healthcare service providers to prioritise adherence to safety protocols,” the report noted.
Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden
Some civil libertarians have praised Snowden for revealing the extraordinary scope of America’s digital espionage operations including domestic spying programs that senior U.S. officials had publicly insisted did not exist.
But such a move would horrify many in the U.S. intelligence community, some of whose most important secrets were exposed. Trump has harshly criticized past leaders of the U.S. intelligence community and FBI, and on Thursday took aim at the bureau’s current director Christopher Wray, his own appointee.
Coronavirus: Lockdown in Maharashtra will be lifted in stepwise manner: Uddhav Thackeray
“The state government’s ‘Mission Begin Again’ initiative is being implemented step-by-step. The momentum of chase the virus campaign should not stop since the threat of the virus still persists, and monsoon is still active in the state. We have to be careful about rain-related ailments as well,” CM Uddhav Thackeray said.
Milagrow expects 15-20-fold growth in robot sales in FY21 due to Covid-19
The company has its own assembly plant in Gurgaon. Milagrow has provided robots to hospitals like AIIMS, Medanta etc during the lockdown period.
The robotic floor cleaners identify dirt on their own, clean them and move back to their charging point on their own if their battery level goes down.