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6 fully vaccinated people have died from COVID-19 in one of the world’s most-vaccinated countries

Out of six, five had taken Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine made in India, and one had been given Sinopharm, Jude Gedeon, the island nation’s public health commissioner said at a press conference on Thursday. Covishield has mainly been reserved for people over 60 in the Seychelles. All of those who died had serious underlying conditions, he said.

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Covid jabs to key workers, then elderly followed by comorbid people of 24-60 yrs hikes impact: Study

Highlighting the findings of the study, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said in low-intensity transmission areas such as sparsely populated areas, vaccinating individuals with comorbidity after key workers and then reaching out to those above 60 years appears to be an elegant public health approach.

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Covid first wave led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study

”Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest threats to global public health,” said the study’s senior author, Sumanth Gandra, an associate hospital epidemiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in the US.

”Overuse of antibiotics lessens their ability to effectively treat minor injuries and common infections such as pneumonia, which means that these conditions can become serious and deadly,” Gandra said.

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Study indicates association of cloud bursts with forest fires

The study led by Alok Sagar Gautam from HNB Garhwal University and co-authored by S N Tripathi from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Abhishek Joshi, Karan Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, R C Ramola from HNB Garhwal University can help improve the understanding of the complex mechanism of cloud burst, weather prediction and climate change condition over this region of Himalayas, the DST said.

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People in states with high PM2.5 levels more likely to get COVID-19: Study

Sixteen major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Lucknow and Surat, reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases, and PM2.5 emissions are also higher in these areas due to fossil fuel-based anthropogenic activities, it said.

PM2.5 refers to fine particles which penetrate deep into the body and fuel inflammation in the lungs and respiratory tract, leading to the risk of having cardiovascular and respiratory problems, including a weak immune system.

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Office supply jumps 75 pc annually during Jan-Jun across 7 cities despite COVID-19

New office space supply stood at 14.38 million sq ft during January-June 2020 across seven cities — Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai.
JLL India Head (Office Leasing Advisory) Rahul Arora.said,He added that in the second half of the year, if the country can ensure that most of the active workforce gets fully vaccinated, the shift back to office premises will be more feasible and sustainable.

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Delta variant spread in US prompts reconsideration of precautions: Dr Fauci

“The Delta variant has the capability of spreading much more efficiently from person to person. It also can cause more severe disease. So there are two things about it that are troublesome,” said the top US COVID-19 expert.

Fauci further said that the good news is that COVID-19 vaccines have shown to be very effective against the strain and urged those who have yet to be vaccinated to do so.

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