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FDA warns against one-dose regimen for coronavirus vaccines: Report
“You would be flying blind to just use one dose,” a senior scientist and adviser to US President Joe Biden told The Wall Street Journal, adding “If you’re going to do something else other than follow the studies shown to the FDA, show me that this one-shot effect is durable.”
Oral Covid treatment yields promising trial data: Drugmakers
“At a time where there is unmet need for antiviral treatments against SARS-CoV-2, we are encouraged by these preliminary data,” said Wendy Painter, chief medical officer of the US firm, Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.
Gujarat man infected with coronavirus after taking second dose of vaccine
The Chief Health Officer said it generally takes around 45 days for antibodies against the infection to develop after both the doses of the vaccine are administered.
He also said one must wear a mask and adhere to all COVID-19 protocols like social distancing etc. even after taking both doses of the vaccine against the infection in order to be on the safe side.
104-year-old man born months before Spanish Flu outbreak gets first dose of COVID vaccine
”I urge everyone, who is eligible, to come forward and take the COVID vaccine. It is totally safe,” Chawla was quoted as saying in the statement issued by the hospital.Even at this age, he leads an ”active life and does not suffer from any major comorbidities,” the hospital claimed.
”He was successfully vaccinated, and without any adverse effects later,” the statement said.
Covid-19 accelerates shift towards digitalisation: Infosys-Milken report
The report finds that the shift to remote work has allowed employers to hire talent beyond where they physically operate. Some firms have used this opportunity to double down on diversity and inclusion. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed employment forecasts for different sectors. Although utility companies experienced the smallest decline in employment during Covid-19, it is projected to have the largest decline of any sector over the next decade.
IMD: Above normal summer temperatures likely across country except south, central India
Last month the IMD had said the minimum temperature recorded in the country in January was the warmest for the month in 62 years. South India was particularly warm.
The month was the warmest in 121 years, with 22.33 degrees Celsius in south India, followed by 22.14 degrees Celsius in 1919 and 21.93 degrees Celsius in 2020 as the second and third warmest months.
Fidelity offers 5-day of family care leave
The policy is part of its policy of being a family-friendly company and comes eight months after it offered up to 26 weeks of paternity leaves as maternity leaves. The family care leave policy is based on multiple pulse surveys conducted over the past several months among the employees, which found that many of them needed support to balance their work and family care responsibilities, Upasna Nischal, HR head at Fidelity International India said.
World no closer to answer on COVID-19 origins despite WHO probe: Expert
In January, a team of scientists picked by the World Health Organization (WHO) visited hospitals and research institutes in Wuhan, the central Chinese city where the coronavirus was identified, in search of clues about the origins of COVID-19.
But the mission has come under fire, with critics accusing the WHO of relying too much on politically compromised Chinese fieldwork and data.
Estimated 931 mn tonnes of food wasted globally in 2019; India’s share 68 mn: UN report
“This suggests that 17 per cent of total global food production may be wasted,” it said.
“The weight roughly equals that of 23 million fully loaded 40-tonne trucks — bumper-to-bumper, enough to circle the Earth seven times,” the UN agency said.
Oxford study indicates AstraZeneca effective against Brazil variant, source says
Brazil is currently confronting a brutal and long-lasting second wave of the coronavirus, hitting a daily record of 1,910 deaths on Wednesday. The P1 variant is among the factors that epidemiologists believe is contributing to a rise in cases and deaths, and there has been concern in the scientific community about the variant’s resistance to vaccines.