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Nagaland asks staff to get vaccinated or show no-Covid report for salary
The salaries of those who have not taken a single dose of the vaccine against coronavirus or who will fail to furnish COVID-19 negative test report will be stopped beyond July 31, 2021, and they would not attend office, it said
India reports 38,079 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate at 1.19 pc
The Union Health Ministry has informed that the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered under the nationwide vaccination drive has reached 39,96,95,879 out of which 42,12,557 vaccine doses were administrated in the last 24 hours.
NCGTC issues guidelines for Rs 50,000-cr credit guarantee scheme for medical infra
As per the guidelines, a credit guarantee of 50 per cent to all brownfield projects and 75 per cent to greenfield projects in the healthcare sector at centres other than 8 municipal areas would be available. The excluded metros from the scheme are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
For the aspirational districts, the guarantee cover for both brownfield expansion and greenfield projects shall be 75 per cent, it said.
Tokyo Olympic : First case of Covid-19 detected in Games Village
The Tokyo 2020 playbooks and COVID-19 countermeasures provide the framework for safe and secure Olympic Games. Implementing the playbooks, the ceremonies will take place respecting the following guidelines and scenarios:
Govt to procure 660 mn more doses of Covishield, Covaxin at revised rates
According to the revised guidelines which came into effect from June 21, vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states/UTs based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination, and all above the age of 18 will be eligible for the free jabs.
Any wastage of vaccine will affect the allocation negatively.
Facebook, others ‘killing people’ by carrying COVID misinformation, says Biden
US President’s comments came a day after US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared misinformation about the vaccines a threat to public health, and as US officials advised that deaths and serious illness from the virus are almost entirely preventable because of the vaccines.
Biden, asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, They’re killing people.
The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” he said.
World leaders pledge to redouble pandemic fight at special APEC meeting
“The pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on our region’s people and economies,” the leaders said in a joint statement issued after a virtual meeting chaired by New Zealand.
“We will only overcome this health emergency by accelerating equitable access to safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable COVID-19 vaccines,” they said.There have been over 50 million cases of COVID-19 within APEC’s borders, with over 1 million deaths. APEC-wide GDP contracted by 1.9% in 2020.
Biogen Alzheimer’s drug hits roadblocks with some hospitals, insurers
Several Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans, including those in Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have said there is insufficient evidence of Aduhelm’s benefit for patients and they will not provide coverage for the drug.
Biogen said in a statement that the several Blues plans’ “characterization of Aduhelm as experimental and investigational is inaccurate and misleading.”
Welfare fraud and errors cost UK a record 8 bln pounds during pandemic
The government had to deal with an increased risk from organised crime since the start of the pandemic, the NAO said. Fraudsters hijacked people’s identities in order to make fictitious claims with payments routed into bank accounts they could access, the watchdog said.
SC asks UP to reconsider its decision to hold even ‘symbolic’ Kanwar Yatra
The top court’s direction came after the Uttar Pradesh government told the bench that it has decided after relevant discussions to hold a symbolic Kanwar Yatra with appropriate Covid restrictions.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for the Centre told the top court that states shall not be allowed to hold Kanwar Yatra in view of Covid and arrangements for Ganga water should be made by tankers at specified places.