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India medical body says no to reopening tourism due to COVID-19 threat
“Tourist bonanza, pilgrimage travel, religious fervour are all needed, but can wait for few more months,” the IMA said, adding that opening up for these rituals and enabling unvaccinated people to go to these mass gatherings are “potential super spreaders for the COVID third wave.”
Third Covid wave might have set in India on July 4:: Top Hyderabad scientist
Dr Vipin Srivastava, who has developed a method to observe the pattern of the number of cases and deaths for the past 463 days, said July 4 appears to be similar to what it was during the first week of February this year when the second wave was said to have set in.
According to his analysis, whenever there is a crossover from an increasing trend to a decreasing trend in daily deaths or vice versa, the Daily Death Load (DDL) fluctuates ‘wildly’.
Scientists identify genetic variant that carry risk of type 2 diabetes
Dr John Perry, from the MRC Epidemiology Unit and a senior author on the paper, said: “Reading an individual’s DNA is a powerful way of identifying genetic variants that increase our risk of developing certain diseases. For complex diseases such as type 2 diabetes, many variants play a role, but often only increasing our risk by a tiny amount. This particular variant, while rare, has a big impact on an individual’s risk.”
Virus variants threaten global recovery, G20 warns
Differences in vaccination levels between the world’s rich and poor remain vast.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the divergence a “moral outrage” that also undermines wider efforts to tame the spread of the virus.While some of the wealthiest countries have now given over two-thirds of their citizens at least one shot of vaccine, that figure falls to well below 5% for many African nations.
COVID-19: Detected across 30 countries, Lambda variant ‘deadlier’ than Delta
Recently, Public Health England in the UK reported a handful of cases caused by Lambda had been detected in the country and recognised it as having “a potential increased transmissibility or possible increased resistance to neutralizing antibodies”.
India reports 41,506 new COVID-19 cases, 895 deaths in last 24 hours
Till date, 37,60,32,586 vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India poised for double-digit growth this fiscal; disinvestment climate looks better: Niti VC
”We are now hopefully getting past our (COVID-19) pandemic… and the economic activities will be strengthened as we get into the second half of this (fiscal) year given what I have seen for example various indicators, including the mobility indicators,” Kumar told PTI in an interview.
The Indian economy has been adversely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and the recovery has been relatively sluggish in the wake of the second COVID wave.
Next pandemic risk: Woman dies after infection with two Covid-19 variants
The idea of multiple infections isn’t completely new. In January, Brazilian scientists reported two cases of Covid-19 co-infection, but the study hasn’t yet been released in a scientific journal. Researchers have also previously found evidence of people becoming infected with multiple strains of influenza. The cases suggest co-infection might be more common than currently known.
Too early to say anything on Kappa variant: UP doctor on Covid’s new strain
“It is too early to say anything (on Kappa variant). When we tracked the patient’s medical history, we found that he experienced a very high fever and breathing difficulty in a very short span of time. He was admitted in a very critical condition and died after almost 5 days,” Dr Amresh Singh, assistant professor, and Head Microbiologist at BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur told ANI.
Covid: Around 390 families have applied for financial aid under Delhi govt scheme, says Gautam
”As on July 9, the Social Welfare Department has received 390 applications under this scheme. 220 beneficiaries have applied for a pension of Rs 2,500 per month and 170 have applied for Rs 50,000 ex gratia amount,” a statement quotingGautam said. Since the scheme was launched recently, it may take time for the beneficiaries to collect all the required documents. But the process of application will be fast-tracked in the coming days, it said. Gautam said the representatives of the department will go door to door to help the beneficiaries fill up application forms.