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Maharshtra shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads
Scientists fear Delta Plus could trigger another wave of infections as India recovers from the second wave. Many states, including Maharashtra, have been easing lockdown rules imposed in April.
Now in 85 countries, Delta variant expected to become dominant lineage: WHO
WHO noted that since the last detailed update on June 8, new evidence has been published on the phenotypic characteristics of the Delta variant. A study from Singapore showed that infection with Delta variant was associated with higher odds of oxygen requirement, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, or death, it said.
S&P cuts India’s FY22 growth forecast to 9.5 pc
Stating that permanent damage to private and public sector balance sheets will constrain growth over the next couple of years, it projected India’s growth at 7.8 per cent in the next fiscal ending March 31, 2023.
One shot of Pfizer, AstraZeneca vax offers 60% protection against Covid
“However, even beyond four weeks, a single vaccine dose does not eliminate infection risk, highlighting the continued importance of non-pharmaceutical measures to control transmission within long-term care facilities,” said Madhumita Shrotri and Laura Shallcross, from the UCL Institute of Health Informatics.
The study will be critical to inform policy decisions regarding revaccination schedules in this vulnerable population and the disease control measures needed in the short, medium, and long term to protect long-term care facilities from future waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the team said.
Caregivers in crisis: Pandemic begins to ebb but trauma persists
The trauma of dealing with the illness lasts much longer than the illness itself, said psychiatrist Jyoti Kapoor.
“This has taken a toll on the psychological health of most caregivers with longer lasting symptoms similar to PTSD. There has been an increase in instances of acute stress reaction, panic attacks, psychosomatic manifestations and psychosis in Covid patients.
G20 nations recommit to shaping human-centred recovery
“The crisis has impacted some sectors and groups much harder. In particular, it has hit women and youth, along with those in the informal economy.Those are also the groups facing the most difficult situations today and the biggest risk of being left behind in the months and years ahead,”ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said.
Ryder outlined the cataclysmic impact of COVID-19, which has led to the loss of the equivalent of 161 million full-time jobs in the G20 nations. This, he said, represents a world of work crisis four times as severe as the one triggered by the financial crisis of 2008/09.
FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines
Health regulators in several countries have been investigating whether the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna shots using new mRNA technology present a risk and, if so, how serious.
Insurers pay Rs18,600 crore for settling 15.40 lakh Covid-19 claims :IRDAI
“Over 19.11 lakh covid health claims have been reported as on 22nd June as far as medical insurance or hospitalisation is concerned. While in terms of death claims, which is handled by the life insurers, about 55,276 claims have been intimated and nearly 88 per cent i.e., 48,484 claims amounting to Rs 3,593 crore have already been settled,” informed while inaugurating 13th Global Insurance E-Summit & Awards organised by ASSOCHAM.
She added that the repudiated claim for health is just about 4 per cent and in life it is just about 0.66 per cent, which is negligible.
Thackeray instructs health dept to prepare for possible COVID third wave
The tail of the second wave is yet to come. You are not completely out of it,” added Thackeray. Meanwhile, An IIT Kanpur study by Prof. Rajesh Ranjan and Mahendra Verma, along with their team, on Monday said the third wave peak of COVID could be around September – October this year
Pfizer says Covid vaccine highly effective against Delta variant
“The data we have today, accumulating from research we are conducting at the lab and including data from those places where the Indian variant, Delta, has replaced the British variant as the common variant, point to our vaccine being very effective, around 90%, in preventing the coronavirus disease, COVID-19,” Alon Rappaport, Pfizer’s medical director in Israel, told local broadcaster Army Radio.