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Land to be given for National Institute of Medicinal Plants in Sindhudurg district
The land, located in Aadali village of Dodamarg taluka, will be handed over to the Union AYUSH ministry.NIMP would be a ”one-stop center” for all matters related to medicinal plants and will work in coordination with the state and central government.
Impressed with Bihar’s HIT COVID App, PM seeks details for countrywide use
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had launched the ”HIT COVID App” on Monday to reach out to coronavirus patients undergoing treatment for the deadly disease in home isolation.
As part of the project, health workers at the grassroots level visit patients in home isolation to record their temperature and oxygen level on a daily basis, and the data is fed to the App.
Need for greater collaboration between countries on various health issues:Harsh Vardhan
India’s federal structure and subsequent public health system posed various challenges due to the wide diversity that prevails throughout the length and breadth of the country, he said.
UK ‘increasingly confident’ that vaccines work against variant from India
Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said there was a “glimmer of hope” from the latest data that the transmissibility of the variant might be lower than first feared.
Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on COVID
The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told AFP the inequalities in accessing COVID-19 vaccines today hark back to the late 1990s, when she helplessly watched HIV patients in India wither away when drugs were saving lives in the West.
Scientists agree Covid is airborne, want overhaul of ventilation systems
Cleaner indoor air won’t just fight the pandemic, it will minimize the risk of catching flu and other respiratory infections that cost the U.S. more than $50 billion a year, researchers said in a study in the journal ‘Science’ on Friday. Avoiding these germs and their associated sickness and productivity losses would, therefore, offset the cost of upgrading ventilation and filtration in buildings.
The study’s authors, comprising 39 scientists from 14 countries, are demanding universal recognition that infections can be prevented by improving indoor ventilation systems.
$10 trillion lost globally due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns:WHO Report
A report by the panel cited estimates that more than $10 trillion has been lost globally because of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns to control its spread that has closed businesses and confined people to their homes. “Every effort to integrate beforehand health and finance will largely pay itself,” said Mario Monti ,former Italian prime minister chairs the WHO’s Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development .
It has recommended the G20 establish a Global Health Board which would work to prevent future pandemics by identifying risks, setting global benchmarks for preparedness, and promoting investment in health infrastructure.
Ransomware attack hits 4 Asian countries of AXA subsidiary
he ransomware attack impacted information technology operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the Philippines, the statement said. “As a result, certain data processed by Inter Partners Asia (IPA) in Thailand has been accessed,” it said.
269 doctors died due to COVID in second wave of pandemic: Indian Medical Association
Speaking to ANI, IMA president Dr JA Jayalal said, “Mortality among doctors is high as we are exposed to high viral load. We attain hundreds of patients whose infections are high. Also, many people come with symptomatic COVID, even their attendants are positive. So, doctors are exposed to this more.” “The working hours of doctors have been extended because the number of patients has increased. Keeping these all leads to high mortality among doctors. But this is not the case with doctors only, several deaths are occurring among the common public too,” added Dr Jayalal.
State-wise data by IMA shows 22 doctors died due to COVID-19 in Andhra Pradesh, 19 in Telangana, 14 each in Maharashtra and West Bengal, and 11 fatalities were reported in Tamil Nadu. It added that 10 doctors also died in Odisha, eight in Karnataka, and five in Madhya Pradesh.
India second largest insurtech market in APAC: S&P Report
”India is the second largest insurance technology market in Asia-Pacific. India has at least 66 insurtech companies and accounted for 35 per cent of the USD 3.66 billion in insurtech-focused venture capital invested in the APAC region. ”Insurance technology investors are attracted to India since it is one of the fastest-growing insurance markets in the world,” S&P Global Market Intelligence fintech analyst Sampath Sharma Nariyanuri said.