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No indication children will be severely affected in third Covid wave: Gov
“Data from the first and the second wave shows that children are usually protected from Covid and even if they get it, they have mild infection,” he said.
He, however, said children have suffered collateral damage during the pandemic due to gender gap in education, stress and mental issues, smartphone dependence/addiction, and interrupted educational opportunities.
18 states have reported 5,424 cases of black fungus; highest in Gujarat, Maharashtra
”Out of these 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, we have seen that 4, 556 cases have a history of COVID-19 infection, while 875 cases are amongst non-COVID patients. Diabetes was present in 55 percent of the patients.
”We have been warning, issuing advisories and, through our experts, it has been communicated that indiscriminate use of steroids must be avoided and diabetes must be treated thoroughly as best as possible,” he said.
Senator Rubio introduces Bills to prevent China’s attempt to obtain US Genomic Data
The legislation will update licensure requirements to account for national security considerations. The bill would require that every Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments Act certificate specify if a company with access to Americans’ health data is directly tied to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.
India’s total deaths from COVID-19 surpass 300,000
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,37,28,011, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.14 percent, the data stated.
Feature for on-site registration enabled for 18-44 age group on CoWIN: Govt
This feature will not be available for private CVCs and they will have to publish their vaccination schedules exclusively with slots for online appointments.
U.S. CDC looking into heart inflammation in some young vaccine recipients
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in a statement dated May 17 said it had looked into reports that a few young vaccine recipients, predominantly adolescents and young adults, and predominantly male, developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle.
Macron calls for WHO powers to be boosted, Merkel backs call for pandemic treaty
Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in separate pre-recorded remarks to the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly, called for the U.N. agency’s funding to be improved and backed the idea of a new international treaty to prevent pandemics.
Singapore provisionally approves 60-second COVID-19 breathalyser test
The breath test achieved more than 90% accuracy in a Singapore-based pilot clinical trial, the company said last year.
German cyber security chief fears hackers could target hospitals
German clinics have been targeted by a series of cyberattacks over the last five years, and Arne Schoenbohm, president of the BSI federal cybersecurity agency, told Zeit Online newspaper he saw “a greater danger at hospitals”.
Cyclone Yass: Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Balasore to be worst hit, says IMD
“We are expecting that the well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal will concentrate into a depression during next 12 hours and by tomorrow (May 24), it is going to be a cyclonic storm and will continue to move in the north north-westward direction and on May 26 it will reach Odisha, West Bengal, and Bangladesh coast,” Umashankar Das, Deputy Director of India Meteorological Department, told ANI.
“The North Odisha districts, particularly Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, and Balasore are expected to most affected,” Das said.