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Investment in Primary Health Care is cost-effective way to achieve Universal Health Coverage:Bharti Pravin Pawar
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AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these ‘artificial persons’ follow the law
Many functions inside small and large companies have already been...
MHA asks states, UTs to strengthen facilities for vulnerable groups, kids orphaned due to COVID-19
The Centre has asked states and union territories to ”immediately review” the existing facilities for such groups, especially for children who have been orphaned, senior citizens who may require timely assistance and support (medical as well as safety and security), and members of the scheduled castes/scheduled tribes who may need guidance to access government-supported facilities.
Covid deaths may be double, triple the official tally: WHO
On that basis, the WHO said it estimated that 1.1 million to 1.3 million people in 53 European countries died from Covid-19 in 2020, roughly double the number recorded in official data. It also calculates that, over the same period, 1.3 million to 1.5 million people died in 35 countries in the Americas, compared with the 9,00,000 deaths officially recorded.
Prices of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine may drop after local manufacturing begins: Dr Reddy’s
The company spokesperson told ANI, “The current MRP of Rs. 948 + 5 percent GST is for the imported doses. We are not able to provide a specific number but as indicated, once local manufacturing of Sputnik V begins, we do expect the possibility of a lower price point.”
Covid-19 could become like common cold in future, study suggests
The research, published in the journal Viruses, makes this likely prediction based on mathematical models that incorporate lessons learned from the current pandemic on how our body’s immunity changes over time.
“Over the next decade, the severity of Covid-19 may decrease as populations collectively develop immunity,” said Fred Adler, a professor of mathematics and biological sciences at the University of Utah in the US said.
The study suggests that changes in the disease could be driven by adaptations of our immune response rather than by changes in the virus itself.
UK launches plans for Global Pandemic Radar to detect Covid-19 variants, emerging disease
The UK prime minister claimed that the “Global Pandemic Radar,” as the network was called, will ensure the early detection of new variants and emerging pathogens, so vaccines and treatments needed to stop them can be rapidly developed.
Govt asks social media firms to remove contents referring to ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus
The sources said that a notice has been issued in this regard on Friday by the IT Ministry, which states that a false statement is being circulated online that implies that an ”Indian variant” of coronavirus is spreading across countries.
Will bankers embrace sensors under their desks when they return to work?
But not everyone can return at once: banks will have to extend practices like those used for small teams of traders during the pandemic. Shifting rotations of people will pass through giant buildings on different days, without clustering in the same areas on the same floors, to avoid spreading COVID-19. Some of the banks are implementing systems where employees will book “hot seats” on particular days and be monitored while they are sitting at them, sources said.
In some buildings, that could mean cameras that monitor a room’s occupancy level and even sensors that tell building management whether someone is sitting at a desk. “That feels a little personal,” one bank employee said about desk sensors.
India reports 259,551 new coronavirus infections,deaths rise by 4,209
Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal on Thursday, said a continuous decline in the Covid-19 active cases has been noted in the last 15 days.
“From being 17.13 per cent reported on May 3, the active cases now comprise 12.1 per cent of the country’s total infections. A positive trend in recovery has also been noted. The recovery rate which was 81.7 per cent on May 3 has increased to 86.7 now,” said Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal..
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Fauci expects Covid-19 vaccines for kids in late-2021, sees need for booster shot
“I think we will almost certainly require a booster sometime within a year or so after getting the primary because the durability protection against coronavirus is generally not lifelong similar to measles,” he said.
Chip crisis in ‘Danger Zone’ as wait times reach new record
Chip shortages are rippling through industry after industry, preventing companies from shipping products from cars to game consoles and refrigerators. Automakers are now expected to lose out on $110 billion in sales this year, as Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and others have to idle factories for lack of essential components. That’s undercutting economic growth and employment, as well as raising fears of panic ordering that may lead to distortions in the future.