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India reports a record 131,968 new COVID-19 infections
Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday there was no shortage of shots for the groups eligible for vaccination, with more than 43 million doses in stock or in the pipeline. India has been inoculating about 4 million people a day.
He informed that 0.46 per cent of active COVID-19 patients are on ventilators and 2.31 per cent are in ICU.
Odisha makes COVID-19 negative report mandatory for entry into state
”The people coming without such a report shall have to undergo 7-day mandatory Home/ Institutional quarantine. This will be effective from April 12 (Monday),” Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said quoting the order.
COVAX says India’s Serum Institute bound to supply virus vaccines
SII partner AstraZeneca has already issued it a legal notice over delays to other shipments, even as many Indian states have complained of a shortage facing priority recipients.
J&J says in talks with Indian govt for trial of single-dose vaccine
India currently has two approved vaccines in use, one developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca and the other, a shot from local player Bharat Biotech. There are other vaccine candidates in trials in India including Russia’s Sputnik-V and a shot developed by Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
Non-communicable diseases top cause of death in India; AI, Big Data can help in prevention: Apollo Hospitals
“Even before the pandemic began, we have been facing an unacceptable loss of lives due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The silent epidemic of NCDs was evident with NCDs behind 40 per cent of all hospital stays,” Apollo Hospitals Group Chairman Prathap C Reddy said.
Reports of Covid treatment costs have changed India’s attitude towards health insurance: Survey
Another trend is the preference of EMI by customers for purchasing Health Insurance policies. This was earlier almost non-existent and has now become the preferred payment option for 40 per cent customers. The IRDAI has done a commendable job in ensuring EMI based options are available to customers from all Insurers.
Covid: New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India starting Apr 11
“We are temporarily suspending entry into New Zealand for travellers from India,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a news conference in Auckland.
The move comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border on Thursday, of which 17 were from India.
Indian travellers ready to adopt ‘digital health passports’ to restart travel
Despite an overwhelming response to digital health passports, when queried further, there are concerns about security and privacy such as: • 34% of respondents are worried about data security risks with their personal information being hacked, • 28% of respondents are concerned about lack of transparency and control over how and where their data will be shared.
IMF sees evidence of normalisation of India’s economic activity, projects 12.5 pc growth in 2021
“The evidence we were getting in the last couple of months in terms of the normalisation of economic activity,” said IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath
India’s record COVID-19 surge continues, vaccines run short
Healthcare workers outside a government hospital in Mumbai city – India’s financial capital – were seen turning people away, asking them to call a helpline number set up by the municipal authorities. “We don’t know when the vaccine will be back in stock. It could be available later today or maybe tomorrow,” one of them said.
Notices saying “vaccine out of stock” were plastered outside a centre in a neighbouring suburb, along with helpline numbers. In two other districts in Maharashtra, local officials said inoculation efforts had been stopped and centres were closed.