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One in ten suffer long-term effects 8 months following mild Covid-19: Study
“Fatigue and respiratory problems are also more common among participants who have had COVID-19 but do not occur to the same extent,” Thalin said.
A third of Covid-19 survivors suffer neurological, mental disorders: Study
Post-COVID cases of stroke, dementia and other neurological disorders were rarer, the researchers said, but were still significant, especially in those who had severe COVID-19.
“Although the individual risks for most disorders are small, the effect across the whole population may be substantial,” said Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at Oxford University who co-led the work.
Indian PM rejects calls to widen vaccine access as infections hit record
“It’s not that you can set up these big vaccine factories overnight,” Modi said addressing chief ministers of states via video conference. “Whatever production we have got, we will have to prioritise.”
Many states including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Punjab have crossed the first wave of peak in terms of COVID-19 cases. This is a serious concern. People have become complacent. In most states administration has also become relaxed,” he said.
WHO rejects SII’s proposal seeking extension of Covishield’s shelf life from 6 to 9 months
The move comes even as India’s drug regulator has extended Covishield’s shelf life from six to nine months from its manufacturing date.
India to review COVID-19 vaccines after blood clot warning – report
The review comes after Europe’s drug regulator said on Wednesday it found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who had received the shot, although it added the vaccine’s advantages still outweighed the risks.
Gadkari flags off 90 ambulances for road accident victims
The 90 basic care ambulances are for Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttarakhand, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in a statement.
As per road accident statistics, of the 415 deaths per day in India, about 40 per cent lives can be saved if basic medical treatment is made available in time, the statement said.
WHO does not back vaccination passports for now – spokeswoman
Meanwhile, the United States won’t issue “vaccine passports”, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Tuesday.
“The government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential. There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential,” Psaki told reporters at house briefing.
India reports 1,15,736 new COVID-19 cases, highest ever daily record
Registering a steady increase for the 28th day in row, the active cases have increased to 8,43,473 comprising 6.59 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 92.11 per cent, the data stated.
Wearing of mask mandatory even while driving alone: Delhi High Court
Justice Prathiba M Singh also refused to interfere with the Delhi government’s decision to impose challans for not wearing a mask while driving a private vehicle alone and dismissed the pleas challenging the same.
RBI holds rates at record lows amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases
India’s central bank has slashed the repo rate by a total of 115 basis points (bps) since March 2020 to soften the blow from the pandemic. This follows 135 bps worth of rate cuts since the beginning of 2019.
“The MPC judged that monetary policy should remain accommodative till prospects of sustained recovery are well secured,” Governor Shaktikanta Das said.