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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.
With poor data on variants, India’s Covid surge remains a mystery
India has enough laboratory capacity for genome sequencing, but getting a wide spread of regular samples from across the country — including the rural hinterland and potential super-spreader events — has been a problem, said Rakesh Mishra, the director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, one of the labs working to sequence positive virus samples.
We suspect new Covid strain, samples sent to NCDC: Maharashtra Health Min
“New Strains are suspected because we are seeing other behaviours in COVID-19 patients than routine behaviours. Patients are also showing non-routine behaviours after the infection,” Tope said.
“National Institute of Virology (NIV) is doing genomic sequencing of our samples. It is sending its report to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Now, NCDC will guide us about if any new protocol is to be followed for the treatment,” he added.
IEC’s path-breaking Waste-To-Energy Technologies to become a Game-changer in Solid Waste Management Sector
Ineffective waste management affects environmental balance badly. It pollutes the land, water, and air, which ultimately affects human health. Air pollution affects the life span of vehicles and consumer durables. If Waste-To-Energy plants are installed, it will minimize pollution and improves human health by enhancing air quality. It will provide 24X7 renewable power and generate employment too.
India Gets FREE National Autism Helpline – 9100 181 181
Parents, Family members of autistic children can now be rest assured and dial India’s National Autism Helpline 9100 181 181 to get FREE professional guidance, assistance on Autism. They can receive free professional advices from expert Doctors or Therapists regarding their children’s physical growth, behavioral and developmental changes, health-wellness issues and find useful solutions to manage them. This would help lives of autistic kids better with further inclusion in schools and society at large.
COVID-19 vaccination at public, private workplaces having 100 eligible beneficiaries from Apr 11
“In order to increase the access of vaccine to these populations, COVID-19 vaccination sessions may be organised at work places (both public & private) which are having about 100 eligible and willing beneficiaries by tagging these work places with an existing COVID vaccination centre,” Bhushan said in the letter.
“Such work place vaccination centres may be launched across states/Union territories from April 11, 2021,” he said.