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In a statement issued on Monday, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization said the cases, known as vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia (VIPIT), “have been recently reported in Europe following post-licensure use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine”.
“Cases identified so far have been primarily in women under the age of 55 years, although cases in men have also been reported and have mostly occurred between four and 16 days after receipt of vaccine.”
India’s coronavirus cases peak over 12 million for first time
Daily deaths rose by 291 on Monday and the virus has so far killed 161,843 people in the country.84.5 per cent of new COVID-19 cases reported from 8 states
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID
The researchers listed four scenarios in order of likelihood for the emergence of the virus named SARS-CoV-2. Topping the list was transmission through a second animal, which they said was likely to very likely. They evaluated direct spread from bats to humans as likely, and said that spread through “cold-chain” food products was possible but not likely.
World should be ‘completely back to normal’ by 2022-end, says Bill Gates
Time to make wellbeing a mainstream subject, says Sisodia
“The objective of our happiness curriculum has been to develop self-awareness and mindfulness, inculcate skills of critical thinking and inquiry, enable learners to communicate effectively and help children to apply life skills to deal with stressful and conflicting situations around them. Almost 3-4 lakh students who practiced mindfulness and different activities helped their homes to be strong and emotionally sound.”
COVID-19: Daily deaths over 300 for first time this year, 62,714 new cases
The 312 new fatalities include 166 from Maharashtra, 45 from Punjab, 14 from Kerala, 13 from Chhattisgarh, and 10 from Delhi
Jal Shakti Ministry approves Rs 465 cr performance incentive to 7 states under Jal Jeevan Mission
Since the announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission on August 15, 2019, four crore households have been provided tap water connections, thus increasing the tap water supply from 3.23 crore (17 percent) rural households in the country to more than 7.20 crore (37.6 percent), the statement added.
This is the ”speed and scale” of the work being undertaken to provide clean drinking water to every rural household, it said.
Vaccines may need regular updates as coronavirus evolves, say scientists
The scientists said the novel coronavirus genome is currently estimated to change at a rate of approximately 10 mutations per 10,000 base molecules per year, meaning the speed at which it evolves is substantially higher than that of the endemic coronaviruses.
62,258 new Covid-19 cases,Six states account for 79.57 per cent of fresh infections
Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 73 per cent of the total active cases in the country.
The total vaccination coverage in the country has crossed 5.8 crore, the ministry said.
Increase testing, Centre to 12 states, UTs reporting surge in cases as India records sharpest weekly rise since May last
Besides the ”strong advice” given by the Centre for a significant increase of testing in all districts in line with their positivity rate, the strategy to be adopted included effective isolation and contact tracing of that infected, Re-invigoration of Public and Private Healthcare resources, ensuring of COVID Appropriate Behaviour and targeted approach to vaccination in districts reporting large numbers.