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Traditional medicine can improve people-centred health care: WHO’s Poonam Khetrapal Singh
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Govt expands COVID-19 vaccination for people above 45 yrs from April 1
Meanwhile, Odisha might have to stop its coronavirus vaccination drive for four days because of a shortage of doses, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters, even as overall inoculations hit a record on Tuesday.
Reputation of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine marred by missteps
US officials issued an unusual statement expressing concerns the company had included outdated information from its study and that it may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data.
A company spokesman said Tuesday it was looking into it.
India”s total cases of mutant COVID-19 strains reach 795
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in the three countries where the pandemic is being driven by the variant mutants of SARS-CoV-2 virus, namely the UK, South Africa and Brazil, the South African and Brazilian variants have the potential to reinfect persons who have been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, he said in a written reply.
COVID-19: MHA issues new guidelines, asks states/UTs to follow ‘Test-Track-Treat’ protocol
While talking about vaccination, the MHA said: “While the vaccination drive is proceeding smoothly, the pace is uneven across different states and UTs; and, the slow pace of vaccination in some states/ UTs is a matter of concern. Vaccination against COVID-19, in the present scenario, is critical to break the chain of transmission.”
Suspension of international passenger flights extended till April 30
“However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis,” the DGCA added.
89 deaths reported following COVID vaccination till March 16, but none attributed to vaccine: Govt
Adequate measures have been put in place to manage AEFI cases like availability of anaphylaxis kits at each vaccination site, immediate referral to adverse events following immunization (AEFI) management centre and observation of vaccine recipients for 30 minutes at session site so as to take timely corrective measure.
Notify health policy for rare diseases by March 31, HC asks Centre; directs setting up of R&D body
It also asked the government to consider increasing the budget for rare diseases for the upcoming financial year 2021-22 and said the policy should deal with giving financial incentives for manufacturing drugs and contributing towards treatment of rare diseases.
AstraZeneca says US trial data shows vaccine 79% effective
While the AstraZeneca vaccine has been authorized in more than 50 countries worldwide, scientists have been awaiting results of the U.S. study in hopes it will clear up some of the confusion about just how well the shots really work
Asia accelerates AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine rollouts, even as trust plunges in Europe
The AstraZeneca shot was among the first and cheapest of the Covid-19 vaccines to be developed and launched at volume and is set to be the mainstay of vaccination programmes in much of the developing world.
But its brief suspension raised concerns that a slowdown in vaccination rollouts could hurt the global fight against the pandemic, as coronavirus cases surge in some countries, overwhelming healthcare systems and hurting economies.
India records highest single-day surge since mid November
New Delhi: India added 90,797 cases of coronavirus in two days with 46,951 new infections being recorded in a span of 24 hours, the highest so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,16,46,081, according to the Union Health Ministry...