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A year after ‘Janata curfew’, coronavirus threat rears its ugly head again
India stands at number one position in terms of recovered coronavirus cases followed by Brazil, while it is in the third spot in terms of the cases after the US and Brazil, according to the Johns Hopkins University, which has been compiling global COVID-19 data.
India to increase interval between doses of AstraZeneca shot
NEW DELHI: India’s health ministry on Monday wrote to states asking them to administer second AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine doses,Covishield, to recipients within four to eight weeks, from the current guideline of four to six weeks. “The...
Hyderabad-based Virchow Biotech to produce up to 200 mn doses of Sputnik V
The announcement follows similar deals with Indian pharmaceutical firms Gland Pharma, Stelis Biopharma and Hetero.
“Virchow’s proven capabilities in large-scale drug substance manufacturing should help meet the global demand for this vaccine,” Dr. Tummuru Murali, Managing Director of Virchow Biotech, said in a statement issued by RDIF.
Legal drinking age lowered to 21 from 25 years in Delhi
The government announced that no new liquor shops will be opened and 60 per cent share of government shops in the current retail liquor business will be replaced by private players.
India records 43,846 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, highest single day spike this year.
The daily rise in infections was the highest recorded in 115 days. The death toll increased to 1,59,755 with 197 daily new fatalities, the highest in 97 days, the data updated at 8 am showed.As many as 44,489 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours on November 26.
As India witnessed the highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases this year, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday that Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh account for 83.14 per cent of the new infections.
70,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres operationalised ahead of schedule: Govt
Preventive health care is the essential component of the services delivered through HWCs. The identified individuals with the chronic conditions are put on treatment with necessary follow-up. So far, 9.1 crore screenings for hypertension, 7.4 crore screenings for diabetes, 4.7 crore screenings for oral cancer, 2.4 crore screenings for breast cancer and 1.7 crore screenings for cervical cancer in women have been done, the ministry highlighted.
CAIT alleges violation of Drugs & Cosmetics Act by e-pharmacies
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) wrote to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, Health Minister Harshvardhan and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the issue.
“It is important to note that sale of prescription drugs and medicines through online medium is illegal. The legal regime, under the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940, does not permit home delivery of prescription medicines for which a prescription “in original” is required,” CAIT said in the letter to Goyal sent on Friday.
Worrying decline in health of Gen X, Y in US: Study
The researchers showed that compared to previous generations, members of Generation X and Generation Y showed poorer physical health, higher levels of unhealthy behaviour such as alcohol use and smoking, and more depression and anxiety.
According to the lead researcher, Hui Zheng from The Ohio State University, the results suggest the likelihood of higher levels of diseases and more deaths in younger generations than seen in the past.
“The worsening health profiles we found in Gen X and Gen Y is alarming,” Zheng said.
Londoners hit by ‘staggering’ drop in life expectancy due to Covid-19
Analysis by the King’s Fund health think-tank saw the biggest falls in life expectancy in London, from 81.3 to 78.8 for men and 85 to 83.4 for women. They said it was worse than any fall since the Second World War, according to the Evening Standard.
Prepare for the next pandemic, says WHO scientist
“We’ve seen time and time again that products developed in high income countries take decades to find their way to low income countries. This has happened with influenza pandemics, with HIV, and with hepatitis B vaccines.
It took 30 years for hepatitis B vaccines to get to developing countries and that’s exactly the reason why COVAX [the UN-led scheme to distribute two billion COVID-19 vaccines to mostly poorer countries] was set up, to make sure that as vaccines get developed, that there’s also equity in access.