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Those with less than Rs 8 lakh income won’t have to pay premium of govt’s insurance scheme: CM Gehlot
The premium amount will be paid by the state government for...
Pharma cos with over Rs 250 cr turnover have to adopt good manufacturing practices within 6 months: Mandaviya
Recently, drug regulators inspected 162 units and 14 public testing...
Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert says
“We have to appreciate that we were always going to have to have booster doses; immunity to coronavirus doesn’t last forever,” Peacock told Reuters at the non-profit Wellcome Sanger Institute’s 55-acre campus outside Cambridge.
“We already are tweaking the vaccines to deal with what the virus is doing in terms of evolution – so there are variants arising that have a combination of increased transmissibility and an ability to partially evade our immune response,” she said.
Facebook finds social media users responsible for spreading vaccine doubt
“Public health experts have made it clear that tackling vaccine hesitancy is a top priority in the COVID response, which is why we’ve launched a global campaign that has already connected 2 billion people to reliable information from health experts and remove false claims about COVID and vaccines. This ongoing work will help to inform our efforts,” Facebook representative Dani Lever said.
Nearly 146 tonnes COVID-related bio-medical waste generated daily in country: Govt
Responding to a query on actions being taken for disposal of the waste, the minister said that for ensuring safe disposal of biomedical waste including COVID-19 waste, the CPCB has brought out dedicated guidelines for handling, treatment and disposal of waste generated during treatment, diagnostics and quarantine of COVID-19 patients.
7 states account for 87.73 pc of the new cases reported in a day
With a daily increase of 25,320 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 11,333,728 on Saturday to 11,359,048 – an increase of 0.2%. Death toll has reached 158,607, with 161 fatalities in a day.
Maharashtra registered the highest daily new cases at 15,602, followed by Kerala with 2,035 and Punjab 1,510 new cases.
Clean water in all homes is Modi’s next big India election play
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity has endured over the years in part due to his focus on giving poorer Indians things like cooking gas, toilets and electricity. Now he wants every rural home to have water by the next national election in 2024....
Committed to expanding institutes of medical excellence for high-quality care for all: Vardhan
Translation medicine has a great future. This centre at AIIMS, Bhopal, has been built with an aim to accelerate the discovery of new diagnostic tools and treatments by using a multi-disciplinary, highly collaborative, ”bench-to-bedside” approach, the Union health minister added.
India’s fintech industry seen at $150-160 bn by 2025: FICCI-BCG report
India’s dynamic FinTech industry has 2100+ FinTechs of which 67% have been set up over the last 5 years alone. The total valuation of the industry is estimated at $50-$60 billion. The industry’s growth has been undeterred by the pandemic, as it has seen the emergence of 3 new Unicorns and 5 new Soonicorns (USD 500Mn+ valuation) since January 2020.
Amid concerns over Covishield, India studies post-vaccination adverse events
India has reported 234 adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs), including 71 deaths, for both the vaccines till Friday, said Dr N K Arora, an advisor to the national AEFI committee.
24,882 new COVID-19 cases recorded in India, recovery rate at 96.82 pc
Maharashtra remains one of the worst affected states in the country with 15,817 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The total number of active cases stands at 1,10,485 while the death toll stands at 52,723.
‘No evidence’ of blood clot risk from Covid-19 vaccine, says AstraZeneca
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said Thursday that it did not recommend suspending use of the AstraZeneca vaccine, stating that there is “no indication” the vaccine caused the blood clots in the people who received the vaccine. The agency told countries they could keep rolling out the shot while investigations take place.
“The vaccine’s benefits continue to outweigh its risks and the vaccine can continue to be administered while the investigation of cases of thromboembolic events is ongoing,” the agency said as quoted by CNN.