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Health ministry’s e-initiative clocks 14.17 cr teleconsultations since April 2021
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Harsh Vardhan inaugurates ‘green crematoria’ to mitigate air pollution
”Air Pollution has become a grave problem in India with more than 120+ cities falling under non-attainment category as per the National Green Tribunal. In the recently announced General Budget 2021, a lot of emphasis has been given to allocate resource to mitigate the growing ambient air pollution related problem in India,” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
Most economies won’t return to pre-Covid activity levels by 2022: Moody’s
Policy actions will continue to support economic activity and financial markets after the pandemic has eased, it added. Policymakers will continue to support economic activity long after the pandemic has faded, in some cases for years, Moody’s said.
Moody’s expects the incidence and prevalence of the pandemic to gradually decline over the course of this year, as vaccination numbers rise. In turn, this will allow governments to gradually ease lockdown measures.
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
“This is a super-cautious approach based on some isolated reports in Europe,” said Stephen Evans, a professor of pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Maharashtra:Two health officials test Covid postive after 2nd vaccine dose
Additional civil surgeon Padmaja Saraf said it takes around 42 days for the antibodies to develop after both the doses of the vaccine are administered.
“One must wear a mask and adhere to all COVID-19 protocols even after taking both the doses of the vaccine,” she said.
India reports 22,854 new coronavirus cases, 126 deaths in last 24 hrs
Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continue to report a high number of fresh COVID-19 cases and together account for 85.91 per cent of the new cases of the coronavirus infection reported in the country in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.Meanwhile, the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination has reported 2,52,89,693 crore coverage, as per the information shared by the union health ministry yesterday.
India’s drug regulator panel eases use condition for home-grown vaccine
BENGALURU: An expert panel of India’s drug regulator has recommended relaxing norms for the use of a government-backed coronavirus vaccine after it was found to be highly effective in a late-stage trial, the regulator said on its website on Thursday....
Under Ayushman Bharat, 3 crore women screened for Cancer
“In the past two years, under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana alone, three crore women from poor and rural families got themselves screened for cervical and breast cancer. It means the woman who would have never spoken about the diseases now have support from the government and she utilised the policy and under that she got herself screened, which means she is prepared for a medical challenge and she has prepared herself for solutions,” the union minister said.
Only private doctors on Covid-19 duty covered by government insurance: Bombay High Court
The scheme clearly states that for a private healthcare provider to be covered under the scheme, he or she must be drafted or requisitioned by the state/Centre for Covid-19-related responsibilities, the order stated.
Govt approves creation of PM Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi as single non-lapsable reserve fund for health
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN) is a non-lapsable reserve fund for health in the public account and proceeds of share of health in the health and education cess will be credited into PMSSN, the statement said.
The accruals into the PMSSN will be utilised for the flagship schemes of the health ministry such as Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), National Health Mission, Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Emergency and disaster preparedness and responses during health emergencies and any future programme/scheme that targets to achieve progress towards SDGs and the targets set out in the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017.
Not right time for ‘vaccine passports’: WHO
Addressing a press conference this week, WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan said that “at the present time the use of certification of vaccination as a requirement for travel is not advised because quite simply vaccination is just not available enough around the world and is not available certainly on an equitable basis.”