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Chhattisgarh rejects Bharat Biotech vaccine approved without efficacy data
“There’s an inhibition/concern among the community in general regarding the use of COVAXIN,” state health minister T.S. Singh Deo wrote in a letter to his federal counterpart, Harsh Vardhan, and shared on Twitter.
“This concern arises from the fact that the clinical trials of phase 3 are yet to be completed.”
Hack exposes vulnerability of US water plants
“In the industry, we were all expecting this to happen. We have known for a long time that municipal water utilities are extremely underfunded and under-resourced, and that makes them a soft target for cyberattacks,” said Lesley Carhart, principal incident responder at Dragos Security, which specializes in industrial control systems.
Over 77.66 lakh healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19: Health Ministry
Twelve states and Union Territories – Bihar, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim and Rajasthan have vaccinated over 70 per cent of the registered HCWs, he said.
SC upheld AYUSH Ministry’s advisory, allowed homeopathy as add on to Covid-19 care: Rijiju
The minister said while homoeopathy treatment is not to be given in standalone mode for Covid-19 treatment, the ministry through an advisory in March last year and the ‘Guidelines for AYUSH practitioners for Covid-19’ allowed AYUSH interventions, including homoeopathy, as add on to standard care.
Creation of health ID under NDHM not mandatory for citizens: Ashwini Choubey
On August 15, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the NDHM, following which NDHM pilot mode was launched in the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. The budget allocated for the NDHM for 2020-21 is Rs 30 crore, Choubey said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
Fines, jail term for breach of UK’s new Covid-19 travel rules
In a statement to the House of Commons, Health Secretary Matt Hancock unveiled the new rules to come into force from next Monday, which also include two additional compulsory PCR tests on arrival during a 10-day hotel quarantine as part of a 1,750 pounds pre-booked package covering accommodation, transport and testing.
“From Monday, all international arrivals will be required by law to take further PCR tests on day two and day eight of that quarantine,” said Hancock.
India achieves 60 lakh Covid-19 vaccinations in 24 days, fastest in world: Health ministry
Twenty-three deaths have been recorded till date which comprise 0.0004 per cent of the total vaccinations, the ministry said. Of these, nine people died in hospital while 14 deaths were recorded outside the hospital.
In 24 hours, a 29-year-old woman, a resident of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, has died.
“None of these deaths have been causally linked with Covid-19 vaccination. No case of serious/severe AEFI/Death is attributable to vaccination, till date,” the ministry stated.
420 e-Hospitals established under Digital India initiative: Ravi Shankar Prasad
“e-Hospital is an initiative of #DigitalIndia that has made it easy for the citizens to take appointments in major hospitals. Now there is no need to stand in long queues to take appointments, when you can get it online,” the Minister said.
Personal care, Beauty and Wellness segment leads in E-commerce volume Q4 2020: Report
Partner, Kearney, Siddharth Jain, said”The Personal Care, Beauty & Wellness category is an incredibly interesting area of growth online, as it has seen stupendous volume growth of over 95 per cent in Q4-2020, as compared to the same period last year”.
Intl passenger traffic fell by 90.56 pc in March-Dec 2020: Govt
”Revenues of major Indian scheduled carriers fell from Rs. 46,711 crore during April-September 2019 to about Rs. 11,810 crore during April-September 2020. Their full time and contractual employment which was 74,887 as on 31 March 2020 fell to 67,906 as on 30 September 2020,” Puri told Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question.