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Biden rolls back Trump policies on wall, climate, health, Muslims
“Some of the executive actions I’m going to be signing today are going to help change the course of the COVID crisis, we’re going to combat climate change in a way that we haven’t done so far and advance racial equity and support other underserved communities” said U.S. President Joe Biden
Jan Dhan accounts cross 41 cr: Finmin
Under the new version, the government decided to shift focus from ”Every Household” to ”Every Unbanked Adult” and free accidental insurance cover on RuPay cards doubled to Rs 2 lakh for PMJDY accounts opened after August 28, 2018. At the same time Overdraft (OD) limit too doubled to Rs 10,000 and facility of OD up to Rs 2,000 without conditions was brought in.
India urges frontline workers not to refuse vaccines as targets missed
Vinod K. Paul, who heads a government committee on vaccine strategy, told a news conference health workers who failed to take vaccine doses set aside for them were not fulfilling their “societal responsibility”.
“Please understand the whole world is clamouring for vaccines,” said Paul.
Some doctors have expressed doubt about the Bharat Biotech vaccine, which was given approval for emergency use without efficacy data from late-stage clinical trials. The government says it is safe and effective. Paul said he received his own shot of the it on the first day.
Epidemics lead world’s biggest short-term risks: World Economic Forum
Extreme weather events and cybersecurity failure were also key risks, WEF said in an annual risks report on Tuesday.
“The pandemic has accelerated trends that have been coming for a long time,” said Carolina Klint, risk management leader, Continental Europe, at insurance broker Marsh.
Centre issues Letter of Comfort to Bharat Biotech for 45 lakh doses of Covaxin
After having received the government purchase order for 55lakh doses, Bharat Biotech shipped the first batch of vaccines (each vial containing 20 doses) to Gannavaram (Vijayawada), Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai and Lucknow,
Covishield not to be taken by people severely allergic to any of its ingredients: Serum Institute
The vaccine maker also said that the vaccine recipient should also tell the healthcare provider about all the medical conditions before getting the Covishield vaccine including, “if you have ever had a severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis) after any drug, food, any vaccine or any ingredients of Covishield vaccine”.
The recipients should also mention to the healthcare provider if they have fever, if they have a bleeding disorder or are on a blood thinner and also if they are immuno-compromised or are on a medicine that affects your immune system, it added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah to launch Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme on January 23
The CAPFs, with an estimated manpower of about 10 lakh personnel, are deployed for rendering a variety of internal security duties across the country, border guarding and VIP protection.
The scheme provides a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families (about 53 crore beneficiaries). AB PM-JAY also provides cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiaries at the point of service.
WHO says ‘close’ to Pfizer deal for poorer nations
So far, over half of the 50 million inoculations given globally in 50 countries have been done in the US and China. None have yet been given in Africa. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday blamed vaccine nationalism for the inequity, saying the world was on the brink of “catastrophic moral failure”.
COVID-19: India records 10,064 new cases, lowest in over seven months
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,02,28,753 pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.66 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent
The COVID-19 active caseload remained below three lakh
There are 2,00,528 active COVID-19 cases in the country which comprise?1.90 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
Going for vaccination is personal decision, people’s confidence will get boosted slowly: Jain
The sharp fall in COVID-19 vaccination drive had come after one severe and 50 minor cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) were reported on Saturday.
On Tuesday, 26 cases of AEFI, were reported, including two severe ones. One of them had to be hospitalised.