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Israel includes pregnant women on Covid-19 vaccines priority list
Nachman Ash, the national coordinator on the pandemic said that despite the absence of research into the vaccination of pregnant women, “when looking at the biological logic, we assess that there is no risk to the pregnancy, no risk to the foetus”.
Joe Biden nominates transgender woman as assistant health secretary of US: Report
“Dr Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic – no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability – and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond,” Biden said in a statement.
Telangana: Health worker dies after jab, death not due to it: Official
“Preliminary findings suggest that the death seems to be unrelated to vaccination,” state Director of Public Health G Srinivasa Rao said in a press release
COVID-19 active caseload further dips to 1.81 per cent of total cases
”Following the national trend of consistent decline in the active cases, 17 states and UTs have cases per million population lower than the national average. India’s cases per million population stand at 7,689,” the ministry said.
Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and West Bengal account for 73 per cent of the total active cases in the country.
Health ministry strengthens CoWIN app to monitor Covid-19 vaccination
Manohar Agnani, Additional Secretary at the Union Health Ministry said, “A new feature of ‘Allot beneficiary’ in ‘Ongoing session’ is being added. This will allow maximum possible number of beneficiaries per session and to have better coverage.”
Insurance firm offers mental health support as UK flood risk surges
“With five million people in England at risk of flooding, and climate change intensifying the frequency and severity of extreme weather, a mental health crisis is looming,” warned David Nichols, Zurich UK’s chief claims officer.
Total 7.86 lakh healthcare workers got COVID-19 vaccine jabs till Wednesday 6 pm: Centre
Ten cases of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) — four in Delhi, two in Karnataka, and one each in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and West Bengal — have required hospitalisation so far, additional secretary in the Health Ministry Manohar Agnani said.
”There has been no case of serious/severe adverse event attributable to COVID-19 vaccination till date,” Agnani said.
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.