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Protective immunity against novel coronavirus may last for over eight months: Study
The study, published in the journal Science, helps clarify some concerning data from other institutes, which showed a dramatic drop-off of COVID-fighting antibodies in the months following infection. Some feared that this decline in antibodies meant that the body wouldn’t be equipped to defend itself against reinfection.
Severe allergic reactions reported in the US after getting COVID-19 vaccine, but CDC says cases are rare
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said early safety monitoring has detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction, after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Anaphylaxis is a serious, life-threatening allergic reaction and requires immediate medical attention, according to the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology. Symptoms can include skin rash, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing and shock. The most common anaphylactic reactions are to foods, insect stings, medication and latex.
Loan repay demand by official is not abetment to suicide: HC
the demand of outstanding loan amount from the person who was in default of payment of loan amount, during the course of employment as a duty, at any stretch of imagination cannot be said to be any intention to aid or to instigate or to abet the deceased to commit suicide,” HC said
There have some cases recently in Telangana of people reportedly ending their lives after they were harassed to pay back loans given in alleged violations of regulatory guidelines to gullible and needy victims facing economic hardships,
Private sector willing to partner with govt for accelerating COVID-19 vaccine administration: FICCI
Private healthcare sector, responsible for almost 70 per cent of healthcare delivery in the country, can adequately supplement the physical and human infrastructure supply in key capacity constrained regions, specifically in urban and semi-urban areas, FICCI noted.
COVID recoveries cross 1 cr-mark; recovered cases are 44 times number of active cases
The national COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 96.36 percent. Following the national pursuit, all states and union territories have recovery rate more than 90 percent.
“India’s recovery rate is the highest in the world. Countries with higher caseload are reporting lesser recovery rate than India’s,” the ministry underlined.
With the expansion in the testing infrastructure, the COVID-19 positivity rate of India has also gone down. The daily positivity rate remains below 3 per cent.
Who’s on the hook if Covid -19 vaccines go wrong?
Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of Serum Institute of India Ltd., the world’s largest vaccine maker by volume, wants indemnity. Competitors tripping up one another by instigating frivolous civil suits isn’t a trivial risk for the likes of Poonawalla, who’s manufacturing the jab developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University.
Covid-19 vaccines 110% safe, impotency rumours complete nonsense: DCGI
When asked if people would face side effects after taking the vaccine, the DCGI said, “Yes, minor side effects will be there, including a little like pain in the shoulders, a slight fever, little allergies. This occurs in every vaccine but of-course, the vaccine is 110 per cent safe.”
Private investigators’ body APDI forms global alliance against fake Covid-19 vaccines
APDI Chairman Kunwar Vikram Singh in a statement said, “The GAFV has been formed after reports emanating from several countries about the circulation of fake Covid vaccines. Already, Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, has issued a warning of fake vaccine circulation due to huge demands.”
WHO calls for intensified measures over ‘alarming’ virus variant
“This is an alarming situation, which means that for a short period of time we need to do more than we have done and to intensify the public health and social measures to be certain we can flatten the steep vertical line in some countries,” WHO’s regional director for Europe Hans Kluge, said, referring primarily to the new variant first discovered in the UK.
4,400 adverse events reported in US after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Locations administering Covid-19 vaccines should adhere to CDC guidance for use of the jabs, including screening recipients for contraindications and precautions, having the necessary supplies available to manage anaphylaxis, implementing the recommended post-vaccination observation periods, and immediately treating suspected cases of anaphylaxis with an intramuscular injection of epinephrine, said the CDC