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Centre ready to pay vaccination cost in 1st phase: Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope
“We are going to set up vaccination centres at state and civic-run hospitals. If we could set up 100 such centres with each catering to 100 persons, we can cover the entire health staff in 70 to 80 days,” the minister said.
Moderna CEO says vaccine likely to protect for ‘couple of years’
“The nightmare scenario that was described in the media in the spring with a vaccine only working a month or two is, I think, out of the window.The antibody decay generated by the vaccine in humans goes down very slowly (…) We believe there will be protection potentially for a couple of years,” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants -study
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the one from Moderna Inc, which use synthetic messenger RNA technology, can be quickly tweaked to address new mutations of a virus if necessary. Scientists have suggested the changes could be made in as little as six weeks.
Routine eye scans may give clues to cognitive decline in diabet
These results may open up a relatively easy method for early detection of cognitive decline in this population, providing better ways to understand, diagnose and ultimately treat the decline, said George L. King, MD, Joslin’s Chief Scientific Officer and senior author on a paper about the study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Govt confirms bird flu cases in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala
In an official statement, the ministry said in Rajasthan, bird flu is reported in crows in Baran, Kota and Jhalawar district, while Madhya Pradesh also reported the disease in crows in Mandsaur, Indore and Malwa districts. “In Himachal Pradesh, the bird flu is reported in migratory birds in Kangra, while in Kerala it is reported in poultry-duck in Kottayam and Allapuzha districts,” it said.
WHO recommends two doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine within 21-28 days
“We deliberated and came out with the following recommendation: two doses of this (Pfizer) vaccine within 21-28 days,” Alejandro Cravioto, chairman of WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), told an online news briefing.
More than 85 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and around 1.85 million have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Global economy expected to expand by 4% in 2021: World Bank
“While the global economy appears to have entered a subdued recovery, policy makers face formidable challenges – in public health, debt management, budget policies, central banking and structural reforms – as they try to ensure that this still fragile global recovery gains traction and sets a foundation for robust growth,” said World Bank President David Malpass .
“To overcome the impacts of the pandemic and counter the investment headwind, there needs to be a major push to improve business environments, increase labour and product market flexibility, and strengthen transparency and governance,” he said.
India’s services sector loses more steam in December, job cuts resume
Job market conditions darkened, slipping back into contraction, although the pace of job shedding remained minimal.
“Given the damaging impact of the pandemic on the service economy, some companies are facing financial difficulties, which is preventing staff hiring. December saw the ninth round of job shedding in ten months,” said Pollyanna De Lima, economics associate director at IHS Markit
India’s proposed changes to anti-smoking law face objections from tobacco industry
India released draft changes to its tobacco-control law over the weekend to ban smoking zones in hotels, restaurants and airports. The proposal also calls for increasing the minimum legal smoking age from 18 to 21.
The draft changes have also tightened existing provisions to ban advertising at kiosks and prohibit sale of loose cigarette sticks, which form the bulk of the sales, health activists said.
If implemented, the plan is seen hitting sales of companies such as ITC, Godfrey Phillips India and a unit of Philip Morris International which operate in the country’s $12 billion cigarette market, executives said.
EU regulator approves Moderna vaccine as fears grow over virus variants
The EU has ordered 160 million doses of the shot developed by Moderna, a U.S. biotech company, enough to vaccinate 80 million people in its 27 member states.