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Zero tolerance on spurious medicines, 71 firms issued notices: Mandaviya on cough syrup row
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, ''We have conducted...
WHO says toxic syrup risk ‘ongoing’, more countries hit
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As end to pandemic mask-wearing nears, South Koreans scramble to arrange cosmetic surgery in the future
“Both surgical and non-surgical inquiries about eyes, eyebrows, nose bridge and foreheads – the only visible parts – certainly increased,” said Park Cheol-woo, a surgeon at WooAhIn Plastic Surgery Clinic, who was in charge of Ryu’s operation.
India bars virus vaccine maker from exporting
The company also has been barred from selling the vaccine on the private market.
As a result, Adar Poonawalla, Serum Institute’s CEO said, the export of vaccines for COVAX — the ambitious initiative created to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines set up by the World Health Organization, vaccines alliance GAVI and CEPI, a global coalition to fight epidemics — won’t begin until March or April.
Bharat Biotech says approved COVID shot trials ‘honest’
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan clarified on Twitter on Sunday that the emergency use approval for COVAXIN was “in clinical trial mode”, wherein all recipients of the vaccine would be tracked and monitored as if they were in trial.
2020 was 8th warmest year since 1901, past two decades saw highest temperature rise: IMD
The IMD said the past two decades — 2001-2010 and 2011-2020 — were also the warmest decades on record with anomalies of 0.23 degree Celsius and 0.34 degree Celsius respectively, indicating the overall rising temperature.
Approval for vaccines accelerates India”s journey to be COVID-free, says Modi
In a series of tweets after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Oxford”s vaccine Covishield and Bharat Biotech”s Covaxin for restricted emergency use, Modi said it will make every Indian proud that both the vaccines are made in India.
Indian automakers firm up growth plans for 2021 with cautious optimism
Elaborating on the auto retail business, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) President Vinkesh Gulati said despite the current challenges, the auto industry is now at the cusp of entering exciting times as India will once again increase its momentum to achieve the third position globally in passenger vehicle segment.
India’s approval of homegrown vaccine criticised over lack of data
COVAXIN has been fast-tracked like no other vaccine in India. The company said in November it was likely to be launched in the second quarter of 2021, while a government scientist had suggested it might be February or March.
WHO welcomes India”s COVID-19 vaccine approval
“WHO welcomes the first emergency use authorization given to COVID-19 vaccine in the WHO South-East Asia Region. This decision taken today by India will help intensify and strengthen the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the Region,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the regional director, WHO South-East Asia Region.
India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,46,867 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.19 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
Most prioritised beneficiaries will get vaccine free of cost In the first phase of vaccination: Harsh Vardhan
Earlier in the day, the Health Minister had said that the vaccine will be free across the country. “Not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country,” Vardhan said when asked for the government’s position on the issue.