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PM cautions against complacency in COVID-19 fight; directs full preparedness for vaccine distribution
Modi further directed that keeping in view the geographical span and diversity of the country, the access to the vaccine should be ensured speedily.
National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) in consultation with state governments and all relevant stakeholders have prepared and presented a detailed blueprint of vaccine storage, distribution, and administration.
COVID-19 caseload in India rises to 73,70,468
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due COVID-19 was recorded at 1.52 per cent.
“India continues to have one of the lowest COVID-19 deaths per million population globally, currently pegged at 80,” the ministry said.According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 9,22,54,927 samples have been tested up to October 15, with 10,28,622 samples being tested on Thursday.
Over the past three decades, India has gained 10 years in life expectancy: Lancet study
“In India maternal mortality used to be very high, but now it is coming down. Cardiovascular diseases used to be number five, and now it is number one, and cancer rates are increasing,” Mokdad, Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), said.
Floods kill 60 in India, damage crops
The worst affected state was Telangana, where excessive unseasonal rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday flooded its capital Hyderabad, home to major companies and startups such as Microsoft, Accenture, Amazon and TCS
Passenger vehicle sales rise 26% in Sept; up for 2nd straight month: SIAM
Vehicle sales across categories during the second quarter declined marginally to 55,96,223 units as against 56,51,459 units in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Most executives in India prefer continuing with remote working: Survey
“Seventy-four per cent of India”s executives said their business continues to use offline workflows, the lowest among all other countries surveyed (US 89 per cent, UK 98 per cent, Australia 98 per cent),” said ServiceNow Managing Director (India and SAARC) Arun Balasubramanian.
The survey was conducted during September 1-10 among 900 C-suite executives and 8,100 office professionals from companies of 500 or more employees in countries including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand.
In India, The Work Survey was conducted amoung 100 C-suite leaders and 1,000 employees from various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications and public sector.
Delhi residents worry about toxic mix of pollution, COVID-19
The Air Quality Index (AQI) has remained in the “very poor” category all week due to slowing wind speeds that allow deadly pollutants such as PM2.5 particles to remain suspended in the air.“Air pollution will weaken the respiratory tract, lung functions will be compromised. The probability of catching COVID-19 would increase substantially,” said Vivek Nangia, principal director and head, Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi.
COVID-19: 67,735 new cases take India’s virus tally to 73,07,097
There are 812390 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 11.11 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 9,12,26,305 samples have been tested up to October 14 with 11,36,183 samples being tested on Wednesday
Heavy overnight rain in Mumbai; waterlogging in some areas
The island city received 106.01 mm rain in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Thursday, followed by 69.18 mm rain in eastern suburbs and 58.36 mm in western suburbs during the same period, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
Focusing on protecting people, health of population remain a priority for India: IMF
“What needs to be done? Well, clearly protecting the most vulnerable people, well-targeted support, protecting small and medium sized enterprises/firms so they do not collapse, and using what the government is now aiming to do, a further injection of support in a way that gives a better chance to turn a corner,” Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva said.