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Glaxo gets ready for next Pandemic
The British pharma giant is talking with the U.K. and other governments about building facilities to bring vaccine development and production onshore before the next crisis, said Roger Connor, its vaccines chief. The labs would offer a range of vaccine technologies to tackle deadly viruses of the future, he said in an interview.
Covid shots are all highly protective against death, study shows
The unprecedented speed with which safe and effective vaccines have been developed and rolled out across the world have enabled many economies to reopen, paving the way for a recovery from the worst pandemic in a century. Still, uncontrolled spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus risks spawning new variants that may undermine the potency of these immunizations.
‘Yass’ will intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm on May 26: IMD
“It is very likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm. It will cross West Bengal and north Odisha coasts on the evening of May 26,” informed Dr Mohapatra.
46% of businesses in India saw rise in fraud amid pandemic: Report
Considering that 56 per cent of consumers in India cite online privacy as a significant concern, businesses must take robust actions to safeguard themselves and their customers against potential digital risks, it said.
Hero MotoCorp to resume operations at all manufacturing units from May 24
The other plants of Hero MotoCorp — Neemrana in Rajasthan, Halol in Gujarat and Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh — will also start single shift operations from May 24.
How long do Covid-19 vaccine protections last? Science can’t say for sure
The gap in knowledge and testing raises the prospect of heightened anxiety in the coming months for vaccine recipients wondering if they’re still protected — anxiety that could curb willingness to venture out in public. That in turn could put a renewed drag on the global economic recovery.
Scientists are racing to figure out the so-called correlates of protection against Covid; in other words, which test results assure immunity.
India faces antifungal drug shortage as rare complication adds to COVID-19 woes
At least 7,250 such cases have been found across the country as of May 19, local media reported.
“One patient needs 60 to 100 injections (of amphotericin B) depending on severity of illness. With current case load, we need more than 150,000 injections,” Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope told reporters.
SDGs: Greater urgency needed to meet environmental goals, improved data likely key
The SDGS are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which outlines internationally agreed targets in areas such as poverty, hunger, health, climate action, clean energy and responsible consumption.
No consensus yet on COVID vaccine passport issue at WHO level: Govt
On COVID-19 prevalence among children, Paul said seropositivity rate between 10-17 years is roughly the same as between 30-40 and children can also spread the infection.
“Whenever children contracted the infection then almost always symptoms are minimal, very mild disease or they are asymptomatic and because it is mild the mortality is very very less in them,” he said.
COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000
“While it (spread of coronavirus) has stabilised in many parts of the country, and overall the burden has been lessened, we have a long way to go with this wave,” Dr. V. K. Paul, part of a federal government panel on COVID-19 management, told a news conference adding “For the first time, we have seen that rural areas have been affected in this pandemic.” .