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Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist
He also said the endemic phase of COVID-19 is expected to last many...
ICICI Lombard lends a personal touch to Health Insurance with Video Calling
ICICI Lombard, has introduced a video calling facility for all its...
Insurers’ response to COVID-19 pandemic has damaged their reputation, finds GlobalData
Ben Carey-Evans, Insurance Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The pandemic has undoubtedly been an extremely difficult situation for insurers. Claims in some lines have soared and a lot of lines have become hard to insure. The biggest factor behind the industry’s reputational damage is likely to be the legal battles around business interruption claims throughout 2020.
Delta variant dangerous, continuing to evolve and mutate: WHO chief
“Public health and social measures like strong surveillance, strategic testing, early case detection, isolation and clinical care remain critical,” he said, adding that masking, physical distance, avoiding crowded places and keeping indoor areas well ventilated are the basis for the response.
3rd wave will be ‘ripple’ in absence of faster spreading mutant: IIT study
“The optimistic one – where we assume that life goes back to normal by August, and there is no new mutant. Second the intermediate one – where we assume that vaccination is 20 per cent less effective in addition to optimistic scenario assumptions. Third pessimistic one – This has an assumption different from the intermediate one: a new 25 per cent more infectious mutant spreads in August,” he added.
Guidelines issued for administering Covid vaccine to pregnant women
Symptomatic pregnant women appear to be at an increased risk of severe disease and death. In case of severe disease, like all other patients, pregnant women shall also need hospitalisation. Pregnant women with underlying medical conditions like high blood pressure, obesity, age over 35 years are at a higher risk of severe illness due to COVID-19, the fact sheet said.
6 fully vaccinated people have died from COVID-19 in one of the world’s most-vaccinated countries
Out of six, five had taken Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine made in India, and one had been given Sinopharm, Jude Gedeon, the island nation’s public health commissioner said at a press conference on Thursday. Covishield has mainly been reserved for people over 60 in the Seychelles. All of those who died had serious underlying conditions, he said.
Covid will be reduced to an endemic in future, zero figure in Delhi unlikely: Experts
Dr Suresh Kumar, medical director of Delhi government-run LNJP Hospital said there will always be a few cases of the virus.
”Zero is an unlikely figure. The virus is mutating and it is difficult to predict it’s future behaviour,” he said.
59 pc men feel work stress taking toll on personal lives: Survey
With the work from the home norm and increased workload, employees are facing challenges with their jobs, which is taking a toll on their mental health and personal lives, the survey has revealed.
70 lakh consultations completed on telemedicine platform eSanjeevani: Govt
In June, it served around 12.5 lakh patients, the highest since the service was launched last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the health ministry said in the statement.
Mortality ‘significantly’ increased in 2nd Covid wave in India: study
”The second wave of COVID-19 in India was slightly different in presentation than the first wave, with a younger demography, lesser comorbidities, and presentation with breathlessness in greater frequency,” the study stated.
Covid jabs to key workers, then elderly followed by comorbid people of 24-60 yrs hikes impact: Study
Highlighting the findings of the study, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said in low-intensity transmission areas such as sparsely populated areas, vaccinating individuals with comorbidity after key workers and then reaching out to those above 60 years appears to be an elegant public health approach.