“We would like to reiterate that our vaccines are effective and hugely safe. Pregnant women and lactating women should receive it. Patients with cancer and diabetes are even more needy in this requirement and here is real life data to show vaccine effectiveness to prevent deaths is huge,” Paul said.
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No negligence of normal vaccination programme for children due to COVID-19 disruptions: Govt
.“These reports are not based on facts and do not reflect the true picture and the Ministry along with all States and UTs and development partners, have worked towards mitigating negative impacts of COVID-19 and taking urgent actions to ensure that children receive life-saving vaccines under UIP,” said the ministry on Friday.
Welfare fraud and errors cost UK a record 8 bln pounds during pandemic
Domestic airfare cap to remain in place till Nov 24:Aviation Ministry
“As per the prevailing situation of COVID-19, the Central government..directs that the order shall remain in force till 2359 hrs on 24th November, 2020, or until further orders,” the Aviation Ministry said.
Cipla gets India approval to sell COVID-19 drug favipiravir
Indian drugmakers including Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd are racing to supply generic versions of favipiravir, originally developed by Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp as Avigan for treating influenza.
Scavengers in India risk health to sift coronavirus debris
Dinesh Raj Bandela, an expert in biomedical waste at the Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment, said protocols for disposal of biomedical waste were not necessarily being followed during the outbreak, putting those who sift through landfills at risk.
About 400,000 global airline jobs lost or at risk due to virus
Job losses in related industries including aircraft manufacturers, engine makers, airports and travel agencies could reach 25 million, according to the International Air Transport Association. The hotels and lodging sector in the U.S. sees 7.5 jobs lost for every one in aviation. Airbus SE and Boeing Co. are cutting more than 30,000 positions.
WHO chief scientist sees no herd immunity to Covid-19 yet
As there are waves of this infection going through countries, people are going to develop antibodies and those people will hopefully be immune for sometime so they will also act as barriers and brakes to the spread.” Other experts have estimated that as much as 70% to 80% of the population need to have antibodies before there is any herd immunity effect.
India has one of world’s lowest Covid infection & death rate, says Harsh Vardhan
He explained that a series of actions were initiated in a graded way that included issuing of travel advisories, point-of-entry surveillance, community-based surveillance, enhancement of laboratory and hospital surge capacities, wide dissemination of technical guidelines on managing different aspects of disease outbreak and communicating risk to the public.
WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 284,000
The WHO reported 69,641 new cases in the United States, 67,860 in Brazil, 49,310 in India and 13,104 in South Africa. The largest increases in new deaths were 3,876 in Peru, 1,284 in Brazil, 1,074 in the United States, 790 in Mexico and 740 in India.
Swiss Re books $476 million of Covid-19 losses in March quarter
A range of factors relating to the pandemic,including future infection and mortality rates;the duration and effects of mitigation measures, including on business activity; the timing of an effective vaccine and/or alternative treatment solutions; legislative or regulatory efforts and the outcome of court and arbitration cases on coverage issues; the impact of government stimulus packages;and the severity and duration of recessionary impacts,may impact claims development in the coming quarters, either positively or negatively,relative to Swiss Re’s projections.
Siemens to roll out flexible working app for 100,000 staff
Staff worried about COVID-19 infections among fellow workers can also use a contact tracing feature on the app created under a partnership with U.S. software developer Salesforce.
It can also block desks in an area if information is received about a person suspected of having the virus, said Siemens, which already sells the app to external customers.
Modern nursing homes safer in pandemic; virus level in nose, throat may help guide treatment
Two studies published on Wednesday in the journal Nature add to evidence that the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are not helpful against COVID-19. One study found no notable antiviral effect of hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19 in primates. The other found no effect of chloroquine in infected human lung cells in test tubes.