Ten countries, led by India and Nigeria, account for the bulk of the 22.7 million children left unvaccinated or under-vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) in 2020 – 3.7 million more than in 2019 and the most since 2009, it said regarding a key indicator of childhood vaccination rates.
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Assam private hospitals directed no COVID-19 patient be refused admission for having health insurance
The Health and Family Welfare Department said that it has received reports of some private hospitals refusing admission to COVID-19 patients despite having medical insurance.It referred to an order by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) in March last year that removed all hurdles in the policies and had directed that the cases should be handled expeditiously.
Sharp rise in Africa COVID-19 deaths, WHO reports
The rising caseload comes amid inadequate vaccine supplies. So far, 52 million people in Africa have been inoculated, which is just 1.6 per cent of total COVID-19 vaccinations worldwide.
Meanwhile, roughly 1.5 per cent of the continent’s population, or 18 million people, are fully vaccinated, compared with over 50 per cent in some high-income countries.
Record single-day spike of 40,425 COVID-19 cases; India’s tally crosses 11 lakh
The death toll due to the disease rose to 27,497 with 681 fatalities reported in one day.India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 11-lakh mark, just three days after it crossed the ten-lakh mark.According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,40,47,908 samples have been tested up to July 19 with 2,56,039 samples being tested on Sunday.Of the 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 258 were reported from Maharashtra, 91 from Karnataka, 78 from Tamil Nadu, 56 from Andhra Pradesh, 38 from Uttar Pradesh, 36 from West Bengal, 31 from Delhi, 20 from Gujarat and 15 from Madhya Pradesh.
Corona Kavach health insurance policy evokes good response: Insurers
“The response has been tremendous as people are quite eager to buy these plans. Since these plans have gone live on the PolicyBazaar’s website, the company has been selling 300-500 policies per day,” said Amut Chhabra, Head-Health Insurance, Policybazaar.com.
Most customers buying these plans are young individuals, he said, adding that “the policies are very much affordable like Rs 208 monthly, which is a fairly cheap amount.” Observing that the response to the Corona Kavach is from across the country, he said, the policy is “following the same trend as the corona situation right now in the country with people from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi NCR showing massive interest in the newly launched plans”.
First human trial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise
Researchers said the vaccine caused minor side effects more frequently than a control group, but some of these could be reduced by taking paracetamol, with no serious adverse events from the vaccine.
Covid-19 spread may spike in monsoon with fall in mercury: IIT-AIIMS study
According to the study,there is a likelihood of an increased transmission of the coronavirus during winter,which may be a major challenge for health workers and policymakers to enforce mitigation and control measures.
COVID crisis: Survey says 55.1% households had only two meals a day
“Women and children are usually the worst affected in any disaster. The COVID-19 crisis is proving to be no different. It is causing cascading damage to poor and vulnerable children — through stretched health services, inadequate medical supplies, higher risk of violence & exploitation, minimal access to education and lower intake of nutritious food stemming from the severe drop in income levels in families,” said Cherian Thomas, Regional Leader, World Vision International, South Asia and Pacific region.
India’s COVID-19 tally climbs to10,77,618,recoveries stand at 6,77,422
There are 3,73,379 active cases presently in the country. The total number of confirmed cases includes foreigners
This is the fourth consecutiveday that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 30,000.
NGT junks plea seeking alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution
The tribunal was hearing a plea filed by Delhi resident Parmod Kumar Bhatia and others seeking alternative methods of cremation to reduce air pollution.
The plea, filed through advocate Rahul Choudhary, said there are several reports published over the years which show that wood based cremation contributes significantly towards the air pollution.
HC asks govt about compensation for kin of deceased frontline staff
The petitioner had sought direction to the state government to declare frontline workers, including doctors, police personnel and others, who died after contracting the deadly infection on duty, as martyrs and to give their families compensation.
In its response to the petition last week,the state government had said insurance cover is being provided to all healthcare workers in private and government-run hospitals under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package – Insurance Scheme for Health Workers.
Covid-19 case fatality rate ‘progressively falling’,among lowest in world:Govt
From 2.82 per cent over a month earlier, India’s Covid-19 case fatality rate declined to 2.72 per cent on July 10 and has further reduced to 2.49 per cent presently.
Airports Authority of India to procure 198 body scanners for 63 airports
“The process for procurement of body scanners started earlier this year before the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become important to get these scanners as soon as possible as frisking of passengers by security personnel has already been minimised since March due to the pandemic,” the AAI officials noted.
Out of these 198 scanners, 19 will be for the Chennai airport, 17 for the Kolkata airport and 12 for the Pune airport, the officials told PTI.