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Have directed states ensure compliance with Covid directives: Centre
Delta variant cases mark 32% weekly increase in UK, vaccine protection high
The data continues to show that the sharp increase in cases that we are seeing is not being followed by a similar increase in hospitalisation and death, said Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency.
This is because two doses of the available vaccines offer a high level of protection against the Delta variant. Getting both jabs is the best way to ensure you and the people you love remain safe, so we once again urge everyone to come forward as soon as they are eligible, she said.
Will office buildings ever be the same? Empire State offers clues
Global Brands Group, which licenses the likes of Calvin Klein, signed a 15-year lease for six floors of office space in 2011 but has already told employees based in New York that they will never be required to come back to the office.
Gilead prices Covid-19 drug remdesivir at $2,340 in developed nations
Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of Covid-19.After the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial, it won emergency use authorization in the United States and full approval in Japan
Remdesivir is expected to be in high demand as one of the only treatments so far shown to alter the course of Covid-19.After the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial, it won emergency use authorization in the United States and full approval in Japan.
PM Modi extends free ration scheme for poor till November amid COVID-19 crisis
On the extension of the PMGKAY, he said it will cost the government Rs 90,000 crore more.Under the scheme, five kgs of wheat or rice and one kg of pulses per month will be given free of cost to the poor.
The scheme was initially rolled out for three months.
The government will spend a total of Rs 1.5 lakh crore on the scheme.
Covid-19 Pandemic:Tally rises to 5,66,840, general and health insurers receive 28,000 claims for Rs 445 crore
With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu has surpassed Delhi to regain the second spot among the list of worst-hit states by the pandemic, while Karnataka also recorded more than 1,100 overtaking Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
Patanjali takes a u-turn; says never claimed to have made Covid-19 medicine
“Patanjali has never claimed to make corona medicine.Rather, corona patients have been cured with this medicine. The drug was made under the license issued by the Ayush Ministry,” stated the reply by Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balakrishna to the notice.
“We made the combination of Tulsi Giloy Ashwagandha at an advanced level and when the clinical trials were done on the patients of Covid-19, the coronavirus patients were cured. A conspiracy has been hatched against us and if the Ayush Ministry tells us to conduct clinical trials once again then we are ready to face it,” he added.
Digital risks continue to be the most significant threats to business:FERMA Survey
Digital risks continue to be the most significant threats to business in the short (12 months) and medium-term (3 years). Cyber threats are the number 1 risk in both time frames, and data theft and fraud are growing in importance and stand at number 4 in the short term.
Uncertain economic growth appears as the number 2 threat short term (12 months) and number 3 medium term (3 years).
Single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases takes India’s tally to 5,48,318
The number of active cases stands at 2,10,120, while 3,21,722 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data
“Thus, around 58.67 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said
Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for treatment of COVID-19 patients
The chief minister said that a helpline will be set up by the government for queries related to donation of plasma.
Kejriwal said that his government has so far conducted clinical trial of plasma therapy on 29 COVID-19 patients and the result was “encouraging”.
Unlock 2: Schools,cinemas to remain shut;domestic flight, train services to be expanded
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organisation.