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Vaccine ‘hesitancy’ rises among Indians as virus cases fall – survey

“It appears some of the key reasons for the hesitancy are limited information about side-effects, efficacy levels and a growing belief in parts of the population that COVID cannot affect them because of their high immunity levels,” LocalCircles said in a statement.

Many people in the survey, which had responses from nearly a third of India’s districts, said they believed “we are moving towards herd immunity”.

Covid-19 vaccine pricing to help governments ensure minimal costs for people, says Pfizer

“Our pricing strategy is an outcome of volume, advanced commitment, equity and affordability principles. We are pricing in a way that can help governments to ensure that there is little to no out-of-pocket costs for their populations.We remain committed to engaging with the Government of India and explore opportunities to make this vaccine available for use in the country,” the statement said.

No amount of govt intervention adequate for pandemic-hit economy: FM

On the next Budget, she said that public expenditure, including on capital and infrastructure, will be kept up. Sitharaman said several sovereign and pension funds are willing to come to India with long-term commitments, which is leading to the higher inward flow of FDI than comparable economies.

Threat of growing antimicrobial resistance emerging; important to strengthen nodal bodies: Niti

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change in such a way that the medications used to cure the infections they cause get ineffective.

In April 2017, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which highlighted the need to tackle AMR across multiple sectors such as human health, animal husbandry, industry and environment in line with the ‘One-Health’ approach.

”It would be important to strengthen nodal institutions with human resource, infrastructure, equipment and supplies for genotype, phenotype, detection of pathogenic mutants and for antimicrobial resistance,” the report added.

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