French President Emmanuel Macron announced new lockdown rules amid a spike in Covid-19 cases through a televised address to the nation. Under the new rule, people in France will have to fill out a form to leave their homes, as was the case in the country’s first shutdown, and it …
Read More »The Supreme Court suspends the order of the higher court of the MP that restricts the physical campaign for the electoral assemblies
On Monday, the High Court suspended an Oct. 20 Madhya Pradesh High Court Gwalior court order restricting physical assembly during the election campaign of candidates in by-elections to 28 seats. The order was produced in an appeal presented by the Electoral Commission (EC) that said that the order of the …
Read More »AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Effective In Older People: Report – Health
The British national pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has seen a robust immune response in older people, according to a report. The Financial Times report, citing two unidentified people familiar with the finding, said the vaccine the company is making has produced protective antibodies and …
Read More »All citizens of the country will receive the free Covid-19 vaccine: Union Minister Sarangi
Union Minister Pratap Sarangi said on Sunday that all people in the country will receive the Covid vaccine for free, amid demand from opposition parties in the country and not just in Bihar, as announced by the BJP. The BJP’s announcement of the free Covid vaccine for Bihar, where assembly …
Read More »SMS, digital certificate, schools as booths in the plan for the Covid vaccination campaign next year
Written by Kaunain Sheriff M | New Delhi | Updated: October 25, 2020 8:27:59 am “Once the person is vaccinated, and if there is no adverse event after vaccination, a QR-based digital certificate will be generated, again automatically by the system,” the sources said. An SMS delivered to the beneficiary …
Read More »Covid-19: WHO chief Tedros says countries are on a ‘dangerous track’
The world is now at a critical juncture in the Covid-19 pandemic and some countries are on a dangerous path, facing the prospect of health services collapsing under pressure, the head of the World Organization said on Friday. Health. “We are at a critical juncture for the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly …
Read More »Covid-19: Bharat Biotech in talks to bring the vaccine candidate globally – health
India’s Bharat Biotech is in talks with more than 10 countries that have shown interest in a possible Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with a government agency, a company executive told Reuters on Friday. The Hyderabad-based company this week received initial approval from Indian authorities to conduct late-stage trials for …
Read More »The main medical body ICMR issues an advisory for the use of the Feluda Covid test
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory for the use of the FELUDA paper strip test, the first test developed in the country for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) based on the CRISPR gene editing tool. / Cas-9, which is likely to hit the market within a month. …
Read More »Bihar MP Sushil Kumar Modi Tests Positive for Covid-19, Admitted to AIIMS Patna
Bihar’s Chief Deputy Minister Sushil Kumar Modi tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday afternoon. The BJP leader announced this on Twitter and said that he has been admitted to the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna. Modi said his parameters are perfectly normal, adding that …
Read More »Brazilian President Bolsonaro rejects Chinese vaccine against Covid
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro annulled his own Health Minister on Wednesday, rejecting the announced purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, a possible vaccine against Covid-19 that is being tested in the state of Sao Paulo. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello announced the purchase on Tuesday along with Sao Paulo Governor …
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