BENGALURU: India, facing the daunting task of identifying high-risk people with comorbidities (not all states have data on such a population) whom it will need to inoculate after healthcare and frontline workers receive vaccines , you may consider allowing self-reported comorbidities to receive the arm injection. Part of India’s preparations …
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The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …
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Britain’s Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Friday that the health service is implementing plans for the coronavirus vaccination program, as it hopes to start Covid-19 vaccines before Christmas. Praising news coming from major coronavirus vaccination studies in the US and UK, Hancock has said that there are encouraging signs …
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Before the WTO accepts a proposal from India and South Africa to waive patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group has said it will work for “justice, fairness and affordability ”Vaccine distribution. During the Brics Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the group to …
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Active cases had been on a steady decline and stood at 5,16,632 on Saturday: Ministry of Health There were 577 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the country, and of these, 10 states / UT accounted for almost 83% of the deaths, according to a statement issued …
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In response from RTI, NCDC says the WHO official sent an “alert mail” to the Union Minister of Health The World Health Organization (WHO) informed India as early as January 11 that the reported dates of appearance of the new coronavirus circulating in Wuhan in China ranged from “December 12 …
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India was one of the first countries to adopt a “flexible” lockdown approach and thus managed to keep death rates from COVID-19 relatively low, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the launch of the Annual Meeting of Large Challenges, organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The three-day program …
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The head of the National Group of Experts on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 emphasized the appropriate behavior of COVID-19 during the festival season and winter months. The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths has declined in the past three weeks as the spread of the pandemic has leveled off …
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Modi also warned against any complacency in the face of the decline and called for continued efforts to contain the pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that every step in the logistics, delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine must be rigorously implemented and must include advanced planning of …
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Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …
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