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Biden Canvasses Flood Damage In Kentucky, Pledges Federal Clearance

Isha PoddarAugust 9, 20220

President Joe Biden called eastern Kentucky on Monday and engaged the federal government's full backing as the commonwealth began reconstructing following flooding that destroyed more than three dozen people and caused destructive damage. The President was bound by Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and obtained a briefing on the ongoing reaction to the flood. "It's going to take time to get over this, but I promise you we're not departing. The federal government and all its aids -- we're not departing; as long as it takes, we're going to be here." First lady Jill Biden also journeyed to Kentucky with the President. Along with Beshear, Biden was attended by several Kentucky elected officials during his voyage, including Kentucky Republican Rep. Hal Rogers. Biden said he had

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Monkeypox Furore: America Declared Public Health Emergency

Isha PoddarAugust 5, 20220

Monkeypox infection has caused uproar worldwide, but America's condition is the worst. You can guess this because now America has declared monkeypox a public health emergency. By doing this, America will deploy more personnel for its prevention and collect fund fees. By declaring a public health emergency, the people of America will also realize the seriousness of this disease. The US has currently implemented it for 90 days. At present, a total of 6,600 monkeypox cases have been reported in the US. While talking about the JYNNEOS vaccine being given to avoid monkeypox, America has so far given 600000 doses of this vaccine to its people. However, if we look at the US population of 1.6 million, this vaccination dose is still shallow. Vaccine work in Japan  Japan's health minist

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57% Senior Citizens In India Experienced Mental Health Problems During COVID-19: Survey

Arpita SarkarJuly 9, 20220

The COVID-19 epidemic continues to wreak havoc. The last two years haven’t just been tough. They have also seen many lose. Senior citizens of India and people with co-morbidities are most affected by coronavirus waves in India and around the world. In addition to serious health illnesses, the elderly also experienced mental and emotional problems during the coronavirus epidemic. Antara’s ‘State of Seniors Survey’ which covers 2,100 seniors aged 60 years and above shows that 57 percent of seniors experienced mental health problems during Covid-19. Providing an insight into the lives, opinions, preferences and consumer behavior characteristics of senior citizens in urban India, the second edition of the survey also concluded that the number of seniors believed to have managed the e...

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‘International Transitional Agreement’: CEO Of Serum Institute, Adar Poonawalla Calls For A New Treaty To Deal With Pandemic!

Arpita SarkarMay 24, 20220

The world should be prepared in advance before any next supermassive start. That's what Adar Poonawalla, head of the Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine maker, hopes. The Indian industrialist has gone to Davos, Switzerland to take part in the World Economic Forum. In an interview with an all-India media outlet there, Adar said he wanted to reach an international agreement with the next ultimatum in mind. Adar said he was scheduled to hold important meetings with a number of multinational organizations on the sidelines of the Davos conference. He has already drafted a "Pandemic Treaty". The rest needs to be discussed. In Adar's words, "it cannot be imposed on anyone. But it is not the work of a particular country. We all have to work together to prevent further atrocities...

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Vaccination Drive To Delay Or Not?: Booster Dose Open At Private Centers Only

Sonia SolankiApril 11, 20220

Booster Dose is now open to all adults from 10th April 2022 onwards as the centre approves it. As per the guidelines, the gap between the second dose and the third dose needs to be a minimum of nine months. But talking of the free vaccination programme, vaccinating the adult population of India with two doses will remain unaltered. Along with this, the booster dose for senior citizens, frontline workers, and healthcare workers will continue at a much higher pace. The Union health minister Mansukh  Mandaviya tweeted the centre's decision of elaborating the vaccination programme "Adding an extra layer of safety! precaution dose to be available to 18+ age group from 10th April 2022 at private centres. All 18+ those who have completed nine months after the administration of the second do...

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Booster Dose Maybe Necessary For All Adults: ICMR

Sonia SolankiApril 2, 20220

Booster Dose for all adults might be a reality soon. As the ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV) Director Priya Abraham said, "Eventually all adults in India may get booster dose but a decision may be taken after evaluation of relevant data by the expert groups and factoring in issues like availability of vaccines." This observation comes after the study of the effect of vaccination post first and second dose. As the antibodies count decreases post the second dose in a time span of eight months. So, a booster dose can give that extra immunity cover to a person against variants of coronavirus. The booster dose is very effective against the Omicron variant too. Why Booster Dose Is Necessary? Every covid vaccine has a tendency to produce antibodies against the virus. But the e...

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Centre To Take Down All COVID Restrictions From March 31, Except Wearing Masks, Physical Distancing

Sonia SolankiMarch 25, 20220

Amid the continuous decline in the number of COVID-19 cases across the country, the Union home ministry has decided to cut down on the restrictions from March 31. The restrictions are applicable except wearing masks and maintaining social distance. The Centre on March 24, 2020, had started implementing COVID restrictions under the Disaster Management Act 2005. That included nationwide lockdown and state-wise restrictions during the pandemic. Time and again, these restrictions changed as per the need of the state and the Centre. How Restriction Helped Us? Restrictions, good or bad, were the need of the hour as the pandemic of such a scale was not seen before. India started its major restrictions in the form of a national lockdown on March 24, 2020, which continued in 4 phases till ...

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Covishield Shots Gap Reduced Amid COVID-19 Surge In Asia, Europe

Sonia SolankiMarch 21, 20220

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) plans to cut down the gap between the two shots of Covishield. This recommendation by NTAGI pours in as the Omicron surge is making news in Asia and Europe during last week. The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief recently warned people that this could be the "tip of the iceberg." Why Covishield Gap Cutdown? Talking of the upcoming surge of Omicron 2 in Asia, India continues to curb the number of covid infections. This is a great relief but we still need to understand that the coronavirus new variants are still in circulation. Vaccination cover is yet to reach each and every eligible candidate. Social distancing and wearing mask is also reducing as day by day social activity are becoming rigorous. Secondly, India h...

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Second Wave Of Omicron Gushes In Europe: Is Coronavirus Rebooting?

Sonia SolankiMarch 19, 20220

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be rebooting again itself with cases showing a surge in numbers in Europe especially. Though in the last few weeks, the pandemic showed a decline across the globe. But recently, the cases are increasing again in the region of East and Southeast Asia as well as Western Europe. Although talking about Asia, India is showing a constant decline in covid cases. Not only this, India's case number is as low as it was nearly two years back. Indeed a great news for India, as according to the government data, the average daily cases in India decreases by 98.9% in Seven weeks time span. This time span ranges from 19-25 January to 9-15 March. Global trends Of Omicron Surge : As per worldometers.info data, in the last one week, the rate of covid infection increase...

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India’s Vaccination Drive Adds Children Of 12 -14 years with CORBEVAX.

Sonia SolankiMarch 15, 20220

India's vaccination Drive adds another important group in its feather. This group includes children aged between 12 -14 years. Now, children between this age group will get jabs from 16th March onwards. Corbevax is the choice of vaccination for this age group. The Union Health Minister, Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya, says that "If children are safe, then the country is safe. I am happy to announce that from March 16, covid vaccination will start for children belonging to the age group of 12 -14 years". He also informed that with this addition we will be giving 6 to 6.5 crore doses to the youngsters. Vaccination Drive For Youngsters : There are no two ways that vaccinating such a humungous population needs many steps and processes to achieve the protection cover for all. So, far though...

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COVID-19: WHO Adds Molnupiravir Pill In Updated Guidelines For Treatment

Sonia SolankiMarch 4, 20220

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated the guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, as it allows the conditional use of Molnupiravir, an anti-viral pill. This is the first anti-viral oral pill that is included in the treatment of the disease. Along with this, WHO has recommended active monitoring as the drug is new and safety data needs more detailed inputs. Due to these shortcomings, WHO recommends using it in only non-severe and high-risk hospitalization cases only.  This will include non-vaccinated people, old age people with chronic diseases and immuno-deficiency disorders. Consuming Molnupiravir: Do And Dont's Molnupiravir is an oral anti-viral pill by the US pharmaceutical company, Merck. Some people also refer to this pill as 'Merck Pill'.  A patient need...

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Centre Eases Regulations For International Flyers; Vaccination Certificate Is Must, No Quarantine Required

Sonia SolankiFebruary 12, 20220

India is seeing a constant decline in COVID-19 cases in the third wave. The Centre has revised the guidelines for the incoming International flyers. These guidelines will commence on Feb 14, 2022, as stated by the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The major change introduced is the revoking of seven day quarantine period for the international incoming flyers. Earlier, the incoming flyers had to go through a mandatory seven-day quarantine at home and a test on the 8th day for COVID-19. This rule was laid down in March 2020. The lifting of the ban will help in gaining momentum in business especially in the aviation and travel industry. New Guidelines For International Flyers The incoming flyers need to submit their full vaccination certificate and a negative R...

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