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Covid Threat Not Over But India In Better Situation Now: PM Modi

weeraApril 28, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 27, said that Covid threat was not over yet in  India and people of the country were still required to follow all precautions against the disease. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, April 27, said that Covid threat in the country was not  yet over and country men are still required to follow all the precautions against the disease. Speaking at a meeting with chief ministers of various states, he said that despite the threat, India is in a better situation now. We have seen how Omicron and its sub-variants created havoc in Europe. In the last few months, many countries have seen a surge in Covid cases, due to these sub-variants. Compared to other nations, India has kept the situation under control," he said. At the same time, ci...

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Covovax Review: NTAGI’s Working Group To Review New Serum Vaccine

Gunjan ChaudharyMarch 30, 20220

The COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisor (NTAGI) will review the new corona vaccine 'Covovax' developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII). This vaccine is designed for children and adults specifically. And the review meeting will be held on April 1. The NTAGI set up for Immunization has a three-tier system to decide on a vaccine. This working group is of the first level review. A second-level Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) will review and discuss the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine data after the working group looks at the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine data. Thereafter, STSC will give its decision to the third group to make the final decision. Booster Dose Is Not For Everyone In the meeting to be held on Friday, NTAGI will not discu...

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COVID-19 Made Us Realize Why India Needs Its Own Medical Standards

Pooja YadavFebruary 14, 20220

Indian doctors follow guidelines set up by foreign countries. They face problems because they follow guidelines designed by western medical standards. Many devices used in India are calibrated according to western guidelines. Why Standards Are Important? India's demography is itself a challenge to decide. Its ethnicity, genetics, lifestyles pattern and physical build are different in their way and from the western population. The standard is a repeatable, harmonized, agreed and documented way of doing something. Standards contain technical specifications or other precise criteria designed to be used consistently as a rule, guideline or definition. They assist in making life simpler and increasing reliability. It also ensures the effectiveness of many of the products and services...

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PM Modi Talks Of That Congress Which He Thinks Is Rejected: Rahul Gandhi Hits Bull’s Eye

Sonia SolankiFebruary 9, 20220

Rahul Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha has been making a stir on social media and among political circles. The common man seems to be impressed with the relevant topics Rahul Gandhi raised in his speech. He talked about the 'two Indias' that Modi Ji is creating as the divide between the poor and the rich is ever increasing. He also spoke about the negligence of different states and Modi Ji behaving like a 'King' or a 'ruler'. Unemployment, farmer's issues, the India-China relationship, privatization of PSUs under the Modi government and many more issues were touched upon by Rahul Gandhi in his speech. "I had raised three important issues. First, the PM has created two Indias - an extremely rich India and one for the vast majority of people that has no hope has unemployment and fac...

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India Registers Active Covid Cases Of Over 3 Lakh In 24hrs; Lessons World Can Learn From COVID-19

Pooja YadavJanuary 25, 20220

There is no doubt that pandemic has been harsh on everybody be rich or poor every has some sort of devastating story to tell which pandemic has given to them. Some became orphans some lost their earning members. Some lost their dear ones and many suffered from the devastating events. There is a saying every coin has two sides. Though pandemics being harsh on everyone has taught some lessons from our routine jogging to shaping our view indeed pandemics taught us few lessons which the world should recognize. Let's see how. Preparedness Getting ready in advance for any emergency-like situation which could probably happen in the future can help to minimize the effect arising out of any pandemic-like situation. During the initial stages, the lack of awareness and testing infrastr...

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New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern Cancels Her Marriage As Nation Moves In ‘Red Light Settings’ Covid Protocol

Sonia SolankiJanuary 24, 20220

New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern postponed her marriage due to the new COVID protocol in the country. She confirmed this news stating, "My wedding will not be going ahead," after the detailed handover of new rules for the pandemic. Though Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford have not announced their official wedding date, but as per sources, it was scheduled within next few weeks. PM Ardern also said, “I just joined many other New Zealander’s who have had an experience like that as a result of the pandemic and to anyone who is caught up in that scenario I am so sorry.” New Zealand has imposed the “Red Light Setting” restrictions from Sunday midnight. Recently the country reported nine Omicron cases in Mouteka in a single family household. As per reports, the family travelled to...

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Genome Sequencing Declines As 5 Labs Shut In India

Sonia SolankiJanuary 21, 20220

As many as five labs, involved in genome sequencing of Coronavirus, have closed as a result of a lack of funds for reagents, as told by a top Union health ministry official NDTV. These chemical reagents are essential in finding the Omicron variant. Those five labs were part of 38 such research labs, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Consortium (INSACOG), that were tasked with genome sequencing. Why Is Genome Sequencing Crucial ? As per reports, a 40% decline has been reported in the mapping of cases within the last four weeks. Approximately, 25,000 samples have gone through the process under the Omicron surge. Whereas, the latest number of COVID-19 infections crossed the 3 lakh mark today. The closure of the labs can prove a double whammy for the spreading of the contagious ...

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Why DOLO 650 Has Been A Favorite Medicine During The Pandemic? Find Out Here!

Pooja YadavJanuary 20, 20220

For the last 2 years, DOLO 650 has been very famous in the Indian medicine market. It is manufactured in Bangalore-based micro labs and has been labeled the best medicine for Indians for fighting covid. The sales of Dolo 650 have been increased drastically during the pandemic. It has become a doctor’s favorite medicine while treating patients with covid. The sales of Dolo 650 exponentially increased. Dolo 650 has become a popular painkiller and an antipyretic tablet. Pyretic here means fever-causing substance and antipyretic means fever-curing substance. since fever is a very common symptom in covid, therefore, Dolo 650 is prescribed. Dolo 650 is a tablet that is of paracetamol compound. WHY THIS SUDDEN INCREASE?We are right now suffering from a pandemic for the last two years. In ...

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India’s New Year Present to Afghanistan

Vaishali GautamJanuary 6, 20220

India has sent 5 lakh of the 1 million (10 lakh) promised doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan through Iran via air. The vaccines reached Iran from where they will be sent to Indira Gandhi Children Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. This help is being provided under ‘Vaccine Maitri’ which is a humanitarian initiative by the Indian government to provide vaccines around the world. Other countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Morocco, South Africa, Nigeria, etc. too have been the beneficiaries of this initiative. Since the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan, no international flight has been properly operating there. Had it been so, the vaccines could have been directly sent to Afghanistan via flight. Though another convenient alternative could have been sending the vaccines t...

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NEET PG Counselling Delay: CM Kejriwal Writes To PM Modi To “Personally Solve” The Issue.

Sonia SolankiDecember 30, 20210

NEET PG Counselling delay over the months leading into the Resident Doctors Protest in Delhi for almost a month now. The situation escalates when the protesting doctors claim that they are manhandled brutally by the Delhi Police during the protest on Monday. Post this incident the agitation intensifies with FAIMA and FORDA Supporting the protest. On the other hand, Delhi is seeing an upsurge of corona cases. The capital is also facing the highest number of Omicron cases at the present. So, the CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal writes a letter to PM Modi " to personally solve the issue". Kejriwal writes in his letter to PM " On one hand the Omicron variant is spreading at an alarming rate, but on the other hand doctors of government hospital under centre government is on strike. Resident d...

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Elevating The Poverty Ordeal; Deets Inside

MalvikaDecember 14, 20210

On Sunday, the reports from the World health organization (WHO) & World bank suggest, "the pandemic has pushed more than half a billion people into poverty." People already spend huge amounts on healthcare services, the pandemic just gave an unfortunate boost. Not only individuals were seeking treatment/medications for critical illness due to the virus (ICU costs) but also reaching out for professional mental healthcare. The world is still debating about ethical prioritization and distribution of the covid-19 vaccine. These revelations will surely add more to it. When talking of numbers, the High-income nations spend a higher percentage of their GDP on health. But what goes under the radar is that the low-income economies simply do not have the available resources to denote healthcare...

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ICMR To Study Covaxin And Covisheild Efficacy As Omicron Cases Goes Up In India

Sonia SolankiDecember 11, 20210

ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) started its research study the on efficacy of Covaxin and Covisheild vaccines against Omicron. The number of cases of Omicron touches 32 in India. The national Institute of Virology [NIV] - ICMR has collected blood samples of patients detected with Omicron variant. This information came in after the press meet of ICMR held in New Delhi headed by Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR. In Several cases the international travellers coming to India are providing false addresses . Due to which community surveillance becomes difficult to conduct stated by Lav Agarwal , Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry. Such travellers are difficult to trace and therefore their contacts also go unreported thus spreading the disease more fast. ICMR c...

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