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CoWIN Head Acknowledges COVID Vaccine Shortage, Says It’s Temporary Problem
New Delhi: On a day when Union Minister Prakash Javadekar claimed that everyone in India will be vaccinated by end of this year, the head of CoWIN platform RS Sharma said that the pace of vaccination will pick up soon.
Acknowledging that…
ICMR Study: 56% Of COVID-19 Patients With Secondary Infections Have Died
New Delhi: An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study has found that a worrying number of COVID-19 patients have died because of secondary infections. To be precise, more than half (56%) of coronavirus patients who had developed…
Vaccine Update: Sputnik V To Be Available For Rs 1,195 Per Dose At Apollo Hospitals
New Delhi: The Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be available in India across hospitals of Apollo Group from second week of June at an estimated price of Rs 1,195 per dose.
“We will be charging Rs 995 for the vaccine and Rs 200 would…
India To Vaccinate Everyone By December, Claims Union Minister; But Is It Possible?
New Delhi: The Union government on Friday made a tall claim of vaccinating everyone in the country against the coronavirus disease by the end of this year.
“The Health ministry last week made it clear that within December the nation will…
Black Fungus: Odisha Among Least-Affected States As Cases In India Cross 11K
New Delhi: The daily COVID-19 cases may be coming down in India, but the new threat of black fungus, or mucormycosis, is rising steadily.
According to information shared on Twitter by Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda, there are 11,717…
Are Black, White, Yellow Fungus Different? Hear It From AIIMS Chief
New Delhi: Cases of black fungus, or mucormycosis, have been rising worryingly over the past few weeks in India. The central government has even asked states to flag it as notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act.
Then came the…
Covaxin’s Booster Dose Clinical Trial Begins; Know The Details
New Delhi: Clinical trials of the third booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin started at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, on Monday.
The trial will be conducted on 190 participants who had already been administered…
Let Class 12 Board Exams Not Be A Barrier To Students’ Future
Regardless of what I am doing, there is this nagging thought at the back of my mind -- fear of an impending exam that I am not sure whether I should worry about.
Similar is the mental condition of around 12 lakh students all over the…
Union Health Minister Tells Ramdev To Withdraw Comments On Modern Medicines
New Delhi: The Centre has taken note of Baba Ramdev’s recent observations on allopathic and modern medicines, and conveyed the message that he should withdraw those comments.
Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan stated in a tweet that…
Vaccine Procurement: Moderna Refuses State’s Request, To Deal Only With Centre
Several Indian states, including Odisha, are keen to procure COVID-19 vaccines from the world market to speed up the process of inoculation. But it may not be smooth sailing for the state governments to get vaccines from abroad.
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