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Covid-19: Pandemic ‘firmly grips’ Europe, may kill 700,000 more by March, says WHO

November 24, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘firmly gripped’ Europe and the current trends show that it may kill around 700,000 more people in the Continent, taking its total death toll 2.2 million by spring next year. The global health watchdog said these 700,000 people […]

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Covid-19: Amid “vaccination, cure or death” warning, US bans travel to Germany, Denmark

November 23, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As Austria re-imposed nationwide lockdown on Monday, Germany warned citizens to either “get vaccinated, be cured, or die”, and vaccine-protesters stubbornly refused jabs, the US advised its citizens against traveling to Germany and Denmark because of an exponential number of Covid-19 infections in these European nations in recent days. The […]

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India May have Passed the Worst Pandemic Days

November 23, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 23: As India recorded lowest daily new Covid cases in the last 18 months on Tuesday, a panel of experts said the country may have come over the worst pandemic days and a third wave even if surfaced in the coming winter months was not likely to be as […]

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Immunisation for Children Expected to Begin in March

November 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 22: Vaccination for children with comorbidities is likely to start in January while by March the mass vaccination of children is expected to begin, official sources said on Monday. The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI) is scheduled to meet in the next two weeks to finalise […]

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Covid-19: Covaxin vaccine approved by the UK, Good news for Indians

November 22, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Kingdom (UK) government on Monday approved India’s Covaxin vaccine, cleared the way for the tourists and the Indian students who are planning to travel to the UK for the short term or long term. Visitors to the U.K. who are not fully vaccinated are required to get Covid tests and quarantine […]

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Covid-19: With a fresh wave surging, nationwide lockdown in Austria from Nov 22

November 20, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Europe, which alone lost over 1.4 million lives to Covid-19 since February 2020, has refused to learn. So, it may queue up again at hospitals and burial grounds. On Friday, Austria became the first European nation to announce a nationwide lockdown from November 22 to beat the fresh wave now […]

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Covid-19: India allows export of 20m Novavax doses to Indonesia

November 19, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: In the middle of rising coronavirus cases in several countries, India has increased its speed of covid-19 vaccine export to the world. According to the sources, India has approved the export of 20 million doses of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine made by the Serum Institute of India (SII) to Indonesia. According to the […]

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Number of Fully Vaccinated Surpass Partially vaccinated People In India

November 17, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Nov 17: Even as India recorded only 10,197 new Covid-19 cases and the number of total active cases came down to 1.28 lakhs on Wednesday, the country has achieved a new milestone with the number of fully vaccinated people surpassing those who have been administered only one dose so far. According to the […]

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Tobacco use: WHO survey reveals a decline in number of consumers

November 17, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The fourth global tobacco trends report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), released on Tuesday, has revealed a promising decline in the number of tobacco consumers, from 1.32 billion in 2015 to 1.30 billion in 2020, worldwide. The study said that 22.3 percent of the global population, comprising 36.7 percent of men and […]

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Pfizer Sign Deal to Allow Generic Manufacturing of Oral Covid-19 Medicine Cheaply

November 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 16: The US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has signed a deal with the Geneva-based global Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to sub-licence production of its antiviral Covid-19 medicine “Paxlovid” to make the drug available at a lower cost for the poorer and middle-income countries. The company announced on Tuesday that it had […]