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“Inevitable Third Wave” in 6-8 Weeks if Covid-Appropriate Norms not Followed: Guleria

June 19, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 19: Amidst reports that the easing of Covid-related lockdown norms has led to crowding in some markets and other places and the Centre urging the states to take stricter measures to avoid over-crowding, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria on Saturday warned of an “inevitable third […]

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Covid-19: Now, a new variant, Lambda, found in 29 countries

June 19, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The coronavirus that sparked the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020 is fast mutating into variants and sub-variants. With the World Health Organization (WHO) identifying these mutants with Greek alphabets, the ancient language has suddenly attracted popular attention. The Greek alphabet has 24 letters, from Alpha to Omega. After Alpha, Beta, Gamma, […]

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Re-opening of Schools: Government yet Undecided

June 18, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, June 18: The government is yet to make up its mind about re-opening of the schools and said a decision on it would depend on multiple factors including vaccination of a majority of the teaching and non-teaching staff. As national and state-level board exams are being cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Centre […]

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Covid-19: Delta variant causing 99% infections in the UK

June 18, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19, first identified in India, now makes up 99 percent of all pandemic cases in the United Kingdom, media reported on Friday. The number of Delta variant infections jumped by 33,630 in a week to hit a total of 75,953 in the UK, Public Health […]

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Tokyo Olympics: Amid fresh Covid threat, Japan braces for ‘uneventful’ Games

June 18, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Never have perhaps the Olympic Games held in ‘peacetime’ been so scary, and listless. Although the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and the Japanese government are going ahead to kick off the Tokyo Olympic Games next month, there is little popular enthusiasm in the host country. On the contrary, the Japanese […]

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“Covaxin” May get WHO Approval Soon

June 17, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 17: As Bharat Biotech’s “Covaxin” moved an inch closer to get approval of the World Health Organisation, India’s other vaccine manufacturer the Serum Institute of India (SII) announced its plans to start clinical trials of the Novavax vaccine against Covid-19 for children in July. The SII also hopes to introduce […]

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Vaccination Gap: Decision Based on Scientific Data: Govt

June 16, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 16: The centre has denied a report in a section of the media that the government increased the gap between two doses of vaccines unilaterally last month without the scientific advice because of the shortage of vaccines in the country at that stage. The report was based on a foreign […]

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Walk-in Vaccination Opened for All Above 18

June 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 15: Amidst reports that over 60 per cent of the India population do not have access to smart phones or not digital literate to book online vaccination registration, the centre on Tuesday announced introduction of walk-in inoculation. The government announced that anyone above the age of 18 could walk in […]

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Govt Confirms One Death due to Vaccine, but Overall “Benefits Much Greater than Risks”

June 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 15: Even as the government for the first time on Tuesday confirmed one death due to vaccination, the “Covaxin” manufacturer Bharat Biotech justified differential pricing to the private players to offset part of the cost pointing out that the government-fixed price was non-sustainable in the long run. A 68-year-old man, […]

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Covid-19: ‘Pfizer, AZ vaccines ‘highly effective’ against Delta variant’

June 15, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the United Kingdom delayed lockdown relaxation period by a month on June 14 because of the spread of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of Covid-19, global vaccine maker Pfizer and AstraZeneca’s two jabs are ‘highly effective’ against this strain, according to government agency Public Health England (PHE)’s latest analysis. It suggested […]

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