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26 Sep

635 New Dengue Cases in West Bengal

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsHealth, India, West BengalCoronavirus, covid, Health, INDIA, west bengal

According to a report of health department officials, Saturday West Bengal reported 635 new dengue cases. In the worst affected districts Kolkata, North and South 24 Parganas are counted. In total, currently 745 patients are undergoing treatment at the state-run hospital.This season, the death toll from dengue has risen to 16 since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease two months ago. On the other hand, as per the bulletin of the health department, the state recorded 314 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 21,12,872.It's also added the toll rose to 21,495 with one more fatality.

25 Jan

WHO chief warns against assumption that omicron is the ‘endgame’ of the pandemic

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Healthcovid, Omicron

On Monday, the World Health Organization warned public against the Omicron variant of Covid 19, sand said, "it would be dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant or that we're in the endgame". The global health body's statement comes at a time when Omicron has entered 171 countries and is increasing in daily Covid cases. On Sunday, the organization had said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a result of its immunity evading potential. It said that Omicron has been found to have a significant growth advantage, higher secondary attack rates, and a…

13 Jan

SBI Life’s Financial Immunity Survey 2.0

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SBI Life Insurance, has unveiled another comprehensive consumer study, The Financial Immunity Survey 2.0, providing deep insights into consumer’s evolving behavior towards financial preparedness in the post covid world. SBI Life commissioned the survey with NielsenIQ (India), reaching out to 5,000 respondents across 28 key cities covering the length and breadth of India. According to the survey, people find this importance of insurance, 46% purchased Health insurance and 44% purchased Life insurance for the first time during COVID-19. But although Indians feel insurance is important, they still seem to be under insured with as their insurance cover is ~3.8 times…

13 Jan

Over 260 Maharashtra cops infected with COVID

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Due to rising COVID-19 cases, as many as 265 Maharashtra police have succumbed to the infection so far, the state police said. According to the Maharashtra Police, there are 2,145 active cases of COVID-19 in the state police. The highest number of COVID-related deaths has been recorded in state police personnel posted in Mumbai, which is 126. Meanwhile, Maharashtra is expected to see a spike in hospitalisation of COVID-19 patients this month-end or in the first week of February, according to the state health department. The daily requirement of medical oxygen in the state has been increased, it said, adding that…

07 Jan

New variant detected in France

editor0 CommentsInternationalB.1.640, covid, France, who

The new Covid-19 variant, B.1.640, was detected by French researchers and is probably of Cameroonian origin, is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization said. The strain is known as the 'IHU' variant because it was first identified by academics at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille, France, reports Xinhua news agency. At a press meet on Thursday, Maria van Kerkhove the technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said that it was first detected in September…

13 Dec

3 more people from London test positive for Covid in Bengaluru

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Three persons, who arrived from London to the KempeGowda International Airport (in Bengaluru, tested positive for Covid-19 in RT-PCR tests. As per the protocol 30-year-old woman and 6-year-old two boys have been taken to hospital and kept under isolation. Since they have arrived from a high risk zone, the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing. So far, three patients have tested positive for Omicron variant in the state. Two have travel history and one did not have any travel history. The health department initiated a series of measures to contain the infection from the new variant. However, the state…

03 Dec

International air travellers test Covid positive in Tamil Nadu; tests will ascertain if Omicron variant

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Two international air travellers, who had arrived in Tamil Nadu from Singapore and the United Kingdom have tested positive for Covid-19 and the government ruled out social media reports claiming they were cases of Omicron but said tests only would conclude if they are infected with the latest variant of the coronavirus. The Health and Family Welfare Minister, Ma Subramanian, reported to the reporters a man who arrived from Singapore to Tiruchirappally in the wee hours and the child who had come along with its family here from the UK have tested positive for Covid and regretted that there were…

29 Jun

Uttarakhand govt issues COVID guidelines for Char Dham Yatra despite HC’s stay on pilgrimage

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, Indiacovid, Dham Yatra, Pilgrimage, Uttarakhand

As per the Covid guidelines issued by the Uttarakhand government says that the Char Dham Yatra will commence from July 1. However, this doesn't sit right with Uttarakhand High Court's recent order against holding Char Dham Yatra this year. The Uttarakhand HC had on Monday stayed state Cabinet's decision of arrange the pilgrimage with limited number of people. The Uttarakhand High Court had instructed the state government to make a standard operating procedure for the Char Dham Yatra,and asking not to do like Kumbh Mela . The court had observed SOPs were submitted before Kumbh Mela was responsible for the spike…

24 Jun

AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria on talking about Covid vaccine for children likely by September-October

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AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria said that we are hoping that by October India will have its own vaccine for children. It has been found that kids usually have mild symptoms of coronavirus. Guleria said that we are hopeful vaccine trial will be completed early and we will get the data by september. Hopefully, by that time, approvals will be there so that by September-October we'll have vaccines from our country. Bharat Biotech & other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace as parents have come forward with their children,while Pfizer has already got the FDA approval for…

15 Jun

Govt confirms first death in India after Covid vaccination

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The government panel that was studying vaccine side-effects has confirmed that a 68-year-old man died due to anaphylaxis -- a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction -- after he was administered a coronavirus vaccine. Speaking with India Today TV, AEFI Chairperson Dr NK Arora confirmed a death following the Covid-19 vaccination but refused to comment further. AEFI chairperson , Dr NK Arora said that the death assessment report shows that the 68-year-old received his vaccine shot on March 8, 2021 and after an investigation we have found that the reason behind the death is anaphylaxis. The other anaphylaxis cases occurred in…