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12 May

Study crushes myths: Says Covid Vaccines can be safe in pregnancy

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COVID-19 vaccines may be safe during pregnancy, suggests a study that found no evidence of injury to the placenta in pregnant women who received the preventive. The first-of-its-kind study, published on Tuesday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, adds to the growing literature that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy. “The placenta is like the black box in an airplane. If something goes wrong with a pregnancy, we usually see changes in the placenta that can help us figure out what happened,” said Jeffery Goldstein, assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US. “From what we can tell,…

12 May

Almost hundred dead bodies found floating in the Ganga

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At least 96 unidentified bodies – many of them decomposed and bloated – have been found floating in the Ganga over the past couple of days, triggering fears among local residents in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh that bodies of Covid victims were being dumped in the river. While 71 of the bodies have been fished out in Bihar’s Buxar district, at least 25 bodies were found in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district. While authorities in both districts are yet to confirm if the bodies were of Covid victims, saying samples have been sent for tests, police in Buxar said they suspected the…

11 May

Fall in number of Active Covid cases in India after two months

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India recorded 3,29,942 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am Tuesday. The country’s total infections stand at over 2.29 crore. Out of these, over 37.15 lakh cases are active while 1.90 crore people have recovered after testing positive. Active cases have declined for the first time in 2 months. With 3,876 new deaths, the toll is now at over 2.49 lakh. As Covid-19 continues to spread across India, the number of vaccines administered to the adult population is falling at an alarming rate. The dip in doses is particularly acute in rural areas where the curve is rising…

11 May

Bharat Biotech has been supplying Covaxin directly to 14 states

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Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad based vaccine manufacturer has been supplying its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ directly to 14 states beginning May 1. In a tweet joint managing director of Bharat Biotech Suchitra Ella said, “Glad to announce that Bharat Biotech confirms direct supply of COVAXIN to some state government since 1st May 2021, based on the allocation received by the GoI”. Here the 14 state includes Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhva Pradesh, Odhisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Previously the vaccine was distributed only for those above 45 years and all the frontline warriors…

10 May

Revised Covid guidelines: What type of Masks to wear and how to stay protected

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Amid the raging second wave, health experts have issued revised COVID-19 guidelines for better safety. It is now recommended to practise double masking instead of wearing a cloth mask, which experts have found to not be as effective. That can be difficult for people with certain types of facial hair like beard whose masks may not fit well because of it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has suggested shaving or trimming of beards close to the face, to ensure a better fit and to keep you safe. CDC has also laid down some other guidelines on the type of mask you…

08 May

Pakistan declares eight-day partial lockdown ahead of Eid celebrations

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Non-essential businesses and tourism sites must close and travel across the country is restricted from 8-16 May. The country is currently battling a third wave of coronavirus infections, recording more than 140,000 cases and 3,000 deaths in April. Officials had warned restrictions could be necessary given neighbouring India's devastating surge in cases. Pakistan recorded an additional 4,109 positive cases on Saturday, according to the health ministry. The actual number of infections is likely to be higher because of under-reporting. Under Pakistan's partial lockdown, all but essential shops, businesses and markets will close until 16 May. Transport in and between regions…

08 May

India’s Covid-19 crisis reaches rural parts

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A disconcerting feature of the second wave of Covid-19 is the surge in cases in rural India. Compared with the first peak in September last year, the number of cases in India’s hinterland or backward regions has quadrupled, and so has the number of the dead. The districts covered by the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) — 243 of the 272 for which data are available — had more than 39.16 lakh people infected with the disease as on May 5. This is more than four times the 9.5 lakh infections at the peak of the first wave on September 16, 2020.…

07 May

5 year old girl stuck in India while family is in Australia

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Dilin was unable to hold back his emotions when he talked about his young daughter, who he has not seen since November 2019. "I can certainly see the sorrow in her heart… she truly misses us," he told an Australian Senate committee on Friday. Johannah, 5, is one of at least 173 unaccompanied children who are stuck in India trying to return to Australia. She was staying with her grandparents when the pandemic struck and borders were closed. Johannah's parents tried to get her on government organised flights to Sydney but children younger than 14 are not allowed to travel…

06 May

ESL Steel supplies oxygen for Punjab and Bihar

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A national steel player in the Vedanta Group, ESL Steel Limited has registered its plant at Siyaljori near Bokaro for liquid medical oxygen supply based on the requirements of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) and Steel Ministry. The Vedanta Group has aligned with the government’s initiatives to supplement its efforts in tackling the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like other group companies, ESL Steel Limited has also stepped in to augment oxygen supplies to COVID-19 patients as part of its Vedanta Cares initiative. ESL is committed to deliver liquid oxygen via a green corridor in the…

06 May

There will be complete Covid-19 lockdown in Kerala from May 8 to 16

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According to official sources , necessitated by the current wave of the coronavirus, the Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown , would come into force on May 8 morning and extend up to May 16 . The 9-day strict lockdown-like restrictions are already have taken in the southern state and the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to band the complete shutdown in the wake of a severe spike in the positive cases. Kerala had reported the highest-ever single day spurt in positive cases on Wednesday adding 41,953 infections.