May 23, 2021 – 11:36 (IST)
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Arunachal reports 314 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3 more fatalities
Arunachal Pradesh reported 314 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 23,867, a senior health department official said on Sunday. The toll rose to 95 after three more persons from Lower Siang, Lohit and Tawang districts succumbed to the infection since Friday, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr
Lobsang Jampa said. The three coronavirus-positive patients died while undergoing treatment in medical facilities, he said.
At least 291 people were cured of the disease on Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 20,836. Arunachal Pradesh now has 2,936 active cases.
May 23, 2021 – 11:25 (IST)
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Diaspora doctors, professionals launch ‘Project Madad’ to combat COVID-19 spread in rural India
As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic batters rural India, a voluntary group of doctors and professionals from the diaspora in the US and from India has launched a unique initiative that will provide virtual time-sensitive information to healthcare workers in rural areas on treating COVID-19 patients, real-time details on hospital bed availability and counter vaccine misinformation. ‘Project Madad’ has been created with a mission that proper education and training of local healthcare workers and Registered Medical Practitioners (RMPs) will be fundamental in controlling COVID-19 spread in rural India.
The Madad team is initially working with RMPs in rural Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and hopes that its model will be scaled in other areas and assist healthcare workers to recognise COVID-19 symptoms, treat mild cases at homes and provide advice on vaccination, dangers of overmedication and other best practices.
May 23, 2021 – 11:16 (IST)
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Dr Reddy’s developing new treatment options for COVID-19, says MD
Drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is working on the development of new treatment options for COVID-19 patients which it aims to launch over the next few months while ensuring uninterrupted supplies of its existing range of products for the infectious disease in the market, according to a top company official. The Hyderabad-based drug major has already launched Sputnik V vaccine while partnering various organisations, including the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
“We are motivated to serve patients in every possible way and with utmost urgency. This is reflected in the multiple collaborations we have entered to develop and commercialise a wide range of preventive and curative options for COVID treatment, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Co-Chairman & Managing Director G V Prasad said in an analyst call. The drug firm over the past few weeks has ramped up supply of multiple medicines including Remdesivir to meet the surge in demand, he added.
May 23, 2021 – 11:12 (IST)
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Pandemic still with us, thriving and mutating, says Antonio Guterres
Recent surges of COVID-19 in India, South America and other regions have left people literally gasping for breath before our eyes, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said, warning that the pandemic is still very much with us, thriving and mutating”. “From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I warned that no one is safe until everyone is safe.Grossly unequal access to vaccines, tests, medicines and supplies, including oxygen, have left poorer countries at the mercy of the virus, Guterres said in his statement to the Global Health Summit on Friday.
“Let’s be clear, we are at war with the virus. And if you are at war with the virus, we need to deal with our weapons with rules of a war economy, and we are not yet there. And this is true for vaccines, and it is true for other components in the fight against the virus,” he said. While the COVAX should have delivered 170 million doses around the world by now, vaccine nationalism, limited production capacity and lack of funding have led to that figure being just 65 million. “I call on G20 countries to lead by example and contribute their full share of funding. An investment of billions could end up saving trillions and saving lives,” he said.
May 23, 2021 – 11:01 (IST)
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COVID-19 vaccination at workplace can cover employees’ family members, dependents, says Centre
The Union health ministry on Saturday announced that family members and dependents of workers can also be covered under the COVID-19 vaccination drive at industrial and workplace inoculation centres.
In a letter to all chief secretaries, the health ministry said that for industrial and private workplace CVCs ( COVID-19 vaccination centres), the vaccine doses will have to be procured by the private hospitals with which the respective employer ties up.
May 23, 2021 – 10:29 (IST)
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21,23,782 samples tested for COVID-19 on Saturday, says ICMR
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 32,86,07,937 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to 22 May with 21,23,782 samples tested on Saturday.
May 23, 2021 – 10:23 (IST)
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India reports 2.4 lakh new COVID-19 cases, 3,741 fatalities
The daily rise in coronavirus cases in India remained below the 3 lakh-mark for the seventh consecutive day, with 2.4 lakh new cases recorded in a single day, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. With the fresh cases, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132. The toll due to the disease rose to 2,99,266 with 3,741 fresh fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.
The active cases further reduced to 28,05,399 comprising 10.57 percent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 88.30 percent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,34,25,467 while the case fatality rate stood at 1.13 percent, the data stated.