elangana State United Teachers Federation said 225, including in-service and retired teachers, died due to coronavirus and appealed the State govt to give them priority in the vaccination drive
Nirmal: Nirmal District Medical and Health Officer Dr Dhanraj has denied that the recent death of two persons from the district was caused by black fungus. Stating that the cause of death was yet to be ascertained, he refuted rumours being spread on social media platforms about the alleged spread of fungus in the district. […]
"The 2-DG drug impacts the cells that are affected by coronavirus and prevent their multiplication. The drug will not affect the good cells," Rakesh Kumar Sharma said.
The plea filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan sought direction to the government to make public the segregated data of the clinical trials for the vaccines.
The study led by researchers at University of Alabama - Birmingham, US, found that children with Covid-19 may develop poor clinical outcomes such as requiring hospitalisation, critical care services and mechanical ventilation.
The study led by University of Oxford researchers, earlier this year, began to investigate the effect of alternate doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine.
The imported doses of the vaccine are presently priced at Rs 995 (Rs 948 plus 5 per cent GST per dose), with the possibility of a lower price point when local supply begins.
The website allows any former national, international athlete or coach suffering from the coronavirus to upload the details and the respective State representative will follow it up.
These conditions include a one dose vaccine effectiveness (efficacy) of 80 per cent or higher and vaccination rates of 0.1 per cent to 0.3 per cent of the population per day, according to the study, published by The BMJ.