If you are planning to purchase the coronavirus vaccine, there is some good news for you. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that there is no change in the price of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Ocugen , which has partnered with Bharat Biotech to procure Covaxin in the US, said the decision to seek full time approval was based on a recommendation from the country's top public health regulator.
India had recorded 86,498 cases on June 8, lowest since April 2 when the country logged 89,129 new cases. However, the low number of cases were attributed to low testing in the country.
A low number of platelets -- blood cells that help prevent blood loss when vessels are damaged -- can result in no symptoms or can lead to an increased risk of bleeding or, in some cases, clotting.
The study, published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases, focused on the first 73 solid organ transplant patients who received monoclonal antibody infusions for treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 between November 19, 2020, and January 23 at Mayo Clinic.
The Directorate General of Health Services, DGHS, of the Union Health Ministry, on Thursday issued guidelines in which the age for wearing masks has been fixed. It states that masks are not mandatory for children below 5 years of age.
The daily infections, on the other hand, continued to show declining trend as 94,052 fresh Covid infections were reported in a day -- less than one lakh for the third straight day.
While acknowledging key health and environmental challenges linked to overconsumption, the analysis also shows that livestock can provide nutrient-dense foods for addressing undernourishment that causes stunting in approximately 22 per cent of young children worldwide
In an address at the National Press Club Wednesday, President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Omar Khorshid advocated for a tax that would reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, Xinhua reported.
In the same time span, India also saw 2,219 more people succumbing to the pandemic, taking the cumulative death toll to 3,53,528. The country currently has 12,31,415 active cases, which comprise for 4.5% of the total infections recorded so far, the Ministry data showed.
