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Covid vaccination: 16k personnel at over 3k centers give Day 1 a good start
A total of 3,351 sessions of vaccinaton were held wherein 165,714 beneficiaries got vaccinated according to the provisional reports
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UP joins Covid vaccination marathon, inoculates 21,000 health workers
Adityanath credits Modi and scientists for 'Made in India' vaccines
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PM Modi to launch mega Covid-19 vaccination drive in India from today
The Centre has planned to vaccinate around 3 lakh healthcare workers at 2,934 session sites on the first day of the inoculation drive
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Poor infection control, slow recovery: Dual TB-Covid-19 load hits states
Preliminary studies in India show a 0.37% to 4% prevalence of TB among Covid-19 patients while 1.14% of the TB patients screened for Covid-19 were diagnosed with the disease
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Mumbai prepares to vaccinate 50,000 daily and put an end to lockdowns
The city's Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and his deputy Suresh Kakani, who's in charge of the vaccination drive, spoke in separate interviews this week
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KIMSHEALTH gearing up for an IPO, to give exit to PE investor True North
The hospital chain is planning to add 1,000 beds in India and GCC countries in the next three years
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Covid-19 likely to bring a sharper focus on health care in upcoming Budget
CII has also called for tax incentives for new health care projects and import duty relief for lifesaving equipment.
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Budget Byte: Post-pandemic Budget will need to focus on ignored sectors
MSMEs, education, India's police forces might need more support in the coming year to realign their development and spending goals
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Coronavirus claims four more lives in Rajasthan, 430 people infects
The Covid-19 disease four more lives and infected 430 more people in Rajasthan in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll due to it to 2,731 and infection tally to 31,2521 respectively on Saturday
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Budget Byte: Need to spend more on healthcare to manage shortcomings
Spending on health is improving gradually in India, even though it has not grown substantially from its level of 1% of GDP
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India Coronavirus dispatch: Science, health likely to be key focus in 2021
SpiceJet health firm's plan for vaccine rollout, a new British govt study on the UK variant, 2020 in pictures-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19
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Covid-19: Atul Gawande on why US slipped, and India managed better
The most important tool you have in public health is messaging and communication, said Gawande
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Phase 3 trial of Novavax investigational coronavirus vaccine begins
The Phase 3 trial of another investigational Covid-19 vaccine developed by biotechnology company Novavax, has started enrolling adult volunteers, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced
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NFHS data puzzles: Why do we have more toilets but more child stunting?
Decline in GDP of 2020 will adversely affect purchasing power of many households and also five key health outcome measures
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Coronavirus LIVE: 5,397 new Covid-19 positive cases in Kerala today
Coronavirus LIVE Updates: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 79,892,047
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China's Covid-19 vaccine over 50% effective, but Sinovac withholds data
Chinese vaccine developers have been slow compared with their western peers in releasing efficacy data on their shots
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Faltering health infra gets a shot in the arm as vaccine roll-out nears
As an extraordinary year is drawing to a close, a seven-part series looks at the key areas that are on the cusp of dramatic changes
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Limited supply, poor infra: The cold barriers to getting vaccinated in Asia
Some nations have signed on to procurement and advanced purchasing plans from vaccine manufacturers. Others are working on collaborations and homegrown options
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Will going out in the cold give you a cold? Here is a reality check
Many viruses, including rhinovirus - the usual culprit in the common cold - and influenza, remain infectious longer and replicate faster in colder temperatures
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Petition sent to WTO calling for Covid-19 vaccine universalisation
The petition was filed by Avaaz, a global online citizen movement, to the WTO.
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