After several hospitals in five states reported adverse effects immediately after Cadila s remdesivir being injected, respective state drug regulators should have immediately tested the batch for sterility and endotoxins.
The third-tier of government urban local bodies and municipal corporations have seen their finances deteriorate materially due to the Covid-19 crisis, which could impact their ability to provide services to local communities amid a continuing pandemic.
A earlier World Bank study had estimated that local authorities globally would lose around 15-25% of revenues in 2021. This would make the maintenance of the current level of service delivery difficult to sustain, that study said.
India will bolster Covid-19 genome sequencing efforts, hoping early detection of the newly-emerged omicron variant will help avoid a repeat of the Delta-fueled wave of infections that brought its health system close to collapse earlier this year.
The Delhi Police Cyber Cell has arrested nine members of a gang which allegedly duped around 1,000 people on the pretext of delivering medical oxygen cylinders during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Saturday.