The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been meeting the second wave of the COVID-19 challenge on a war footing. Sonam Saigal reports on how the civic body learnt lessons from the first wave and adopted a decentralised approach which is showing results slowly but surely
Reduced antibodies not a cause of worry on efficacy against COVID-19, say experts
Both Covishield and Covaxin, while effective at generating an immune response against the coronavirus, appear to generate only half as many antibodies against the B.1.617 strain, or the Indian strain, according to a series of early reports authored by scientists at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Several scientists told
The Hindu that this drop didn t diminish the fact that the vaccines continued to be potent tool against COVID-19.
Scientists at the ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune have since January been collecting samples from coronavirus-positive individuals and testing them for prominent variants mostly the international variants of concern B.1.1.7 (UK variant), the B.1.351 (South Africa variant), the P2 (Brazil variant) and B.1.617 (Indian variant). Three related variants of the B.1.617 now make up an increasing proportion of cases in India.
Railways to pay doctors on a par with States
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It was finding it difficult to engage doctors in the existing pay structure
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A file photo of a doctor checking a migrant workers family with themal scanner as they enter Thivim railway station in Goa.
It was finding it difficult to engage doctors in the existing pay structure
The Indian Railways will pay medical practitioners (hired on contract) salary on a par with State governments.
The decision was taken after the authorities found it difficult to engage the doctors in the existing pay structure that was less compared to what the respective States were paying. The health infrastructure of the railways, one of the largest employers in the country, caters to the needs of about 12 lakh employees and their family across the country.
Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu parties agree to further intensify lockdown
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The meeting was called to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the State and to seek suggestions from the legislature parties.
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Health department distributes Kabasura Kudineer and screening people as a preventive measure against coronavirus in Chennai. File
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The meeting was called to discuss the COVID-19 situation in the State and to seek suggestions from the legislature parties.
The current lockdown in Tamil Nadu will be intensified further as there is a need to protect people’s lives from COVID-19, a meeting chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with leaders of legislature parties in the State unanimously decided.