Send to Kindle We are racing against the virus all the time, said Prof. Yordanka Stoilova, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Disaster Medicine at the Medical University of Plovdiv and Chief Coordinator of the Expert Council on Epidemiology in her comment on whether the public is ready for a new tightening of restrictive measures because of the spike in Covid-19morbidity. She pointed out: There will hardly be a moment when the public will be ready for it. The so-called “pandemic fatigue” has set in. It‘s like that all over Europe and in the world. People are really fed up, they can t wait, we have very big economic problems. Pandemics, especially acute respiratory ones, sparked by such diseases, always have enormous medical significance, huge economic importance and political impact.
Rangoli competition held to create awareness on voting
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To create awareness on the need to vote in the Assembly election, rangoli competition and administering of awareness pledge were held at the Collectorate on Wednesday.
As part of the Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) that aims at achieving 100% voting in the election, employees of Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission and Mahalir Thittam took part in a rangoli competition.
The rangolis stressed on the need to vote, displayed date of polling, the toll-free number to lodge election-related complaints at 1950 and also the cVIGIL app that enables citizens to lodge complaints related to violation of model code of conduct. Also, women employees performed ‘kummi pattu’ and asked electors to exercise their franchise without fail.
Master of All Trades, Jack of None: Mrinal Chaudhury
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Have you ever met a person who is as diligent as she is helpful? A weird blend of hard work, dedication, innovation, creativity and approachability is precisely what makes this story worth admiring. One such person for whom even the above description sounds modest is
Mrinal Chaudhury, a final year student of the Department of Industrial Design. From being a designer, a writer, an editor, a leader, and now a mentor, she has the rare ability to be great at everything she sets her foot in, be it the kind of commitment she displayed while spearheading Monday Morning or being one of the very few to break all stereotypes of the Industrial Design department with an exemplary academic profile.
Govt allays fears about vaccines
Fatima Bulla Musakwa and Bruce Ndlovu
The Government is exercising due diligence to ensure that all Covid-19 vaccines procured or donated to the country go through the necessary scrutiny, a senior official has said.
Speaking during a virtual meeting hosted by the Zimbabwe Diaspora Health Alliance last Wednesday, Chief Coordinator of the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Dr Agnes Mahomva allayed fears that Government would receive vaccines without following quality control measures. Dr Mahomva said through the Pharmacovigilance and Clinical Trials Committee, the vaccines are rigorously verified before being cleared by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe.