Maharashtra to halt Covid-19 vaccination drive for two days
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Authorities in Maharashtra said that there were no connection issues when it was tested on 15 January
The inoculation drive suffered minor setbacks on Day 1 at some places due to glitches in the CoWIN app
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Maharashtra government has decided to temporarily suspend the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive in the entire state due to technical issues with CoWIN App, the state health department said on Saturday.
Vaccinations are expected to begin after 18 January.
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U.S. President Donald Trump address a campaign rally in Dalton, Georgia, U.S., on the eve of the run-off election to decide both of Georgia s Senate seats, January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Experts say that the capitals of battleground states such as Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona are among those at most risk of violence
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‘Lack of awareness, rise in lifestyle diseases hampering organ donation’
Dr Manoj Gumber, a consultant nephrologist at Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad, said an estimated four lakh people die in India every year waiting for an organ transplant, and of them, at least half are eligible for the same. December 17, 2020 4:37:29 am
Among other shortcomings of living organ donation is India’s policy of two-child norm and an apparent gender bias, says Dr Gumber. (Representational)
IT IS unlikely that the huge gap between demand for organ transplants and available donors, both living and cadaver, will be closed soon, nephrologist and other medical experts said at a virtual meet organised by the Institute of Law and Medicine on Tuesday. Besides a lack of awareness on organ donation, the rise non-communicable and lifestyle diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, experts said, made matters difficult.