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Gasping for oxygen, Delhi awaits 480 MT of fresh supply
With the alarming surge in the number of Covid cases in the national capital, if the oxygen quota gets depleted in these hospitals, Delhi will stare at a catastrophe, the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government said in statement on Wednesday.
Don't hoard oxygen, taking it casually is harmful, warns AIIMS chief
At a talk organised by the Centre's citizen engagement platform, MyGovIndia, Guleria said one of the treatments for Covid-19 is oxygen, but it has to be used judiciously. He added that when a person has pneumonia or chronic lung disease when saturation falls, then oxygen is a treatment, given sometimes for a short duration, but sometimes people are on long-term oxygen therapy.
'Covaxin demonstrates overall interim clinical efficacy of 78%'
The second interim analysis is based on accruing more than 87 symptomatic cases of Covid-19. Due to the recent surge in cases, 127 symptomatic cases were recorded, resulting in a point estimate of vaccine efficacy of 78 per cent against mild, moderate, and severe Covid-19 disease.
Centre has increased Delhi's oxygen quota: Kejriwal
Kejriwal, who is in self-quarantine after his wife Sunita Kejriwal tested Covid-19 positive, tweeted: "Central govt has increased Delhi's quota of oxygen. We r very grateful to centre for this." The Chief Minister's tweets came moments after Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, addressing a digital press conference, expressed alarm of shortage of oxygen in Delhi's hospitals.
Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank tests positive for Covid-19
After testing positive, Nishank appealed to all those people who had come in contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested. The Minister said, "I want to inform all people that I had undergone a Covid test whose report came out positive. I am taking medication and treatment as per the advice of my doctors. I request all those who came in contact with me recently to get themselves tested."
Faster jabs, surveillance can only tame triple-mutant Indian virus
The B1617 variant, first detected in Maharashtra, contains mutations from two separate virus variants -- E484Q and L452R. The third mutation evolved from the double mutation where three different Covid strains combined to form a new variant. Two of these triple-mutant varieties have been found in samples collected from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.
Vaccine Leader has been reduced to a Vaccine Beggar: Congress
Addressing a press conference virtually on Wednesday, Maken alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address on Tuesday was empty rhetoric. The states and common people were expecting relief from the Prime Minister but as always 18 minutes of the PM's speech disappointed everyone. It had no direction, no empathy for the poor and those affected by the pandemic was left high and dry.
Covaxin effective against double mutant strain found in India: ICMR
ICMR cited the findings of a study carried out by them. Covaxin is developed locally by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd. in collaboration with the ICMR -- the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research.
Maharashtra: Real Corona horror may unfold in next 10 days
While Pune currently has an 'active case' load of 117,251, Mumbai follows next with 82,671 'active cases'. These figures are likely to shoot up drastically - 185,162 in Pune and 146,065 in Mumbai 'active cases', respectively - by May 2, as per a projection made by the State Public Health Department.
Covid vaccine not available for sale at retail
"All vaccination would be part of the National Vaccination Programme and mandated to follow all protocols such as being captured on CoWIN platform, linked to adverse events following immunisation (AEFIs) reporting and all other prescribed norms. "Stocks and price per vaccination applicable in all vaccination centres will also have to be reported real-time," the government said.
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