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29 Jul

India reports 43,509 fresh Covid cases, 38,000 recoveries in 24 hours

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India recorded 43,509 new covid cases along with 640 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours. The data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday reported, the country saw a total of 38,465 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 97.38 per cent. The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have now increased to 4,03,840. The total death toll in the country is now at 4,22,662. In India, the first death due to COVID pandemic was reported in March 2020. According to the ICMR, 46,26,29,773 samples have been tested till…

28 Jul

GSK Healthcare announced Iodex Rapid Action Spray

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GSK Consumer Healthcare announced the launch of Iodex Rapid Action Spray, a body pain relief solution for modern day consumers. Synonymous with treating body pain, Iodex is a household name in India trusted by millions of consumers for over 100 years. Iodex now has an exhaustive portfolio of pain relief products -Iodex Balm, Iodex UltraGel & Iodex Rapid Action Spray. The new offering from Iodex contains five active ingredients that are known topenetrate deep into the skin, reduce internal inflammation and provide targeted pain relief. It has a power packed formula of 5 active ingredients, namely Indian Wintegreen Oil, Menthol,…

28 Jul

Spirit of America Donates Oxygen Concentrators in Naharlagun

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Spirit of America, a US-based nonprofit organization that engages citizens in strengthening relationships with friends, partners, and allies to preserve the promise of a free and better life, is delivering 100 oxygen concentrators to rural health facilities in Naharlagun District in Arunachal Pradesh. The International Association of Human Values (IAHV) and the American India Foundation (AIF) - Spirit of America is sending 320 oxygen concentrators to medical facilities on the front lines of the pandemic. These include 28 districts across 10 Indian states. This contribution will add to the recently announced package to strengthen health infrastructure amid the second phase…

28 Jul

Libya imposes curfew due to increase in COVID-19 infections

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The Libyan government has imposed a curfew due to increasing Covid-19 cases. The curfew will last for two weeks from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, Xinhua news agency reported. While addressing the media, Health Minister Ali Zanati confirmed that Covid-19 isolation centres in western Libya were crowded. The country's Health Ministry on July 24 had announced that it was to launch a specialised vaccination campaign. Libya has received more than 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, and more doses are expected to arrive soon. The campaign aims to vaccinate 1 million people above the age of 18. So far, more than 500,000…

28 Jul

Spirit of America Donates Oxygen Concentrators in Lunglei

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Spirit of America, a US-based nonprofit organization that engages citizens in strengthening relationships with friends, partners, and allies to preserve the promise of a free and better life, is delivering 10 oxygen concentrators to rural health facilities in Lunglei district in Mizoram. The International Association of Human Values (IAHV) and the American India Foundation (AIF) - Spirit of America is sending 320 oxygen concentrators to medical facilities on the front lines of the pandemic. These include 28 districts across 10 Indian states. This contribution will add to the recently announced package to strengthen health infrastructure amid the second phase of…

27 Jul

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term. Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. “It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…

27 Jul

Children will get Covid vaccine from August , said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

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On Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the Covid-19 vaccine for children is expected to be launched in the country from August. Last week, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria said the trials for covaxin were underway and the results were expected by September. But curently Covaxin trials are underway on children aged 2-6 years in Delhi AIIMS. Mandaviya also said that India is soon going to be largest vaccine-producing country as more companies will get the production licence. On June 7, Delhi AIIMS started screening children between the age of 2 to 17 for…

27 Jul

Spirit of America Donates Oxygen Concentrators in Khumulwng

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Spirit of America, a US-based nonprofit organization that engages citizens in strengthening relationships with friends, partners, and allies to preserve the promise of a free and better life, is delivering 60 oxygen concentrators to rural health facilities in Khumulwng District in Tripura. The International Association of Human Values (IAHV) and the American India Foundation (AIF)-Spirit of America is sending 320 oxygen concentrators to medical facilities on the front lines of the pandemic. These include 28 districts across 10 Indian states. This contribution will add to the recently announced package to strengthen health infrastructure amid the second phase of the COVID-19…

27 Jul

At 29K, India records lowest new Covid cases in 132 days

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India on Tuesday recorded 29,689 new Covid-19 cases, less than the 30,000-mark in 132 days, and 415 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed. After 124 days, the country now has 3,08,100 active cases which is less than the four lakh-mark. On March 14, India recorded 26,291 and on March 16, 28,903 new cases. The total number of deaths has reached 4,21,382 as per the government data. According to the government, 42,363 people were discharged from hospitals and health centres in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cured to 3,06,21,469 till date as the…

26 Jul

By 2025, Covid will have cost world between $16 tn and $35 tn

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By 2025, Covid-19 will have cost the world between $16 trillion and $35 trillion, as per McKinsey. The world is unlikely to ever reach global herd immunity, but it can contain the virus with a combination of vaccines, improved testing, and smarter quarantining, based on known outbreaks, rather than large, blunt lockdowns, McKinsey said in a report. Obstacles to worldwide vaccination remain huge: while 49.6 per cent of inhabitants of high-income countries had received at least one dose of the vaccine as of July 14, only 1 per cent of those in low-income countries had. In the next two decades,…