A study has found that those reinfected by COVID-19 often present with severe symptoms, but are unlikely to be fatal. The study, conducted by the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi analysed “breakthrough infections” — or the small number of vaccinated individuals who are still reinfected by a disease. Conducted over the …
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The COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines received a boost earlier this week to the tune of US$2.4 billion, following a summit where countries and private donors made the mammoth commitment. Nonetheless, the facility still reels from India’s step back understandable though it may be. COVAX is jointly led by the …
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Trials of Covaxin, India’s indigenously-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine candidate, are set to begin among young people to test its immunogenicity, reactogenicity, and safety. Trials among those aged between twelve and eighteen years are set to commence across five institutes throughout India. The institutes in question are the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bihar …
It is no secret that India’s rural healthcare infrastructure is in a state of disrepair. However, the extent to which this is the case is a major cause for concern. A recent article in India Today notes that many healthcare facilities in rural areas have simply been abandoned or repurposed, instead being used for other …
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India’s COVID-19 figures have been on a consistent decline for nearly a month. However, we are far from safe to celebrate. While the news of a consistent decline in new cases may come as a welcome relief, it cannot be denied that the second wave has exerted a considerable toll on India. Deaths in the …
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India has long dealt with the encroaching danger of antibiotic resistance. Has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this situation? Reports indicate the answer is yes. India’s second wave of COVID-19 came at a far faster pace than the initial rise in cases in the country. As such, health systems across the country were overwhelmed – many …
The Telangana State Government has declared “black fungus” — or mucormycosis — to be a notifiable disease. In a letter to the states, Union Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said “all government and private health facilities and medical colleges have to follow guidelines for screening, diagnosis, management of mucormycosis. And, make it mandatory for …
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The 74th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the highest-level decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), is to foreground pandemic preparedness whilst advancing measures to end the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has dominated headlines and the public health discourse for well in excess of a year. The public health crisis is unprecedented …
Patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccines have been offered up as a suggestion as a means to address the global crisis. While in theory this would allow a shift in production from high-income nations to developing countries, achieving this requires overcoming a significant hurdle – a lack of production capacity. Recently, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General …
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India, embattled by its second wave of COVID-19, continues to weather staggering numbers of deaths with the emergence of a new variant and the spread of black fungus causes for concern. The tragic toll of the second wave has manifested in the deaths of fifty medicos in a single day, reported by the Indian Medical …
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