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]]>The second wave of Covid in India is likely to decline by July this year. According to them, by the end of May India is expected to see 1.5 lakh cases per day. They have further predicted that by the end of July the cases could go down to 20,000 per day. These predictions are based on SUTRA- Susceptible, Undetected, Tested and Removed approach. It is a mathematical model that helps to project the trajectory of Covid-19.
Speaking of the third wave, Mr. Vidhyasagar told that if the vaccination drive is not ramped up and the right behavior to fight covid is not maintained there could be a third wave 6-8 months later. However he also mentioned that the SUTRA model has not predicted any third wave and it is being worked on.
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]]>An individual can donate blood after 14 days of either receipt of COVID-19 vaccine or testing RT-PCR negative, if suffering from COVID-19 disease.
There is no requirement for screening of the vaccine recipients by rapid antigen test (RAT) prior to COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all lactating women. Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination of pregnant women, the matter is under discussion and further deliberation by the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI).
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]]>On wednesday, 19th May the number of deaths recorded in India went up to 4,529. 2,67,334 new cases were recorded on this day. The total number of Covid testings done in this period were 20,08,296. This has taken the country’s cumulative tally up to 2,54,96,330 and the total deaths to 2,83,248.
The country has crossed the 4,000 death mark for the fifth time now despite the newly recorded cases being less than 3 lakhs for third consecutive day. According to the experts, people who were infected at the peaks of the second wave are battling now. They also claim that they are likely to add to the toll if they do not recover fast.
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]]>According to the data released by the Health Ministry on Thursday morning, 3,79,257 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. During this time, 3,645 patients have died due to the virus.
This is by far the largest figure of corona cases and deaths from corona. The total number of infection cases in the country has gone up to 1,83,76,524 whereas 2,04,832 patients have died so far.
According to the ministry, this is the eighth consecutive day when more than three lakh cases have been reported.
In the last 24 hours, more than one lakh people have been successful in defeating the epidemic. So far, a total of 1,50,86,878 people have become free from corona infection.
With the increase in new cases, the number of active cases in the country has also increased rapidly. Total active cases in the country increased to 30,84,814.
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At this time, more than 1600 people have been infected in the country and the death toll has reached 38.
Amid the ongoing lockdown in the country, a message is being spread rapidly on WhatsApp.
The message claimed, “The Disaster Management Act is coming into force in the country from tonight. It will be applicable across the country. According to which no ordinary citizen other than government departments can write posts related to corona virus on social media platforms.
Neither can share. There is a provision of punishment for doing so. Do not forward any message or joke related to Corona virus from April 1. If this happens, the arrest of the group administrator will be under section 68 … 140 and 188. “
Actually, not only from April 1, but also the announcement of the nationwide lockdown of the Prime Minister, as well as the Disaster Management Act 2005 was enacted.
This notification of the Government of India states, “Disaster Management Act 2005 is being imposed using the power found under section 6 . Now the Ministries, Departments, State Governments and Authorities of the Government of India are being given national Disaster Management Authority orders have to be obeyed so that the transition to covid-19 can be stopped by making social distancing effective. “
Can nothing be written about the corona virus as soon as this Act comes into force? To know the fact of this claim, it is important to understand what is the disaster management act after all?
The Disaster Management Act was implemented in December 2005. This is a national law that is used by the central government so that a country-wide plan can be made to deal with a disaster.
There is a provision for the formation of a National Disaster Management Authority under the second part of this Act. Whose President is the Prime Minister. Apart from this, it can have a maximum of nine members whose elections are held on the suggestion of the Prime Minister.
Under this, the central government has the right to take action against those who do not follow the instructions given. Under this law, state governments have to follow the centrally made scheme.
The most important thing about this law is that the National Disaster Management Authority can take action against any state official as well as the officer of private companies for not following the orders.
This law can be used in the event of a natural disaster and a human-caused disaster.
In the beginning of the month of March, the Government of India enacted the Epidemic Disease Act 1897, created in the 123-year-old English rule.
This law was made by the British in February 1897 to control the plague epidemic that was spreading in the then Bombay city.
In this, the British government had the power that it could ban the mobilization of more people anywhere in the country. The same law was used in the year 2018 during the spread of cholera disease in Gujarat.
Since this law allows the state governments to make new rules, given the nature of the epidemic, the state governments have to decide what new rules and regulations they want to make in their state to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic.
In view of the crisis of covid-19, the Central Government enacted the Disaster Management Act 2005 of 21 days lockdown so that the central government can implement a plan with all the state governments across the country.
It is clear that the Central Government has implemented the Disaster Management Act 2005 in the country, but apart from the claims being made in the message, it is applicable not from April 1 but from March 25.
And this law has absolutely nothing to do with forwarding social media posts or messages related to corona to the common citizen.
However, being a responsible citizen, it would be better to refrain from sharing any unauthenticated information given the severity of the corona virus epidemic.
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There are solid reasons behind his saying, the entire country has gone through a lot of difficulties and challenges due to the covid infection in the thirteen months of March 2020 to April 2021.
After the lockdown, efforts were made to bring the country’s economy back on track by starting the process of unlocking.
Until last month, it seemed that the economy of India was devastated by the epidemic. In view of this recovery, several international rating agencies and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had predicted India’s growth rate to grow between 10 and 13 percent in FY 2021-22.
But not only has this recovery been braided due to the second horrific wave of corona virus in April, but the boom in the last six months seems to be moving.
The rating agencies have reduced India’s growth rate by two percent, making changes in their forecasts.
Now, with the state governments making announcements of new restrictions almost daily, there are bound to be obstacles in the development of the economy.
Unemployment is increasing, there are full signs of rising inflation and migration of workers from big cities has also started.
According to Finance Ministry sources, the central government is taking a deep review of the economic situation.
The government has come to the conclusion that the lockdown will not be imposed across the country like last year and there is no such plan this time in the way that large economic packages were given in 2020. Help will be given, but it will be according to the need.
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]]>On Thursday, more than three lakh new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported for the first time in the country, which is the largest number till date.
By the way, this is the fifth consecutive day, when more than two and a half lakh COVID-19 infections cases have been reported across the country.
According to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 3,14,835 new COVID-19 cases have been registered in India during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infected in the country to cross one crore 59 lakhs to 1,59.
Has become 30,965. During the same period, 2,104 patients died across the country. This is also the largest number of coronaviruses ever recorded in a single day.
With this, the total number of people who lost their lives in this country has increased to 1,84,657.
Corona’s rising outbreak in April can be gauged from the fact that 37,81,630 new cases have been registered in the first 22 days of the month, and a total of 22,189 people have died due to covid in April so far.
By the way, this is the eighth consecutive day, when more than two lakh cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in the country.
Apart from this, Monday is the 12th consecutive day, with more than one and a half lakh cases coming up, and the 16th consecutive day, when more than one lakh new COVID-19 cases have appeared in the country.
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]]>CM Kejriwal has announced this on Thursday. Explain that this weekend will be a lockdown and will start from 10 am on Friday night till 6 am on Monday.
Let us know that how fast the situation is deteriorating due to Corona in Delhi, it can be gauged from the fact that in the last one week, more than 70 thousand new patients have been found here.
In such a situation, to break the chain of infection, the government has decided to impose a lockdown of two days.
Malls, gyms, spas, auditoriums, markets and private offices in Delhi will remain closed during the lockdown.
The cinema hall has allowed to be kept open but the maximum capacity of the audience has kept at 30 percent only.
The restaurant will not allowed to sit and eat at other food outlets, and food can only made home delivery.
One can take a pass to a hospital, airport, bus or railway station.
It will also be mandatory to take an e-pass to go to the wedding during the curfew.
A weekly market will be opened in every municipal zone so that people do not have problems.
Transportation will also continue along with the supply and production of all essential goods. Also, necessary government offices will also be open.
All judicial officers will also allowed to visit ID card. Similarly, medical people will also allowed to visit the ID card.
There will be no restriction on vehicles going to other states. Also, there will be no restriction on movement of people taking the vaccine.
During the last 24 hours, 17282 new patients of Corona have been found in the capital Delhi. At the same time, 104 patients have died. The government has created 7598 Containment Zones in Delhi.
Corona’s positive rate in Delhi is 15.92 percent. CM Kejriwal has told that 5000 beds are still empty in Delhi. Talking about the whole country, more than 2 lakh new patients have been found in the last 24 hours.
At the same time, the total number of corona patients in India has increased to 1.4 crore.
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]]>During a media interaction Arindam Bagchi, MEA spokesperson said,” We have not imposed any export ban on COVID19 vaccines.”
Earlier ANI in a report has said that India has stopped shipments of the coronavirus vaccine from the Serum Institute to Canada have been put on hold for an indefinite period so as to cater to domestic needs.
They said given India’s manufacturing capacity and requirements of national vaccination programmes, there may be a need to calibrate the supply schedules from time-to-time.
“We had stated that keeping in view the domestic requirements of the phased rollout, India will continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in a phased manner,” said a source earlier denying any ban on export of covid-19 vaccines to other countries.
“This position remains unchanged. We have not imposed any ban on exports of vaccines unlike many other countries,” the source added.
India started supplying the vaccine doses to foreign countries on January 20. The first countries to receive such vaccines were from the neighbourhood. So far, India supplied more than 60 million doses of Made-in-India vaccines to over 75 countries including through COVAX which is a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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]]>No cases of the disease were observed in South Africa during the phase-three trial study among participants who had received their second dose, the companies said in a statement.
Several coronavirus variants with the potential to be more transmissible have caused global concern over whether existing vaccines will still protect the world from a virus that is constantly mutating.
“In South Africa, where the B.1.351 lineage is prevalent and 800 participants were enrolled, nine cases of Covid-19 were observed, all in the placebo group,” the companies said.
The nine strains were sequenced and six of them were confirmed to be of B.1.351 lineage, they said.
“The high vaccine efficacy observed through up to six months following a second dose and against the variant prevalent in South Africa provides further confidence in our vaccine’s overall effectiveness,” said Albert Bourla, chief executive of Pfizer.
Overall, the vaccine was 91.3 percent effective against Covid-19 in the analysis of 46,307 trial participants across several countries.
From the 927 confirmed symptomatic cases of Covid-19 in the trial, 850 cases were in the placebo group and 77 cases were in the vaccinated group.
The vaccine was 100 percent effective in preventing severe disease as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 95.3 percent effective in preventing severe disease as defined by the US Food
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