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1 Opportunity Lost: Early leads of 2020, when SII and Bharat Biotech announced vaccines, could have helped India become vaccine-sufficient. Tribune photo
Dinesh C Sharma
Science Commentator
Ablack-and-white image of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Health Minister in Nehru’s Cabinet, receiving a box of penicillin at the Palam Airport surfaced on WhatsApp groups in February this year. The consignment was a gift from the Canadian Red Cross to fight infectious diseases. The picture was juxtaposed with the news of Canada seeking the Covid-19 vaccine from India in 2021. The allusion was that while India was dependent on western countries for medicines in 1947, those very donors are now depending on India for vaccines.
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Black fungus: ICMR releases guidelines; Do s and don ts
Amid rising cases of mucormycosis or black fungus infection among COVID patients, the Centre has released guidelines on dos and don ts for the patients. The Centre has also asked doctors to look out for signs of the rare but potentially fatal infection in Covid-19 patients.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released guidelines for early detection of infection. It has advised that after recovering from coronavirus infection, patients or their caretaker should closely monitor and should not miss any warning signs and symptoms mentioned above, as the fungal infection is found to emerge even weeks or months after recovery.
›India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
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India will be in a position to vaccinate its adult population by end of 2021: Health Minister Harsh VardhanPTI
Last Updated: May 21, 2021, 10:12 PM IST
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At a meeting to review the pandemic situation in nine states and union territories, the minister said, Between August and December 2021, India will have procured 216 crore vaccine doses, while by July this year, 51 crore doses will be procured.
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