Udupi: PU student attacked by swarm of bees; rescued and hospitalised
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December 29, 2020
Udupi, Dec 29: A teenage boy was critically injured when a swarm of honeybees attacked him at Chitpadi in Udupi this morning.
The injured has been identified as Pundalika, hailing from Bagalkot. He is a student of first year Pre University.
It is learnt that Pundalika was in dire straits after being attacked by the honeybees. A social worker, Ansar Ahmed, immediately responded to his needs and helped to admit him into the hospital.
Currently he is undergoing treatment at the government hospital at Ajjarkad. He is said to be out of danger.
Foresee short extension of temporary suspension of UK flights into India: Aviation Minister
Agencies
December 29, 2020
New Delhi, Dec 29: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that he foresees a short extension of the suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to contain the spread of the new variant of coronavirus that was first detected in that country.
This comes a day after six people who had recently returned to India from the UK were found positive for the new mutant strain of the coronavirus. I foresee a short extension on this temporary suspension. I do not see the extension to be long or indefinite, Puri said while addressing media at an annual press conference on Civil Aviation.
»When Will Covid Vaccination Start in India and How to Register? Health Ministry Responds to FAQs
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When Will Covid Vaccination Start in India and How to Register? Health Ministry Responds to FAQs
A medic administers Covaxin, an Indian government-backed experimental Covid-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020. (REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo)
Based on the potential availability of vaccines the Government of India has selected the priority groups who will be vaccinated on priority as they are at higher risk.
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The Covid-19 vaccine trials are in different stages of finalisation in the country. In a public advisory released recently, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that the government is geared up to begin the process “very soon”. Two doses of the vaccine, 28 days apart, will need to be taken by an individual to complete the vaccination schedule
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India has purchased 500 million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate
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The Health Ministry has released a long list of frequently asked questions or FAQs on the rollout of the vaccine against COVID-19 infection. India is looking to start vaccinating people from January, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said. Here are the FAQs:
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Vaccination for covid-19 to be voluntary in India
Agencies
December 18, 2020
New Delhi, Dec 18: Getting vaccinated for COVID-19 will be voluntary, the Union Health Ministry has said while underlining that the vaccine introduced in India will be as effective as any vaccine developed by other countries.
The ministry further stated that it was advisable to receive a complete schedule of the anti-coronavirus vaccine irrespective of past history of infection with COVID-19 as this will help in developing a strong immune response against the disease.
It also said that protective level of antibodies generally develop two weeks after receiving the second dose.