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The response to the pandemic offers valuable lessons in the fight against old enemies like malaria
As the curtains dropped on a rather unforgettable year, the World Malaria Report 2020 brought cheer for India. Reported malaria cases were down by 46 per cent in 2019 compared to 2018. India accounted for the largest decline in malaria cases in the South-East Asia in 2000-19. The National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), which has been relentless in driving the malaria elimination goal, deserves much of the credit.
Unfounded and without basis : Harsh Vardhan on Chhattisgarh CM s concerns on Covaxin
Chhattisgarh CM had raised two primary concerns regarding Covaxin inhibitions on incomplete trials and absence of expiration date . Dr Vardhan says vaccine approved after due evaluation of pre-clinical and clinical trial data and that expiry date is mentioned on its label
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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan has written to Chhattisgarh health minister TS Singh Deo, who earlier went public with his government s concerns regarding Bharat Biotech s Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin. Vardhan said Deo s concerns regarding Covaxin are completely unfounded and without basis .
Vardhan takes on Chhattisgarh minister after state halts Covaxin supplies
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday took on T S Singh Deo, health minister of Chhattisgarh, who requested to halt supplies of covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to the state citing unavailability of Phase 3 data and also lack of display of expiry date on the vials.
In a scathing reply, the union health minister in a letter said that the opposition party ruled state needs to improve the vaccination coverage among its frontline workers as the adequate supply of “safe and “efficacious vaccines is available with them.