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Panel recommended transparent pricing policy, cash transfer by state to workers in informal sector (File) New Delhi: A Lancet panel of experts on India today proposed central systems for the procurement and distribution of free Covid vaccines, part of an eight-point charter of recommendations to "curtail the loss of life and suffering" caused by the coronavirus resurgence in the country. The Lancet Citizens' Commission on Reimagining India's Health System, which comprises 21 experts, including virologist Gagandeep Kang and Narayana Hrudalaya chairperson Devi Shetty, was launched in December ...

Express News Service With a high Covid-19 test positivity rate and an alarming rise in deaths, the situation in Karnataka remains grim. State Covid Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Chairman Dr MK Sudarshan, however, expects some stabilisation by the end of June. He attributes the high positivity rate to more focused testing.  Excerpts. What is your assessment of the current situation? The situation is improving. If the second phase of the lockdown is implemented strictly, it will result in a good scenario by the end of June. We expect the test positivity rate to come down significantly and...

As India’s daily COVID-19 deaths reach new high, Modi opposes free vaccinations Although India’s new daily COVID-19 infections dropped this week below 300,000 for the first time in almost a month, the official death toll reached record highs on successive days, with 4,329 fatalities registered on Tuesday and 4,529 on Wednesday. Making the situation even worse, the pandemic has found new breeding grounds in India’s remote and rural areas, where more than 65 percent of the country’s population—over 800 million mostly oppressed and impoverished people—reside. Health care facilities a...

Bharat Biotech is recruiting children to begin COVID vaccine trials The third wave of COVID-19 will impact children the most: Experts New Delhi:COVID vaccine for children is now a reality in the USA, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended expandING usage of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children between 12-15 years of age. President Joe Biden has called the move “one more giant step in our fight against the pandemic.” This comes at a time when Indian experts are already prepping up for a third wave and the fear is it may impact children the most ...

0 Engagements BENGALURU: India reported a smaller rise in daily coronavirus infections for a third straight day yesterday, as the government said it was working to boost vaccine supplies to avert deaths beyond the pandemic toll of more than 270,000. The number of deaths in the past 24 hours rose over 4,000 for the fourth time in a week, with yesterday's 311,170 new infections representing the lowest single-day rise in more than three weeks. Federal health officials warned against interpreting a "plateauing" in the rise as a sign for complacency, however, and urged states to add intensive care...