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Highlights Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has got approval for phase 2/3 trials on 2-18 year-olds The trial will take place in 525 subjects at various sites, including AIIMS, Delhi, AIIMS, Patna and Meditrina Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur. New Delhi: The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has got the necessary approval from an expert panel for conducting phase 2/3 trials on those aged between 2 to 18 years. According to news agency PTI, the drug maker’s anti-COVID vaccine was recommended by an expert panel (Subject Expert Committee) for phase II/III clinical trial ...

Source: Highlights ICMR chief says six to eight weeks lockdown is needed in India to break the chain of COVID infections He says that lockdown restrictions should remain in place in all districts where the rate of infection is above 10% of those tested NEW DELHI: Dr. Balram Bhargava, the head of the country's main health agency responding to the coronavirus, has said that the districts reporting a high number of infections should remain locked down for another six to eight weeks to control the spread of the rampaging disease. Dr. Bhargava, who heads the Indian Council of Medical Research (IC...

5,805 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen being imported from five countries, the MHA has said It said an Oxygen Digital Tracking System for real-time monitoring has been put in place and movements of tankers being monitored through this New Delhi: Listing out various initiatives taken by the Centre to ramp up the oxygen supply across the country arising due to the rapid surge in COVID-19 cases, the government of India is importing 5,805 metric tonne (MT) of liquid oxygen from abroad, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said. MHA Additional Secretary informed on Tuesday that the Central government has also...

  As per the incentive scheme for the three months -- April, May and June -- when the second wave of Covid-19 spread, doctors will be paid Rs 30,000, nurses and trainee doctors Rs 20,000, and others like sanitary workers, people working in CT scan department, ambulance workers Rs 15,000. Stalin also extended his greetings to the nurses on the International Nurses Day that falls on May 12. In view of rising cases of new infections, Chief Minister M K Stalin appealed to the general public and industries to donate to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund to fight against the raging pandemi...

Highlights From liquid oxygen to O2 concentrators, ISRO is aiding India’s Covid-19 battle NEW DELHI: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is actively repurposing existing resources, scaling up the production capacity of their facilities and also transferring technology to aid the country’s fight against the severe second wave of Covid-19.  In an exclusive conversation with Zee Media, Dr K Sivan, Chairman (ISRO), elaborated on how the premier space agency’s facilities across the country have been contributing and are continuing to do so.  According to Covid-19 situation acr...