After New York Times published an article titled ‘India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public’ on April 16, India has shot back by sharing its concerns over the methodology adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the analysis. On several occasions, it has already raised the issue…Continue Reading
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare In response to New York Times article titled “India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public” dated 16th April, 2022 Posted On: 16 APR 2022 10:46PM by PIB Delhi India has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with WHO on the issue. The…Continue Reading
Residents and local leaders in Mackenzie County say friendships have ended, arguments have erupted in shops, and government projects have been unable to move forward amid disagreements over masking, vaccines and other pandemic responses.Public health measures to try to curb the spread of COVID-19 have sown a stark divide in Mackenzie County, the least vaccinated…Continue Reading
In a recent ICMR study, breakthrough cases after full vaccination with Covaxin have shown a significant increase in the immune response against coronavirus’ variants of concern — Beta, Delta and Omicron.Individuals who recovered from Covid also showed significant immunity boost post-vaccination with Covaxin but lower than the breakthrough cases.However, those who had taken two doses…Continue Reading
Special Correspondent KOCHI The State government has directly received 20 applications for launch of private industrial parks. Applications have come in from all the districts except Idukki and Wayanad, said Industries Minister P. Rajeeve, here on Saturday. He said the Kerala State Small Industries Association and groups of private industrialists in different districts had taken…Continue Reading
A court here has sought the response of the CBI on the bail plea of Chitra Ramkrishna, the former MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), who was arrested by the probe agency, in connection with the NSE co-location case.Issuing notice in the matter, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court judge Sanjeev…Continue Reading
NATO leaders agreed Friday to send parts of its 40,000-troop response force to Eastern Europe to help protect allies who feel threatened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg convenes NATO leaders, both in person and on screen, for a virtual summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday. (Olivier Matthys/The Associated Press)NATO leaders agreed Friday to…Continue Reading
New Delhi: An ICMR study has demonstrated that individuals infected with Omicron have significant immune response which could neutralise not only the Omicron, but also other variants of concern, including the most prevalent Delta variant. It suggests that the immune response induced by the Omicron could effectively neutralise the Delta variant, making the re-infection with…Continue Reading