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Suzuki Motorcycle India has created an Independence Day campaign to honour the spirit of India's frontline Covid-19 warriors. The company will release footage of the two-wheelers on its official social media accounts as part of the campaign. Suzuki Motorcycle India has started an Independence Day campaign with the goal of easing the load on our frontline pandemic warriors. It also includes a digital clip showing Indian individuals revving their stationary automobiles and urges that people not leave their houses on August 15th unless absolutely necessary. Our frontline fighters have been battling Covid-19 responsibly, and we can assist them on Independence Day by keeping at home. Given the present pandemic crisis, this is the finest return gift we can give them. In these exceptional times, critical service providers and healthcare professionals have been a source of strength and stability. We have never witnessed a scenario like this in our lives, when the entire country ...

Healthcare personnel in New South Wales will be compensated $3000 for their efforts during the current pandemic. The public sector pay ceiling will also be raised. Premier Dominic Perrottet stated that New South Wales healthcare personnel will receive a $3000 "appreciation" reward for their efforts during the Covid-19 outbreak. Perrottet stated on Monday at Liverpool Hospital, "We'll be making a $3000 payment in appreciation for all our health professionals, for the sacrifices they've made over the previous two years." He stated that the payout would also recognize the pressure that the flu season was putting on health professionals. According to Perrottet, "Our strong financial management enables us to invest in our staff by raising wages and recruiting more frontline workers, allowing us to continue to deliver the best services in the country and a brighter economic future for the people of New South Wales." Damien Tudehope...

Indian innovators responded in the best way possible to fight against the dreadful disease, Covid-19, after it started. Find out the top 5 COVID-19 Indian technological innovations that helped save billions of lives. COVID-19 presented us with a slew of new obstacles, ranging from being placed on lockdown or locked up inside our own houses during the home quarantine to losing close ones to this lethal virus. India's innovators responded in the best way possible, resulting in numerous technological advances during the pandemic. Technological innovations are concepts that help save human lives, and some of these innovations have helped people deal with this horrifying scenario during the pandemic. Some of the breakthroughs are the result of start-ups, while others are the result of university incubation.Furthermore, Tier-I universities in India have been collaborating with governments, start-ups, MNCs, and significant tech companies to accelerate these researches and break...

The World Health Organization (WHO) banned the supply of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin through UN agencies on April 2 after discovering problems with "good manufacturing procedures." The WHO did not go into detail about the reasons. For the past 15 days, not only health journalists, but also ordinary people who received Covaxin injections, have been waiting to hear from the country's drug regulating organization, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). I've received multiple inquiries from family members, friends, and acquaintances who want to know more about what went wrong with Covaxin and what kind of flaws were discovered. I corrected that WHO stated that "the data... indicates the vaccine is efficacious" and that "there are no safety concerns." However, he is only one of the (over 28 crore) people who have received Covaxin . The same vaccine has been given to children as well. The questions and worry that suc...

If you have been immunized against COVID-19 and have a history of specific psychiatric problems then you face a higher risk of breakthrough disease. That's according to a study that the University of California (UC) San Francisco, conducted recently. The risk may be connected to decreased immune response as well as dangerous behaviors associated with various diseases, according to researchers from the University of California (UC) San Francisco in the United States. The study, published on Thursday in the journal JAMA Network Open, discovered that individuals over 65 with drug misuse, psychotic illnesses, bipolar disorder, adjustment disorder, and anxiety faced up to a 24% greater chance of developing breakthrough COVID. The risks were up to 11% greater for individuals under 65 than for those without a psychiatric history, according to the study. They analyzed data from over 2.5 lakh US Department of Veterans Affairs patients who had finished their immunization r...

Almost everyone who has been vaccinated for Covid-19 in the last 16 months recalls a rapid prick in the upper arm. This is because most vaccinations, including those for Covid-19, are most effective when delivered intramuscularly into the deltoid muscle in the upper arm, according to specialists. Why are vaccines usually given muscle? There are various reasons for this, but the most essential is that muscles have a well-developed blood supply system. When a vaccination containing an antigen is injected into the muscle, the antigen is released, and the antigen is disseminated via the muscular vasculature, which is the arrangement of blood vessels in the muscle. The antigen is subsequently picked up by dendritic cells, a type of immune cell that functions by displaying antigens on its surface to other immune system cells. The antigen is carried to the lymph node by dendritic cells through the lymphatic fluid. "Through years of research, we've learned that lymph no...

After the new XE variant of coronavirus was identified, healthcare experts have urged people to keep wearing masks. Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya headed over a conference of the country's major experts on the new variant. Healthcare professionals have recommended Indian individuals to continue wearing masks freely, despite the fact that Maharashtra and Delhi have withdrawn the Covid restrictions, including the mask compulsion. Experts have mentioned the emergence of the Covid XE version in other areas of the world as reason for Indian residents to remain vigilant against the dangerous and easily transmitted virus. According to health professionals, masks are the single most effective intervention against all coronavirus strains. Meanwhile, Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health Minister headed over a conference of the country's major experts on the new XE variant' of coronavirus. The minister urged officials to increase continuing monitoring...

India has given out over 180 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, which is 3.2 times more than the United States and 12.7 times more than France. The Indian Health Ministry said crore doses were given out in less than a year. The global COVID case spike caused by the Omicron variety resulted in a peak six times higher than prior waves, but India was able to curb its spread, resulting in fewer hospitalizations and deaths than previous surges, the government said on Thursday. According to the Union Health Ministry, India contributed only 0.21 percent of global cases in the week ending March 15, with 3,536 cases recorded on average. It was stated that many countries are still reporting an increase in instances that is greater than past surges. "Not only was the claimed peak in India substantially lower, but the constant efforts also resulted in a rapidly falling trajectory." During a webinar on India's Public Health Response to Manage COVID-19 , a health mini...

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected more than Rs 72 crore in fines from persons who failed to wear masks in public locations. On March 9, 2022, alone, 625 violators were fined Rs 200 each. During the two-year Covid-19 pandemic, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) collected nearly Rs 72 crore in fines from persons who did not wear masks in public. On March 9, 2022, about 2,014 offenders were penalised in Mumbai for not wearing a mask, with the highest number of incidents reported in the K East ward (Andheri East) - 277 offenders. According to the BMC's cumulative data, from April 2020 to March 9, 2022, over Rs 72 crore in fines was collected from over 36 lakh offenders for not wearing a mask in public areas. On a daily basis, 215 convicts were sentenced each ward. The cumulative data also reveals that Zone 1 wards in South Mumbai areas, which have reported less instances, have the highest number of offenders (6,52,594) when compared...

A Covid-19 variant has been diagnosed at an Israeli airport in 2 returning passengers. But the new variant is believed to have originated in Israel. Two cases of a new, previously unknown COVID strain were detected in Israel in recent days, according to the Health Ministry of Israel. The new variant, which was a mix of Omicron's dominant subvariant BA.1 and another subvariant, BA.2, caused mild symptoms such as a low fever, muscle aches, and headaches and did not necessitate any specific therapy. "This variety is currently unknown throughout the world," the Health Ministry stated, adding that the instances were identified through PCR tests performed on arriving Israeli travellers at Ben Gurion Airport. There is conflicting evidence on whether it produces more severe disease, but immunizations appear to be equally effective against it. Despite the fact that the number of persons tested in Israel has decreased, all overseas arrivals at the airport are scr...

Dr J Radhakrishnan is remembered for his tsunami relief and restoration work in Tamil Nadu's coastal districts. He is also led from the front during Covid-19. On the morning of December 26, 2004, Dr J Radhakrishnan, Thanjavur's then-district collector, was at the tennis court when he felt the ground lightly shake. The 1992-batch IAS official had no idea that from that day forward, he would have to witness a catastrophic tragedy the likes of which he or the state of Tamil Nadu had not seen in recent memory. Tamil Nadu had been struck by a massive tsunami. Radhakrishnan became aware of the gravity of the situation when he began receiving phone calls from collectors in neighbouring districts requesting ambulances and relief supplies. Soon after, he received orders to rush to the damaged areas in neighbouring districts and supervise relief efforts. Around 2,000 people were killed in the surrounding Akkaraipettai. Today, 17 years later, Radhakrishnan is remembered for...