Covid-19: WHO official says attempts to reach herd immunity naturally dangerous

Geneva: Attempts to reach herd immunity naturally would be dangerous and fraught with scores of deaths, while vaccination is a safer and more effective path, Maria van Kerkhove, the Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Thursday. "What we are working towards ... is to have a safe and effective vaccine that can provide protection to a large proportion of the population so the virus doesnt have an opportunity to transmit. But trying to reach herd immunity naturally would be very dangerous because a lot of people would die," van Kerkhove told a virtual press briefing. At least two-thirds of a population needs to develop the immunity for it to matter, and that, in turn, needs the vaccine to happen safely and effectively, according to the health official. ....read more

Its time to get back to work! Its time to get back to the stage!

Join us on August 30 at 7:00 pm for an insightful discussion between Dr KK Aggarwal and Dr Sonal Mansingh on how artists can go back to the stage during the COVID era on Medtalks with Dr KK Aggarwal COVID edition.Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent/general-webinar.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: 14 days readmission

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev1070: Which Patients with COVID-19 Are Most Commonly Readmitted within 14 days for Respiratory Complications? DG Alerts excerpts: Patients with COVID-19 who are readmitted to the hospital after discharge with respiratory complications are more likely to have COPD and/or hypertension, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. In order to evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with COVID-19 returning to the emergency department or requiring readmission within 14 days of discharge, Sulaiman Somani, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and colleagues followed 2,864 patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who were discharged from 5 hospitals in New York City. Of these discharged patients, 3.6% came back to the hospital for emergency care after a median of 4.5 days. The most common reason was respiratory distress (50%). ....read more

World COVID Meter 29th August: Acute manageable immuno-thrombo-inflammatory viral disease with post viral phase; 213 countries affected

Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27 Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity Coronavirus Cases: 24,906,503 Deaths: 841,290 Recovered: 17,296,990 ACTIVE CASES 6,768,223 ....read more

Why do we burn camphor in any pooja?

No aarti is performed without camphor. Camphor burns itself out completely, when lit, without leaving a trace. Camphor represents our inherent tendencies or vasanas. When lit by the fire of knowledge about the self, the vasanas burn themselves out completely, not leaving a trace of ego. Ego is responsible for a sense of individuality that keeps us separate from the Lord or consciousness. In addition, camphor, on burning, emits a pleasant perfume. This signifies that as we burn our ego, we can only ....read more

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60 staffers of Bengaluru hospital test positive for Covid-19

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PARIS : Sanofis confidence in its coronavirus vaccine candidates has increased this summer as the French drugmaker prepares to start clinical trials, its chief executive told Reuters. The company is working on two of the more than 150 potential vaccines being developed across the world to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than 831,000 lives and sparked economic chaos. One candidate, to be manufactured on the back of an existing platform that develops vaccines to treat flu, will use an adjuvant made by Britains GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to boost its efficacy.

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Indias Covid-19 Tally Crosses 35 Lakh-mark With Spike of Over 78,000 New Cases in 24 Hrs; Assam Minister, 3 More BJP MLAs Test Positive

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India witnessed a record surge of 78,761 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 35,42,733, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of deaths registered in one day stood at 948, taking the total number of fatalities to 63,498. India is the third worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic after the United States and Brazil. India has been recording the highest single-day surge in fresh Covid cases since August 4. The record high comes a day after the Centre announced guidelines for Unlock 4.0, giving the nod to social, political and religious events as well as restarting metro services in a graded manner starting September 7. Meanwhile, Assam Hill Areas Development Minister Sum Ronghang became the first minister of the BJP-led state government to contract Covid-19, even as three more saffron party MLAs tested positive, officials said on Saturday. A total of 20 legislators have so far tested positive for coronavirus in the state, they said. Ronghang, also the mines and minerals minister, has received flak for getting admitted to a private hospital here without informing anyone in his office, after testing positive on August 25. "His action has evoked sharp reactions as these things should not be hidden. Unfortunately, his driver and a PSO have also tested positive," an official said.

Coronavirus cases climb in the Midwest as more states report growing outbreaks

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Coronavirus cases in the Midwest are beginning to increase following warnings from top U.S. health officials that the country’s heartland could be vulnerable to new outbreaks. Coronavirus cases were growing by 5% or more, based on a weekly average to smooth out daily reporting, in 21 states and Washington D.C. as of Saturday, according to a CNBC analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins University, an increase from 12 states on Monday. Several Midwestern states were among those reporting growing cases— Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and South Dakota.