Covid-19: Be ready to give out vaccine by Nov 1, CDC tells all US states

WASHINGTON: The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has notified public health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to health workers and other high-risk groups as soon as late October or early November. The documents were sent out on the same day President Trump said in his speech at the Republican Convention on August 27 that a vaccine might arrive before the end of the year. Experts agree that agencies at all levels of government should urgently prepare for the vast and complex effort to vaccinate hundreds of millions of Americans. But the possibility of a rollout in late October or early November has heightened concerns that the Trump administration is seeking to rush the distribution before Election Day on November 3. Saskia Popescu, an infection prevention epidemiologist, said: “It’s hard not to see this as a push for pre-election vaccine.” ....read more

Inflammation & Immunity in COVID 19: Role of Omega 3 Fatty Acids & Zinc

COVID19 is marked with hyperinflammation, can zinc and omega-3 fatty acids help? Join us today at 7:00 PM on MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal for a discussion on the role of omega-3 fatty acids and zinc in inflammation and immunity in COVID 19. Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent/general-webinar.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts And Myth Buster: Healthcare workers seroprevalence 5%

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev1073: COVID-19 Often Undiagnosed in Frontline Hospital Workers Reuters excerpts: A large number of COVID-19 infections among healthcare personnel in the US appear to go undetected, according to a report in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the US Centers for Disease Control. From April through June, among over 3,000 frontline workers across 12 states, approximately 1 in 20 had antibody evidence of a previous COVID-19 infection. Of note, 69% of those infections had never been diagnosed. ....read more

World COVID Meter 3rd September: 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, 25M August 30 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: 26,176,114,Deaths: 867,294 ,Recovered: 18,441,453 ,Currently Infected Patients 6,806,744 (99%) in Mild Condition ....read more

The vast power of the Spirit

Om Poornamadah Poornamidam, Poornaat PoornamudachyatePoornasya Poornamaadaaya, Poornameva Avasihyate”The whole is whole; if you take away the whole away from the whole, the whole will still remain (That is infinite, this is infinite, from the infinite, the infinite has come out. Having taken the infinite out of the infinite, the infinite alone remains). (In Vedanta “That” represents super consciousness, God or the Brahman and “This” the visible universe) Atman, which makes up our body, is 99.99% space and if we look at the rest, it is also nothing but space or void. This void or ‘akasha’ is what is called Brahman, God or consciousness and is a web of energized information. This web of information of inner space, called inner consciousness, is the Atman or the Soul. This is connected with the outer space in the universe having a similar web of energized information called the Spirit or Brahmand. ....read more

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Indian pharma can become world’s alternative to China

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There is a long-term opportunity in the making in India. As formulators evaluate options to source from… To continue reading The Pharma Letter please login, subscribe or claim a 7 day free trial subscription and access exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space. Or, if youre only interested in reading the content about a specific topic (M&A, coronavirus/COVID-19, pricing, reimbursement and access, outsourcing, CRO and CMO, and regulation), then you can take our £10 per month channel subscription offer, which gives you access to all our news articles and in-depth content on this subject. ....read more

Pharmexcil to request inclusion of plant inspection and licensing fee under RoDTEP

Express Pharma

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India is planning to request the government to include the plant inspection and licensing fee under the Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP). It has requested the industry to submit the data of all levies and taxes including embedded taxes. The new RoDTEP scheme will replace the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) scheme as the latter violated the WTO norms. Under the new scheme, the incentives will not be directly paid on the value of exports but will be limited to credit against the tax on items such as power, logistics, fuel and toll etc. Under the MEIS scheme, the pharma sector was one of the biggest beneficiaries as it exported close to $20 billion worth of products. As per the scheme, pharma products received three per cent incentive on Free – on – Board (FOB) value for exports to Category A countries (US, Canada, Europe) and Category B countries (Emerging markets such as Russia, CIS etc.), while exports to category C countries did not get any incentives.

Bengaluru doctor held in LeT recruitment case sent to judicial custody

The Indian Express

An Indian doctor who was arrested on deportation from Saudi Arabia last week, in connection with an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba recruitment plot registered in 2012, was on Thursday sent to judicial custody in Bengaluru after four days of interrogation by the NIA. Dr Sabeel Ahmed, 38, was produced in a special terrorism court by the agency and his arrest was shown in the original LeT recruitment plot case of 2012. The case, registered in Bengaluru, has seen 14 other accused convicted, and subsequently released from prison in 2016 after they pleaded guilty.

With out-patient services shut, doctors’ phones have turned into helpline

HT

Work starts as early as 7am for Prof Kauser Usman, senior faculty member at King George’s Medical University (KGMU), as he takes patients’ phone calls at home. Most of these patients want to know about Covid and its symptoms. Prof Usman speaks to them patiently, offering medical advice and words of comfort. He is not the only one of his fraternity reaching out to patients in this manner. In fact, the number of calls to doctors has doubled ever since the pandemic began. An expert in medicine, Prof Usman gets calls from diabetics too as diabetes is a comorbidity that has been diagnosed in about 50% of those who have died in the corona wards of hospitals.