Coronavirus-linked ailment afflicts children in Kolkata

Kolkata: While Covid has largely been sparing children, an increasing number of youngsters in the city are being afflicted with a relatively new condition called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS -C). Doctors said this is linked to a delayed immune response to Covid. Majority of these children are either testing positive to Covid RT-PCR even as they are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Some have tested positive in an antibody test, confirming a Covid attack. A 15-year-old girl from north Kolkata was rushed to Institute of Child Health (ICH) with high fever, rashes, swelling of the glands and inflammation of the heart muscles — symptoms that indicated Kawasaki disease. Some symptoms also resembled Covid-19 infection. The girl, however tested, negative to Covid in RT-PCR but tested positive in an antibody test. ....read more

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CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: Understanding Masking

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev 1083: Round Table Expert Zoom Meeting on “Considerations for Wearing Face Masks in Pandemic era in different situations”12th September, 2020, 11am-12pm Participants: Dr KK Aggarwal, Dr AK Agarwal, Dr Suneela Garg, Dr Jayakrishnan Alapet, Dr JA Jayalal, Dr KK Kalra, Dr AM Kochhar, Dr Atul Pandya, Dr Anoop Mohta, Dr DR Rai, Dr Anil Kumar, Mrs Upasana Arora, Dr Pragati Sawhney, Ms Ira Gupta, Dr S Sharma Key points from the discussion:When virus enters the cell (naso oropharyngeal), different scenarios can result. ....read more

World COVID Meter 16th September: Acute manageable immunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory viral disease pandemic

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, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14 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: 29,715,706,Deaths: 938,425,Recovered: 21,529,478,ACTIVE CASES 7,247,803,Currently Infected Patients 7,186,907 (99%) in Mild Condition ....read more

Three great sentences of importance apart from mahavakyas

1Brahma Satyam Jagan Mithya Jivo Brahmaiva Na Aparah. Brahman only exists truly, the world is false, and the individual soul is Brahman only and no other.2.Ekam Evadvitiyam Brahma. Brahman is one, without a second (There is one absolute reality, without any secondary parts). ....read more

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Two healthcare workers from a Noida hospital, confirmed COVID 19 reinfection?

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Pharma sector offers potential for high exports but India overly relies on China for drug ingredients

Financial Express

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das today said that the drugs and pharmaceuticals sector is among the sunrise sectors that offer the potential for higher exports in the post-COVID period. With strong drug manufacturing expertise at low cost, India is one of the largest suppliers of generic drugs and vaccines and some Indian manufacturers have already entered into new partnerships with global pharma companies to produce vaccines on a large scale, Shaktikanta Das added. However, India heavily depends on China for raw materials required in drug manufacturing, which is severely affected due to the lockdowns and supply chain disruptions. There are 58 Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) for which the country is heavily dependent on China, D V Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers, said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha. In FY 2017-18, 68.62 per cent of raw materials were imported from China, while the percentage remained 66.53 per cent and 72.4 per cent in the next two fiscal years, according to the parliament papers. Also, the restrictions on movement of people and lockdown enforced in various places, logistic issues, etc, are believed to have impacted the supply of raw materials from China.

Why COVID-19 presents a golden opportunity to Indian pharma firms

Express Pharma

India is among the leaders in the global pharma industry, being the third-largest producer in terms of volume and at the 10th position in terms of value. A significant raw material base and availability of a skilled workforce have enabled India to emerge as an international manufacturing hub. It is one of the top manufacturers of generic medicines worldwide, with 20 per cent share in their global supply. India is emerging as the epicentre of vaccine manufacturing. Top pharma companies in the country are supplying basic and advanced vaccines to nearly 150 nations. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in India, that enjoy government support, have the largest capacity globally for manufacturing WHO-prequalified vaccines.

"382 Doctors Died Of Covid": Medical Body Says Centre "Abandoning" Heroes

NDTV

New Delhi: Union health minister Dr Harshavadhans statement on coronavirus in parliament, which had no word on the doctors who died in the line of duty, and his junior ministers statement that the Centre had no data as health is a state subject, has infuriated the Indian Medical Association. Accusing the government of "indifference", "abdication" and "abandonment of heroes", the countrys top body of medical practitioners said in such a circumstance, the government "loses the moral authority to administer the Epidemic Act 1897 and the Disaster Management Act". So far, 382 doctors have died of coronavirus, the IMA said. In the list it released, the youngest doctor to lose his life was 27 years old and the oldest was 85.

‘Treat them as martyrs’: IMA publishes list of 382 doctors who died of COVID

tribuneindia

The Indian Medical Association on Thursday published a list of 382 doctors — some as young as 27 years — who succumbed to COVID 19 in the line of duty and demanded adequate compensation for their families. IMA in a statement also demanded that doctors who died of COVID be treated as martyrs for purposes of compensation. It came down heavily on the Health Minister for not sharing the COVID mortality among doctors and said this reeked is government indifference. “IMA hereby publishes the list of Indian doctors who died in the pandemic due to Covid 19. We demand they be acknowledged and treated as martyrs. Their families and children deserve solace and from the Government. IMA also urges the Government to seek data from the representatives of nurses and other healthcare workers,” IMA president Rajan Sharma wrote to the government.