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Dr KK Aggarwal    03 December 2020

No need to vaccinate the entire country to break coronavirus chain, says Health Ministry

MUMBAI: Indias health authorities indicated the entire country need not be administered the Covid-19 vaccine and only a "critical mass" of the 1.3 billion population needs to be vaccinated to break the transmission of the virus. The comments come as state governments prepare a priority list of those who should be vaccinated first and plan how the vaccine distribution would work. "I just want to make this clear that the government has never spoken about vaccinating the entire country," health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday. He said the health ministry is preparing Covid-19 vaccination guidelines that will be sent to the state governments. ....read more

COVID-19: Bangladeshs Experience

Join us today for a discussion on Bangladeshs experience of COVID-19 with Dr Jamal Uddin Chowdhury, on MEDtalks with Dr K K Aggarwal COVID edition, at 7:00 PM.Just click on www.facebook.com/drkkaggarwal or https://perfecthealthmela.com/vevent2/hall1a.php

CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: Vaccine Difficulties

1178: COVID-19 vaccine difficulties1.Issues:Studies have not shown yet whether the vaccine can prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2.2.It is not known if people can become infected and transmit even with vaccination. Those who have been vaccinated could still continue to asymptomatically and unknowingly shed virus and spread the disease. The data from the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines describe protection from symptomatic disease. Pfizer reported170 infections (162 in the placebo group) in 41,000 participants. Moderna has reported 95 cases (90 in the placebo group) thus far in 30,000 participants. ....read more

World COVID Meter 1st December: 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, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4, 36M October 8, 37M October 11, 38M October 14, 39M October 17, 40M October 19, 41M October 22, 42M October 24, 43M October 26, 44M October 28, 45M October 30, 46M November 2, 47M November 4, 48M November 6, 49M November 7, 50M November 8, 51M November 10, 52M November 12, 53M November 14, 54M November 15, 55M November 17, 56M November 19, 57M November 20, 58M November 22, 59M November 24, 60M November 25, 61M November 27, 62M November 29 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: 63,584,784,Deaths: 1,473,741,Recovered: 43,980,097,ACTIVE CASES 18,130,946 ....read more

Dealing with Stress

Stress may be broadly defined as comprising of three components, namely a “known situation,interpretation of a situation and the physical and mental reaction to that interpretation of the situation” .Stress is a situation: There cannot be a stress without a situation. One cannot be stressed aboutsome event occurring in USA without knowing the person or the situation. The situationrequires familiarity with the particular sensory object (known situation). Stress is an interpretation of a situation: Without interpretation, stress is not possible. The samesituation can be interpreted differently by different people. A stimulus may be stressful to onebut not to another. ....read more

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The Biden effect on India Pharma Inc

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We expect there to be an even stronger focus on generics and biosimilars In line with the President elect’s campaign promise of lowering healthcare costs, we expect there to be an even stronger focus on generics and biosimilars to introduce material savings. Localising manufacturing in the US has also been a subject of focus, though with it would come an increase in cost compared with India-based production. However, we remain open to the discussion of localising manufacturing, should the new government offer relief on pricing or provide an indicative commitment on volumes. We would be well-positioned to meet this need from both a product portfolio and capability perspective.

Pharma and medical devices industry has shown positive response for PLI: Govt

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Anticipated to be a push for the government’s notion of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India), 215 applications from 83 pharmaceutical manufacturers and 28 applications from 23 medical device manufacturers were sent in response to the government’s Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for bulk drugs and medical devices. The department of pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers that closed applications on Monday said that the industry has shown a very positive response towards the schemes. The IFCI Ltd. is the Project Management Agency (PMA) for implementation of both the schemes. The government said that the appraisal process of the applications commenced from Tuesday onwards and a maximum of 136 applications under the PLI scheme for bulk drugs and a maximum of 28 applications under the PLI scheme for medical devices will be approved.

India: Many MBBS Students Are Being Put on COVID Duty in Improper Conditions

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Medical students training with a simulated COVID-19 scenario in the ICU of a hospital in Java, Indonesia. Photo: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash. When we appeared for our final microbiology examination on January 30, 2020, the only thing we were concerned about was if we had brushed up enough on obscure respiratory viruses to tackle any unexpected questions in the paper. Because little did we know that the novel virus would completely turn around the lives of all medical students around the world.

Why TNs special reservation for in-service government doctors is important

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CHENNAI: The reservation for in-service doctors in post graduate and super speciality courses has seen much legal battle. The state government recently passed an order reserving 50 percent seats in super-speciality and PG courses for in-service government doctors. Members of the medical fraternity say such a special reservation that Tamil Nadu has had for long now is one of the reasons for its strong public health system, which was a boon during the break out of Covid-19. A special reservation in higher medical studies serves as a strong incentive to MBBS graduates to join government service, even if the postings are in remote or rural areas. The doctor availing the benefit of the special reservation is also mandated by a bond to remain in government services till their superannuation. This helps in boosting the doctors strength in the government sector and expanding quality healthcare to corners of the State.

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