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While addressing the audience Dr Singh said that the commencement of session of first batch of MBBS students at GMC, Doda was a historic achievement since it fulfilled the aspirations of the people and would lead to medical and educational advancement of people of the region.
India will start administering Covid-19 vaccines to two more priority groups — those above 60 years and those aged above 45 years with comorbidities — from 1 March onwards, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press briefing Wednesday where he announced decisions taken by the Cabinet at a meeting earlier.
“Our Ayush network has performed incredibly well in Covid times, not just to boost immunity but also for scientific research. Ayush infrastructure has helped the country a lot. Along with Indian drugs and vaccines our spices and ‘kadas’ have contributed immensely and the world is experiencing their benefits. Our traditional medicine has made a place on the world stage,” the PM said on Tuesday as he interacted with stakeholders on health budget provisions which he described as unprecedented.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, launched the operational guidelines for Integration of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) with NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke), here today.
India on Wednesday announced that it will gift 2,00,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to United Nations peacekeepers.
India has crossed a significant milestone in the fight against the global pandemic. As on 19thFebruary, 2021, till 8:00 AM, the cumulative vaccine doses administered to healthcare and frontline workers against COVID19 in the country have surpassed 1crore.
India on Thursday earned a pat on the back from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as the global body said the number of infections in the country has been on the decline. “Over three months now, cases of Covid-19 in India have been consistently going down… Considering the magnitude of the population…it’s something the Government of India should be very, very proud of,” Roderico Ofrin, WHO’s India representative, was quoted as saying by ANI.
“e-Hospital is an initiative of #DigitalIndia that has made it easy for the citizens to take appointments in major hospitals. Now there is no need to stand in long queues to take appointments, when you can get it online,” the Minister said.
There is no status gap between modern medicine and AYUSH as both systems are working in collaboration with integrated approach to address the healthcare in the country.
A team of scientists from the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in Kalyani, West Bengal, have found a biological reason for the slower spread of a mutant of coronavirus in Asia compared to the West. The team has explained how higher levels of a human protein — neutrophil elastase — helps the virus to enter the human cell, multiply and also spread faster from infected individuals.
