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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday held an interaction with doctors and particularly with the Indian Medical Association (IMA) through video conferencing on Wednesday, leading the IMA to "withdraw" it's proposed protests scheduled on April 22 and 23.   While the Home Minister...

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Maya M 20 April 2020
Travel restrictions due to nationwide lockdown, unavailability of medicines and lack of access to good healthcare facilities due to Covid-19 have left thousands of pregnant women anxious across the country.  Pregnant women were missing their antenatal visits and check-ups and this was making...

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Two days after the nationwide lock-down was extended, the Central Government has released a list of 170 hotspot districts, which includes all six metros and various other large cities. The list includes all nine districts of national capital.   According to the government, any hotspot...

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The detection of potentially pathogenic coronavirus in Indian bats stresses the need for enhancing screening for novel viruses in them, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).   This study was a step towards understanding the coronavirus circulation in...

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Akshay Naik 11 April 2020
Women well into middle age can still reduce their risk for stroke by eating well, exercising and not smoking, according to a new study published recently in the scientific journal Stroke.   After analysis of data from 60,000 women in their 50s, 60s and 70s, the study found that...

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The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday that there is no community transmission of Covid-19 in the country yet and the rate of the infection is still low.   Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal, said,...

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The government has roped in 20 domestic manufacturers to meet the growing demand of personal protective equipment (PPE). "Orders for 1.7 crore PPEs and 49,000 ventilators have been placed and their supply has begun," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, here on...

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Patricia Callahan  and   Sebastian Rotella (ProPublica) 09 April 2020
Royal Philips N.V. agreed in September to sell 10,000 ventilators to the U.S. for $3,280 each. It did not deliver. But the Dutch company just announced a new deal with the government. This time, it’s charging roughly $15,000 each.   The Dutch company that received millions of taxpayer...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2020
In a big relief to common citizens, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Indian government to make corona virus (COVID-19) testing free of cost in both government as well as private labs.   In an order, the bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice S Ravindra Bhat, says,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2020
FastSense Diagnostics, a Pune based start-up incorporated in 2018, is developing innovative products for rapid disease diagnosis, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) is currently developing two modules for detection of COVID-19.   Professor Ashutosh Sharma,...

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In a first for the country, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday made face masks as compulsory part of attire for all citizens in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune Metropolitan Region who want to move around in any public places for whatever reasons. In an order this evening, the...

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday termed doctors, nurses and healthcare workers as warriors in the fight against coronavirus and said they need to be protected.   The observation from the apex court came while hearing petitions concerning protective gear for doctors and healthcare...

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Dr Philip Kotler 08 April 2020
In thinking about mankind’s future, one can be either an optimist or a pessimist.    Let’s start with an optimistic mindset. Taking a long view of mankind’s history, humans have moved far beyond the Neanderthal stage and today Homo sapiens are the dominant human species. Humans have...

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A study that first claimed that anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the novel coronavirus and triggered US President Donald Trump enthusiasm for its widespread use, has now been slammed by the same group that publishes the journal in which the paper first...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2020
Under pressure from US President Donald Trump, the Indian government on Tuesday lifted its partial ban on export of hydroxychloroquine, used for treatment of malaria. However, the Indian government claimed that decision to lift the partial ban hydroxychloroquine was taken by the Directorate...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 April 2020
Black day in India's Covid-19 fight, 693 cases and 30 deaths 06-04-2020 18:51 It was a black day in India's fight against the spread of coronavirus cases, as 693 new cases were found in 24 hours - the highest number in a day recorded so far, taking the total count to 4,067. Also, 30...

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Bharat Upadhyay (IANS) 02 April 2020
As the deadly coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) spreading rapidly, people are doing everything to keep themselves safe but what about your own abode?   To make your home coronavirus free, health experts have shared some tips such as cleaning all kitchen surfaces every time you finish...

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Moneylife Digital Team 30 March 2020
The prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 in India is being monitored at the highest level and various actions have been initiated in collaboration with the states. In order to meet the requirement of personal protection equipment (PPEs), masks and ventilators, factories...

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Amid the new coronavirus scare are several health myths going viral on social media platforms and one of those is: Improve your pH levels as "the pH for coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5."   The message on WhatsApp reads: "All we need to do to beat coronavirus is to take more of an...

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Charles Ornstein (ProPublica) 30 March 2020
There isn’t enough evidence that decades-old anti-malarial drugs work for the treatment or prevention of coronavirus, but here’s what we do know so far.   President Donald Trump’s excitement about decades-old anti-malarial drugs to treat the coronavirus has touched off widespread...

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