The Maharashtra government has decided to implement stricter Covid-19 rules in the state. These guidelines will come into effect from 8pm Monday onwards.
People who work essential services they can only travel in night as per new rules. In-hotel dining will not be allowed, hotel are allowed for takeaway services. Theatres and parks will remain shut as of now.
Frontline medical and healthcare workers can no longer register for COVID-19 vaccination, the Health Ministry said today after getting various inputs on fraudulent entries.
“Various inputs have been received from different sources that in some of CVC’s , some ineligible beneficiaries are being registered as HCWs and FLWs and are getting vaccinated in complete violation of the prescribed guidelines. There has been 24% increase in HCW database in the past few days. This issue was discussed with State representatives and domain knowledge experts in the NEGVAC meeting and as per the recommendations of NEGVAC ,it has been decided that no fresh registrations in categories of HCWs and FLWs will be allowed with immediate effect.”
The step has been taken by the union ministry after the team medically speaking informed the Union Health Ministry about fraudulent entries.
Mumbai records highest cases of Covid-19 cases in single–day since the beginning of the out break of pandemic.
Mumbai has recorded 62,187 active cases. The death toll in Mumbai has rose to 11,751 with 27 fresh fatalities recorded in the last24 hours. Maharashtra chief minister has urged people of Maharashtra chief has urgent people of Mumbai to take preventive measures for Covid-19.He also warned on Friday about the present surges can lead to a lockdown if the sate’s Covid-19 situation get worst.
By Dr.Aaloc Srivastava
Covid-19 figures, I suppose don’t baffle. Was addition of 18,393 Covid cases to the previous day, nationally, a prank? No, it was not.
Similar rise for Maharashtra was to the tune of 11,626,1184 for Andhra,887 in Telangana and 827 in Delhi. In addition, situation in Mumbai,Nagpur,Nasik and Pune continues to be alarming Overall ,cases have risen by ten times in last two months .
Given the fact that 79 % of 6.5 lakh active cases were from most affected six states, they need to pull up their sleeves.
Coming to administration of vaccines, over 6.76 crore doses have been given, yet India holds 5th position as compared to 3rd rank on the Holi Day.
Recovery Position
2) Recovery wise,India is doing better as there is a wide gap of over 2 crore 51 lakhs between confirmed and recovered cases, globally. Accelerated vaccination becomes the prime necessity.Special attention too needs to be given to African & Asian countries, yet to herald the process.
Indian Hotbeds
3) While ten Districts were identified as the hotbeds with an average positivity rate of 5.7%,condition has further deteriorated in Maharastra,Chattishgarh,Karnataka,Kerala,T.N,Gujarat,Punjab and M.P(having 84.73 % of cases).
Why Surge Continues ?
4) Brazen deviant behavior over eight weeks has become order of the day.As opposed to Covid Appropriate Behavior pattern,we seem to have adopted “Compromised Behavior “,opines Dr.A.R.K.Singh,Director,RML hospital.
Instances of Deviant Behavior
These are:
Temporary Sigh of Relief & Shock
5) One notes with a sigh of relief that DCGI has extended shelf life of Covishield from 6 to 9 months but the decision to go for third vaccine from September,2021 was perhaps avoidable.Similarly,news regarding J&J failing the quality standards,shocks.It may be a setback as it had committed for a single dose and supplying 20 million doses to USA by June 2021,of which barely 6.5 millions were delivered in March.
Target Achievement
(6) Despite so many pressures, on the one hand, Noida recorded 102 % of its March target of vaccination and Ghaziabad 83% ,the all India target of 300 million doses by 31st July is now projected to be 365 million doses by 16th June.One has serious doubts even when administration of vaccines on all the days would be possible.
Nevertheless,the last day record of doses, looks encouraging.
7) To RECAPITULATE,we must respect Covid protocols, rules and regulations.A revival of September 2020 situation may be detrimental to family members, especially the children who have missed more than a year.At the same time,unemployment has to be minimised & exports have to be boosted by officers or else the struggling economy will display low vigour and vitality.
The writer is Aaloc Srivastava, IAS(Rtd.),Ex-Chief Secretary,Sikkim.
Wearing a face mask can protect yourself and others from Covid-19, but the type of material and how many fabric layers used can significantly affect exposure risk, found a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The study measured the filtration efficiency of submicron particles passing through a variety of different materials. For comparison, a human hair is about 50 microns in diameter while 1 millimetre is 1,000 microns in size.
“A submicron particle can stay in the air for hours and days, depending on the ventilation, so if you have a room that is not ventilated or poorly ventilated then these small particles can stay there for a very long period of time,” said Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, associate professor and Tanner Faculty Fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, according to a report by Hindustan Times.
A class X girl was found dead in an ambulance outside a hospital in Noida where she was abandoned by two unidentified persons, days after being allegedly abducted from Hapur district and gang-raped, reports PTI.
A senior official said that the girl was brought to the hospital in Noida on March 31 where they left her in an ambulance and left on the pretext of getting money from an ATM kiosk. However, the duo did not return.
The girl went missing from Hapur on March 22. She was declared dead by the hospital doctors.
The Madras High Court has ordered the under construction medical colleges of the state to abide in accordance with the 2018 norms of the Medical Commission.
During the hearing, the state submitted that the norms were changed in 2020 by the Medical Commission and every attempt is being made to adhere to the latest norms by altering the construction to the extent possible.
The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy recorded the submissions and disposed of the plea by directing the State authorities to construct the buildings for the proposed national medical colleges to be set up in the State strictly in accordance with the applicable norms of the Medical Commission. “It will be open to the commission to depute personnel to inspect the nature of the construction on a periodic basis, if the commission so desires,” added the bench.
The petitioner contended that according to MCI guidelines, each medical colleges has to undergo various quality checks, from the identification of land till the completion, however, in the state things are being expedited for functioning from academic year 2021-22.
Only On Medically Speaking.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine to speed up the production of its Covid-19 vaccine by allowing it to fill a single vial with upto 15 doses. It has also authorized vaccinators to extract a minimum of 11 doses from the current vials, instead of the ten previously permitted.
Apart from this, a punctured vial is now useable for upto 12 hours, an increase in previous 6 hours.
In a statement, Moderna said its vaccines can now be supplied in vials containing 11 or 15 doses, and it is expected to begin shipping 15-dose vials in coming weeks.
India reports 89,129 new Covid-19 case in a single day which is the highest spike in six and half months taking total infections to over 1.23 crore.
India reports 89,129 new Covid-19 case in a single day which is the highest spike in six and half months taking total infections to over 1.23 crore.
Highest single-day rise includes rise in 6 months