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Union Health Minister receives first Jab

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Union minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harshvardhan along with his wife received the first dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin today at the Delhi Lung and Heart Institute and becomes the first high-post minister after PM Modi to get inoculated.

Apart from the central ministers, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik also got their first dose of vaccines on Monday. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu got his first dose at the Government Medical College in Chennai.

. The ministry had released guidelines regarding the vaccination yesterday for how and where to get vaccinated.In the second phase of the vaccine drive, citizens above the age of 60, and those between 45-59 years of age but with co-morbid conditions, are eligible to get inoculated. In the first phase, which began on January 16, healthcare and front-line workers were vaccinated; the second half of the first phase commenced on February 13, with second vaccine doses being administered to the beneficiaries.

In a tweet by ANI, it was revealed that actor and MNM President Kamal Hasan and the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team Ravi Shastri received Jabs at Chennai and Ahemedabad respectively.

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No fatalities occurred due to Jab: Health Minister

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Earlier today after the beginning of second phase of vaccination drive, Union Health Minister said that if a person dies 4-10 days of vaccination, the death can’t be link to inoculation of the Jab since every death has been scientifically investigated and no death has occurred due to vaccine.

He further added that the vaccine has minimal side effects like swelling or fever which happens during a normal vaccine too and that the chance of hospitalization due to vaccination is – 0.0004, it’s negligible.

Today the drive began with giving jabs to the persons aged 60 or above and people aged 45-59 with co-morbidities.

Appointments can be booked through the Co-Win 2.0 portal. A mobile number cannot be used for making more than four registrations, they had said.

Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan thanked PM Modi saying that he proved that both the vaccines are safe and perfect as far as immunogenicity is concerned.

”He took COVAXIN, against which a lot of misinformation was spread even when it was scientifically perfect. I think PM has given a clear message to the country. All misinformation & hesitancy should be buried once and for all,” he said.

He said that he will do the booking and will get vaccinated tomorrow, i.e. Tuesday.

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Jab registration details released by the government

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After having administered 1.5 crore people with the Covid-19 vaccine, second phase of the vaccine drive began today aiming to cover 10 crore people in India. Health ministry said that for the next two days, training will be provided to the health workers and other staff who will administer the vaccine and other standard procedures in the centers.

States and Union Territories have been instructed to keep a scale-up plan ready which includes the granular weekly and fortnightly plans for administering the vaccination sites within the government as well as private facilities along with the number of doses administered.

The following criterion has been set for the administration of Covid-19 vaccination:

Eligibility

People who are above the age of 60 and people within the age of bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities are allowed to take vaccine shots. The government has listed 20 co-morbidities that are covered for vaccination.

  1. Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year.
  2. Post-cardiac transplant/Left-ventricular Assist device (LVAD).
  3. Significant Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVEF<40%).
  4. Moderate or Severe Valvular Heart Disease.
  5. Congenital heart disease with severe PAH or Idiopathic PAH.
  6. Coronary Artery Disease with past CABG/PTCA/MI and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
  7. Angina and Hypertension/Diabetes treatment.
  8. CT/MRI documented stroke and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
  9. Pulmonary artery hypertension and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
  10. Diabetes (>10 years or with complication) and hypertension on treatment.
  11. Kidney/Liver/Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Recipient/ On wait-list.
  12. End stage kidney disease on haemodialysis/ CAPD.
  13. Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/ immunosuppressant medications.
  14. Decompensated cirrhosis.
  15. Severe respiratory disease with hospitalizations in last two years/ FEVI 50%.
  16. Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma.
  17. Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after July 1, 2020 or currently on any cancer therapy.
  18. Sickle Cell Disease/ Bone Marrow Failure/ Aplastic Anemia/ Thalassemia Major.
  19. Primary Immunodeficiency disease/ HIV infection.
  20. Persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities/ Muscular Dystrophy/ Acid attack with involvement of respiratory system / Persons with disabilities having high support needs/ Multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness.

Registration

People who want to get vaccinated in the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination have to register on the Co-Win platform.

Registration on Co-Win 2.0 portal – www.cowin.gov.in – opened at 9 a.m. today.

The beneficiaries can self-register in advance by downloading the Co-Win 2.0 portal and through other IT Applications such as Arogya Setu etc.

For people who are unable to register themselves can directly visit the vaccination center along with the required documents and get themselves registered.

Documents

A government ID proof will be sufficient for people over the age of 60. People aged 45 will have to upload a medical certificate mentioning their comorbid conditions.

The certificate can either be uploaded on Co-win 2.0 by the beneficiary while self-registering or a hard copy can be carried by the beneficiary to the CVC.

Cost of vaccination

The vaccine is free at government hospitals and paid at private hospitals with a cost of 250 per dose (price set by the government).

Where to get vaccinated

The health ministry has released two lists of private hospitals empaneled.

The list can be accessed here:

https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/PMJAYPRIVATEHOSPITALSCONSOLIDATED.xlsx

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Madras HC directs state govt to compensate for death of 8-yr-old

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Acknowledging the case of an 8-year-old Dalit girl from Aruppukottai, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has directed the state government to pay a sum of Rs. 5 Lakhs as compensation for the girl’s death due to complications arising from anesthesia administered to her.

Although the inquiry committee had concluded that there was no negligence on the part of the medical authorities, the bench of Justice GR Swaminathan held that the government is obligated to disburse ex-Gratia to the affected party if the patient was admitted to a government hospital and suffered an injury or death which is not anticipated to occur in normal course of events.

The court petition was filed in 2017 by Tamil Selvi, who alleged that it was a case of medical negligence and sought compensation.

The petitioner’s daughter was suffering from tonsils and was admitted to a government hospital in Aruppukottai for treatment. She was suggested a surgery for which she was administered an anesthetic drug named Propofol. It was not an intrinsically dangerous drug and was administered to children above three years. However, it is said that there may be implications on children with mitochondrial diseases. There was nothing on record to indicate that the deceased child had such a disease, the court said.

Justice G.R. Swaminathan observed that there were always instances when a drug does not accord with the body of the patient and that leads to unfortunate complications. The case on hand appears to be one such. Therefore, there was no ground to hold that the anesthetists had committed any act of medical negligence, the judge said.

The court held that with case on hand, the liability has to be fastened on the government since the institution was a government institution. The corpus fund is created by the State government that is generated with the contribution of each government doctor which is directed towards the court. The required sum is to be paid to the family within a period of 8 months.

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PHASE-2 Vaccination starts from Today in India

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India to start the second phase of COVID-19 vaccine drive from today across the country.This drive will include 10 crore people across the country. India has already completed vaccination of 1.5 crore people for COVID19 vaccine.

Training will be provided to all the health workers and other staff who will be involved in the vaccination and other standard procedures in the centers for the next two days.

Eligibility

People who are above 60 and those within the age of 45-59 years what with specified comorbities.The government has released the list of 20 comorbidities that would be covered under comorbidities.

1.Heart Failure with hospital admission in past one year.

2.Post cardiac transplant/Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)

3.Significant Left ventricular systolic dysfunction

4.Moderate or Severe Valvular Heart Disease

5.Conginetal heart disease with severe PAH or Idiopathic PAH                                       

6.Coronary Artery Disease with past CABG/PTCA/MI and HYPERTENSION/Diabetes

7.Angina and Hypertension

8.CT/MRI documented stroke and Hypertension /Diabetes on treatment 10.

9.Pulmonary artery hypertension and Hypertension

10.Kidney /liver /Hematopoietic stem cell transplant

11.Kidney Disease at End stage on Haemodialysis/CAPD

12.Prolonged use of oral corticosteroids / immunosuppressant medications

13.Decompensated cirrhosis

14.Severe respiratory disease with hospitalisations

15.Lymphoma /Leukemia/Myeloma

16.Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after July 1,2020 or currently under treatment of any cancer.

17.Sickle Cell Disease/Bone marrow failure/Aplastic Anemia/Thalassemia major

18.Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/HIV infection

19.Diabetes with complications and Hypertension treatment

20.Persons those who have disabilities due to Intellectual disabilities/Disabilities that includes deaf and blindness.

Registration

People have to register themselves on Co-WIN 2.0 PORTAL that will open at 9 am today. www.cowin.gov.in

COST of Vaccine

The cost of vaccine in private hospitals is 250/per dose and in government hospitals vaccine will be free of cost.

Documents for Vaccination

The copy of ID Proof will be required for those who are above 60 years of age and medical certificate of those comes under comorbidities.

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Intensity of Covid deduced through blood tests : Research

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In a research published in the Journal Blood Advances, reported that a series of biomarkers or biological signals associated with the White Blood Cell activation and obesity can predict severe outcomes in Covid-19 patients. The findings indicated that five proteins (resistin, lipocalin-2, HGF, IL-8 and G-CSF) that are associated with neutrophils, a type of WBC, were elevated in the Covid-19 patients who later became critically ill.

Researchers said that many of these proteins had previously been associated with Obesity, but not with Covid-19 or other viral illnesses.

A lead author from the Yale University, Hyung Chun, said, “Patients with high level of these markers were much more likely to require care in the ICU, require ventilation or die due to their Covid-19.”

Previously, a few laboratory studies had identifies possible indicators of severe Covid-19, including D-dimer levels, a measure od blood coagulation, and levels of proteins known as cytokines, which are released as a part of inflammatory responses in the body. However, until now, no laboratory marker could predict which patients with Covid-19 will eventually become critically ill prior to showing clinical signs and symptoms of severe disease.

For the new study, the researchers used proteomic profiling to analyze samples taken from 100 patients who would go on to experience different levels pf Covid-19 severity.

Notably, the elevated neutrophil biomarkers for patients who would go on to experience more serious symptoms were evident before those symptoms appeared.

All Covid-19 patients who were admitted or transferred to ICU had elevated neutrophil elevation markers, while these biomarkers remained low for patients who never developed severe illness and none of the latter died. Having early knowledge of these indicators could significantly improve patient treatment, said researchers.

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Bharat Biotech to supply 20 million doses to Brazil

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Bharat Biotech International Limited has confirmed about the agreement with Brazil for supply of 20 million doses of COVAXIN®.

The company is delighted to partner with Brazil in its battle against Covid-19 and aid its immunization program against the virus. It has signed an agreement for delivery of COVAXIN® during Q2 and Q3 2021.

“There is a strong interest in COVAXIN® from many countries around the world, and the company is fully committed to ensuring supplies promptly and efficiently.” says Statement by Bharat Biotech

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