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22971. 50% Adults In India Have Got At Least One Vaccine Dose
- India has completed administering one dose of Covid vaccine to at least 50 per cent of its adult population
- Health Minister Mansukh Manviya said a significant number of people in India have protection against the virus.
- India is aiming to fully vaccinate 60% of the population by December 2021 in order to prevent a third wave of the pandemic. More than 31.1 crore doses administered in first 67 days of the World's Largest Free-For-All Vaccination Drive.
22972. Himachal emerges champion in fight against Covid-19: Modi
- Himachal becoming the first state to vaccinate 100% of the eligible population with the first dose, it has inoculated one-third of its population with the second dose. Modi said India was creating records by administering 1.25 crore doses daily, which was much higher than the entire population of some countries.
- Lauding the spirit of the state’s health workers, ASHA, angawad, teachers and other people involved in the combat against Covid-19, Modi appreciated the contribution of women to the vaccination campaign.
- To find a scientific solution to the problem of landslides, we need to promote research related to an early warning system and also devise a construction technology suitable for the hills,” PM Modi said.
22973. Trials for drone vaccine deliveries to start from 9 September
- India’s first pilot programme involving drones to deliver covid-19 vaccines is expected to take off soon in Telangana. The drone trials for delivery of medicines and vaccines, under the Medicine from the Sky project, will be held in Vikarabad, Hyderabad, from 9 September to 17 October.
- Blue Dart Express and its drone delivery partner Skye Air Mobility will fly the first drone flight under the Medicine in the Sky trials, Sky Air Mobility said in a statement There are about eight consortia carrying out trials for the Medicine from the Sky project, including Dunzo and Flipkart.
- The launch of the pilot project has been been delayed by several months due to covid-19 induced lockdowns and delays in regulatory clearances The use of drones will be mostly for emergencies and will be deployed in difficult-to-reach hilly regions such as in northeast India, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, where transport of medicine and vaccines becomes difficult, especially during the monsoons.
22974. Meerut man recovers from Covid after 130 days, says ‘saw many deaths’
- Meerut man recovers from Covid after 130 days, says ‘saw many deaths’ A Covid-19 patient was discharged from a UP hospital after 130 days of fighting the disease. Vishwas Saini was released after over 4 months of hospital stay.
- ACovid-19 patient was discharged from a UP hospital after 130 days of fighting the disease. Vishwas Saini was released after over 4 months of hospital stay According to Dr MC Saini, the patient had tested positive for coronavirus on April 28 and was initially kept at home. “He was later shifted to the hospital after his condition deteriorated," Dr MC Saini told ANI.
- A recent study by the Apollo Hospitals has found that the number of long Covid cases and post-Covid complications after the second wave in India has gone up by four times than what was reported last year.
22975. 3 desi firms to make Covid-19 protective gear for doctors, health workers
- The government has roped in three local manufacturers who can produce around 20,000 pieces of this personal protective equipment per week expecting a shortage of disposable body coveralls, 3-ply surgical and N-95 masks for doctors and health workers battling the Covid-19 outbreak.
- India, which used to meet its annual demand of around 1 lakh pieces for these medical textiles through imports from China, the US, Germany and Switzerland, now pegs its requirement at around 50-60 lakh pieces in the next two months.
- While the textiles ministry has on-boarded Vadodara-based Sure Safety, Bengaluru’s Amaryllis Healthcare and Gurugram-based Sai Synergy LLP, it has also reached out to other domestic players for these products,
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22976. Defence ministry ropes in DRDO, OFB to manufacture essential medical equipments
- The defence ministry is stepping up efforts to combat the Covid-19 crisis, with its public sector units and the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) being roped in to manufacture essential medical equipment on a war footing.
- (DRDO) has commenced manufacturing of sanitisers at its laboratories throughout the nation, the OFB, which makes guns, ammunition and clothing for the armed forces, has started a pilot project to produce personal protection equipment.
- DRDO is also in touch with private sector manufacturers to scale up production of much needed ventilators on a war footing. “We have supplied almost 15,000 bottles of the sanitiser formulation for distribution to other organisations. Efforts are on to produce it on a large scale,” a DRDO official said
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22977. Health Ministry asks over 10 domestic manufactures to produce PPE
- Over 10 domestic manufacturers in India have been asked to produce Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
- Apart from this, the government has decided to import the Personal Protective Equipment from other countries.
- "WHO guidelines were understood and taking into account details of this virus, the PPE guidelines were suitably amended. Over 10 domestic manufacturers in India were identified for the purpose. They have started production also," he told reporters.
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22978. Railways has made over 2.8 lakh masks, 25000 litres of sanitiser
- Railways has produced more than 2.8 lakh masks and over 25,000 litres of sanitiser in its production units till April 1, as part of its efforts to augment the government's efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
- To ensure safety of the staff and boost their morale "Soap, water and washing facilities are being provided at all workplaces. With local innovations, hands-free washing facilities have been provided," the statement said.
- The railways has also manufactured essential medical equipment and aims to convert around 20,000 coaches into isolation wards for COVID-19 patients.
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22979. Gujarat govt ropes in pvt firms to manufacture PPE, N95 masks
- The Gujarat government has roped in state-based private companies to manufacture personal protective equipment and N95 masks required by health staff.
- Rajkot-based Jyoti CNC has started production of ventilators after getting necessary approvals. Two other companies - Arvind Mills in Ahmedabad and Sure Safety in Vadodara - will soon start production of personal protective equipment (PPE).
- The state government got technology transferred from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur for N95 masks, he said, adding that Ahmedabad-based Cellulose Products will manufacture 25,000 such masks per day.
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22980. Indian scientists, Intel to use AI to fight COVID-19
- The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) along with Intel India and International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad is working together to come up with a faster and less expensive COVID-19 testing and coronavirus genome sequencing to find an effective cure.
- “Intel India is developing an end-to-end system that consists of multiple applications, testing devices, data collection and aggregation gateways, a data exchange SDK and an AI model-hub platform,” as per a statement by the Ministry of Science & Technology.
- Durgapur-based CSIR lab, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute has created a robotic device called HCARD or Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device to help frontline healthcare workers in maintaining physical distance from those infected by coronavirus.This robot having such features as navigation, drawer activation for providing medicines and food to patients, sample collection and audio-visual communication. The cost of this device is less than Rs 5 lakh and the weight is less than 80 kilograms.
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