Young workers hit hard by the covid 19 economy

Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in India, a panel of experts shares their learnings and predictions in the latest episode of Moneycontrol Masterclass. The panel included Dr Sudarshan Ballal, Chairman - Manipal Hospitals, Dr. Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, CEO - Fortis Healthcare, and Professor. Dr. Pratit Samdani, Breach Candy Hospital. “We had 200 patients in Dec-end across the network. The same number is now at 750. The good thing is discharges are as much as admissions. So if we are seeing 200 incoming COVID-19 positive patients everyday, we also have 180 discharges,” said Dr Raghuvanshi. While the virus in this wave has not hit as badly as the second wave and hospitalisation is much lower, the experts still highlight some challenges. Challenges in the third wave “Patients are not having as many lung complications. Hospitalisation rates are also much lower compared to the second wave, but people are getting infected in large numbers,” says Dr Raghuvanshi. COVID-19 … [Read more...] about COVID-19 third wave: 3 top doctors tell you key dos and don’ts

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin On January 19, it was announced that legendary musician David Crosby had died at the age of 81 after a “long illness.” This came via a statement from Crosby’s wife Jan Dance, which Charles Trepany and Melissa Ruggieri shared for USA TODAY . Here’s a CBS Mornings career retrospective on the man who was a founding member of not just the Byrds but also Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Dance’s statement did not clarify what specifically Crosby’s long illness was, but there’s been a turn, turn, turn of claims on social media since the announcement. And a lot of discussion has, surprise, surprise, circled around Covid-19. After all, we are still in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic, meaning that the risk of getting infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is still quite high. At the same time, the amount of misinformation circulating about Covid-19 and Covid-19 vaccines has gone eight … [Read more...] about David Crosby Dies At 81, Covid-19 Rumors Abound

Representative image China on Thursday defended its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday in some of the U.N. health agency's most critical remarks to date, that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several fronts. China scrapped its stringent COVID controls last month after protests against them, abandoning a policy that had shielded its 1.4 billion population from the virus for three years. China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press briefing in Beijing that China had transparently and quickly shared COVID data with the WHO. Mao said that China's "epidemic situation is controllable" and that it hoped the WHO would "uphold a scientific, objective, and impartial position". COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions View more … [Read more...] about China defends its COVID-19 response after WHO, Joe Biden express concern

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Talk about some really shaky claims. Social media accounts, often anonymous, have been posting videos of people shaking different parts of their bodies and suggesting that they are Covid-19 vaccine-induced spasms. For example, a Twitter account named @AngeliaDesselle presented a video of two presumably human legs shaking rather vigorously, along with the words, “Thanks Pfizer.” Presumably, the tweet was referring to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 mRNA vaccine and not some other Pfizer product like Viagra. So did such a claim have any legs, figuratively speaking? Could this video have been showing someone truly suffering a side effect from the vaccine? Or was it just someone deliberately shaking her legs because that’s what, you know, many humans with legs are able to do? Well, the bio of this Twitter account didn’t include any clear self-identifying information. So, it’s difficult to tell whether this “Angelia Desselle” is … [Read more...] about ‘Thanks Pfizer’ Tweet Shows Legs Shaking, Trying To Blame Covid-19 Vaccines

(Representational image) India will begin vaccinating children aged between 12 and 14 against the coronavirus from February-end, Dr NK Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, has said. The move will further expand the vaccination programme, which opened for the 15-17 age group on January 3. India has in recent weeks seen a spike in Covid cases, believed to be largely driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant. "We aim to cover all the 7.4 crore adolescents in the 15-17 age bracket with the first dose by January-end so that we can start vaccinating them with the second dose from early February and finish the second dose by February-end. We want to start vaccinating children between 12 and 14 years from February-end or early March," Dr Arora told the publication. India reported 2,58,089 new infections in the last 24 hours, taking the case tally to 3,73,80,253, which includes 8,209 cases of the Omicron … [Read more...] about COVID-19 | Vaccination of 12-14 age group likely to start from March

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin TOPLINE British Prime Minister Boris Johnson paused the United Kingdom’s reopening plans Friday and announced a new expansion of mask-wearing rules, as Britain—like a growing number of countries around the world—contends with a new surge of Covid-19 cases after an initial lull. KEY FACTS The U.K. will not move forward with plans to reopen leisure venues like bowling alleys and casinos on Saturday, along with eased restrictions on indoor performances and close-contact beauty services and wedding receptions with up to 30 guests. The country also expanded its mask requirements beyond shops and public transport to other indoor settings like museums and cinemas. Johnson said the measures were necessary as Covid-19 infections have started increasing for the first time since May, rising from an estimated 2,000 actual infections per day in June to 4,900 infections per day currently. The announcement came a … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson Pauses U.K. Reopening Amid New Rise In Covid-19 Cases

Suven Pharma: Suven Pharma receives open offer from Berhyanda Ltd, Berhyanda Midco Ltd and Jusmiral Midco Ltd to buy 26% stake in the company. Berhyanda Ltd, Berhyanda Midco Ltd and Jusmiral Midco Ltd, all three companies incorporated under the laws of Cyprus, have made an open/cash offer to acquire upto 6.62 crore fully paid up shares of face value Rs 1 each representing 26% of the voting share capital of Suven Pharma, at a price of Rs 495 per share. At least two generic versions of a blockbuster COVID-19 drug, Paxlovid, by US-based pharmaceutical major Pfizer are likely to hit the Indian market this month, bringing an affordable treatment to thousands of high-risk patients. Drug makers Hetero Pharma and Zenara Pharmaceuticals have announced that they have received regulatory approvals for their versions of Paxlovid, after proving the safety and efficacy of the drug through bioequivalence studies. Sources say the drugs will be launched in India by the end of this month. … [Read more...] about All you need to know about Paxlovid, the most promising COVID-19 drug

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If you are going to claim that more athletes have been suffering cardiac arrests and dying over the past two years, you had better sport some real numbers. Some real legitimate verifiable numbers. But that’s not what Tucker Carlson did on his FOX News show “ Tucker Carlson Tonight” when he made such a claim. Instead of real numbers, he mentioned a letter. One letter. One letter to the editor of a medical journal to be exact. But Carlson didn’t even specify that it was a letter in the episode of this show. The episode came after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s had suffered a cardiac arrest . Carlson, who is not a professional athlete, not a professional medical doctor, and not a professional scientist, suggested that there’s been a trend of more athletes suffering cardiac arrest. He asserted that “cardiologist Peter McCullough and researcher Panagis Polykretis looked into this trend in Europe, European sports … [Read more...] about Have More Athletes Really Died Suddenly Since Covid-19 Vaccines Arrived?

(CTN News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday that COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from their high at the beginning of this month, while daily mortality among COVID-19 patients in hospitals is down 79% from their peak. The statistics were released on the center’s website after a well-known government scientist said over the weekend that 80% of China’s 1.4 billion people were already infected, making it unlikely that COVID would make a significant comeback in the next two or three months. After three years, China unexpectedly reversed its rigorous zero-COVID policy , and infections spiked across the world’s most populous nation. Even though authorities claim that infection rates have peaked, some international experts have expressed concern about the possibility of an increase in cases in rural areas that are less prepared to handle them as millions of Chinese people travel home for family reunions during the current Lunar New … [Read more...] about China’s daily Covid-19 Infections hit a Peak of More than 7 Million

AFP FILE PHOTO The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500-million loan to help the Philippine government address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on jobs, livelihoods, and the labor market. The ADB said in a statement the loan would also help create an enabling environment for existing and emerging businesses to flourish and spur more employment. “With the [Philippine] economy slowly moving towards a sustainable growth path, it is important to ensure private enterprises are supported with policies that make it easier for them to do business and generate employment,” said Sameer Khatiwada, senior public management economist at the ADB. “This program is expected to help create jobs, get businesses back into action, and pave the way for displaced workers, youth, and women to return to the labor market by enhancing their skills through training and linking them to good quality jobs,” he said. The multilateral lender is helping the Philippines, through the … [Read more...] about ADB OKs $500-M loan to help PH fully recover from COVID-19