Covid -19

Andhra Pradesh government is set to open recruitment for 14,200 posts in different Primary Health Care Centers, Medical Colleges, and Teaching hospitals. During a review meeting on the prevailing COVID situation, CM Reddy stated that recruiting process will begin from October 1 and continue till November 15. Besides, he also ordered officials to provide the best medical services in government hospitals amid the rising active cases in the… read-more

A serosurvey conducted by PGIMER on Sept 13 among 2,700 children showed that 71% developed anti-bodies. Further, PGIMER Director Dr. Jagat Ram said, "India to face 3rd wave of covid soon, but children won't be the worst affected, as children have contracted Covid virus." Also, surveys from Maharashtra and Delhi have witnessed only 50-70% of children have developed anti-bodies. Expedite your vaccination before the third wave, he advised.

Citing to the COVID-19 variations, several companies like Microsoft and Linkedin are looking forward to continuing working in the online environment rather than returning to in-office mode. "We tried [setting a firm return date] and it doesn't work because I think the unknowns on the pandemic and also the other side of it is the worldwide nature of this," Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO said.

The US Department of Agriculture reported SARS-CoV-2's first case in wild white-tailed deer. "We do not know how the deer were exposed to SARS-CoV-2. It’s possible they were exposed through people, the environment, other deer, or another animal species," said Lyndsay Cole, the spokesperson of USDA. The previous month, USDA reported that white-tailed deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania got infected with SARS-CoV-2.

According to the statement given by the US-based pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson notified that it has looked into the approval of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to conduct a study on its Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents between 12-17 years old in India. Being “imperative”, all the nationals including children should be vaccinated against Covid-19 sooner. Besides, their vaccine is 85% effective in presenting… read-more