In an interview to ThePrint, Panjak R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila, says company has already manufactured clinical batches of the vaccine candidate for phase 1 and 2 trials.
184 healthcare workers associated with RML Hospital have tested Covid positive so far. Meanwhile, overworked doctors point out their casual leaves have been cancelled.
A review article published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research noted that psychosocial effects of quarantine and lockdown may adversely impact children.
Dr Joginder Choudhary's father, a farmer in MP, had written to Ganga Ram Hospital that he cannot afford the treatment cost. He had also written to Delhi govt for help.
There are only 2 options to contain the disease — 70 per cent population contracts the virus and gets immune or getting an immunisation, Dr V K Monga, the Chairman of IMA noted.
Complaint by MP to DCGI also highlights that the cost proposed by Glenmark is ‘definitely not in the interest of the poor, lower middle class and middle-class people of India’.
While overall inflation is moderating, high and persistent core inflation remains a worry, as does the uncertain global growth & inflation environment, the governor said.
If the political establishment responds to a situation like this as if it’s something that must only play out between a corporate & the market, it's coming of age of Indian capitalism.