Dr Balram Bhargava has been a regular at the weekly Covid-19 briefings, and has been one of the three key technocrats in this government’s Covid strategy.
India’s apex medical research organisation has been accused of straying from path of science to take questionable stands, often with undertone of ‘nationalism’.
In a letter to states, health and health research secretaries have expressed concern over excessive use of rapid antigen tests and quality of testing kits.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 92,15,581, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.66%, while the fatality rate stood at 1.45%.
The active Covid caseload has fallen below 4 lakh while 91,39,901 patients have recuperated, pushing the national recovery rate to 94.45%. The death toll has reached 1,40,573.
Chennai-based participant also sends legal notice to ICMR, DCGI, AstraZeneca & Oxford University to stop testing, manufacturing & distributing vaccine.
While 87,59,969 people have recovered from Covid-19, the country's death toll climbed to 1,36,200, with the virus claiming 485 more lives in the last 24 hours.
The dry swab technique can be used for RT-PCR testing with sensitivity and specificity, similar to the current standard when automated RNA extraction is not available.
Bengalis are hurt over a statement by the Delhi police calling Bangla a ‘Bangladeshi language’ and the lines Azad sang have unwittingly become protest music in Kolkata now.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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