The panel on Louise Tillin’s book featured economist Jean Drèze, former CPR CEO Yamini Aiyar, HT editor Roshan Kishore, and political scientist Niraja Gopal Jayal.
Of the two infant patients, one has been discharged, while the other is recovering. Experts & Centre stress Human Metapneumovirus not new & has been circulating for many years.
US's FluMist can now be administered by a healthcare provider or by recipient or caregiver aged 18 or above. India's Nasovac S4 faces hurdles like cost, availability & low acceptance.
One of 2 reported H3N2 mortalities was of lung cancer patient in Haryana, who tested positive for influenza in Jan. Other deceased from Karnataka. Govt monitoring situation, told people to not panic.
About half of all inpatients, admitted for severe acute respiratory infections, and outpatients, being treated for influenza-like illness, were found to have H3N2, said ICMR.
Data shows India has reported just 65 cases of influenza and no related deaths as of July this year. In 2019, the year before Covid, there had been 28,798 cases and 1,218 deaths.
Delhi govt advisory details the tests hospitals should be ready to conduct, and directs physicians to give antiviral oseltamivir to all Covid patients if there’s a flu outbreak.
‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.
Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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