-IndiaToday.in Private Hospitals will now be able to buy a single dose of Covid-19 vaccines Covishield and Covaxin at Rs 225. A single dose of the Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin will now cost private Hospitals Rs 225. Private Hospitals will charge Rs 150 for administering the dose. Adar Poonawalla, CEO of SII, said in a tweet on Saturday that the vaccine maker has decided to slash the prices...
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2 dead, over 61 taken ill after suspected food poisoning from traditional feast in Odisha -Mohammad Suffian
-IndiaToday.in Two people have died and sixty-one have fallen ill after suspected food poisoning from consuming a traditional feast in Odisha. Ganjam: At least two people have died and over 61 have been Hospitalised in Odisha after suspected food poisoning. All of them had started showing symptoms following a traditional feast. The deceased were identified as Santosh Gaud(32) and Budhia Gaud(53) of Bakharakata village. All the sick villagers have been shifted to Dharakote Community...
More »Poverty-hit mothers sell infants in Andhra Pradesh -Rajulapudi Srinivas
-The Hindu Child protection officers cite role of some gangs in the racket Vijaywada: Poverty has forced a few women in Andhra Pradesh to sell their babies. In two cases reported in Eluru and Mangalagiri in the past three or four days, the women gave statements that their family members sold the babies unable to care for them. “Earlier, we have seen cases of issueless couples resorting to illegal adoptions and purchasing...
More »Push the policy needle forward on migrant support -Mukta Naik and Varun Aggarwal
-The Hindu Amidst the scattered experimentation now, the Centre must offer strategic policy guidance for inter-State coordination Only two years ago, in the wake of a nationwide lockdown, India was left shocked by the plight of migrant workers walking hundreds of kilometres, facing hunger, exhaustion and violence, to get to the safety of their home villages. The dire circumstances of the migrants tugged at our collective heartstrings. They became the focus of...
More »It Takes a Village to Birth A Healthy Mom and Baby -Sreya Deb
-TheCitizen.in Improved antenatal care in Meghalaya A recent report submitted on March 20 to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) from the state of Meghalaya showed that 877 newborns, and 61 pregnant women died during the pandemic. The pregnant women decided against Hospital delivery out of fear of contracting Covid. A decade ago, infant mortality in Meghalaya was the same as the all-India average, at 47 deaths per 1000 births. While it has...
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