By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Indian state faces one of the world’s most formidable challenges: rolling out a Covid-19 vaccination program for 1.3 billion people. To succeed, many things have to go right in a country that usually gets a lot wrong. The government would be wise to enlist the country’s private sector in this […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Delhi, on December 3, announced a curfew in the city on New Year’s Eve. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) restricted assembly of more than five people at public places. As per the order, no celebratory events, congregations and gatherings at public places will be permitted from 11 pm of December […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands A new variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in the United Kingdom. England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on December 19 that the new variant of the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, can spread faster. Scientists are working to confirm if the mutation leads to a higher mortality rate or […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands A committee comprising outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on December 10, voted overwhelmingly to endorse emergency use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This paves the way for the FDA to grant authorisation for the vaccine to be given to the general public in the US. […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year as the COVID-19 pandemic would make it difficult to ensure the health and safety of participants in Europe, WEF organisers said on December 7. “The World Economic Forum will convene the Special Annual Meeting 2021 in […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on December 4. This would be the second meeting of its kind since the novel coronavirus pandemic started. The COVID-19 situation and vaccine strategy are likely to be discussed in the meeting involving floor leaders of all political parties from both Houses of […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases across the country, a new set of rules for “surveillance, containment, and caution” was released by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently to curb the spread of the deadly virus. The new MHA guidelines will come into effect from Tuesday (December 1). As per the new guidelines, […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Polling day-like arrangements for vaccine shots, celebration of Immunisation Days to enthuse people from small towns and villages to get vaccinated, and bank guarantees to companies that will supply vaccines — these are some of the steps being finalised by the government as part of its vaccine strategy against Covid. The […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands AstraZeneca and Oxford University on November 25 acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their experimental COVID-19 vaccine. A statement describing the error came days after the company and the university described the shots as highly effective and made no mention of why some study participants didn’t […]
By Administrator_ India Capital sands After inposing a marathon 57-hour curfew in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government has now decided to impose night curfew in another three cities. To check the rising number of coronavirus cases, the Gujarat government on Friday announced that night curfew will be imposed in Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot from Saturday, November […]