A year after India and South Africa introduced a proposal to temporarily waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines and therapies at the WTO, negotiations are deadlocked in the face of opposition from some developed countries.
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According to the NHFS, 42 per cent of adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 have a low body mass index (BMI), while 54 per cent have anaemia.
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The loan is going to benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas, according to the Union Finance Ministry.
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Vaccinations against influenza are not very common in the country due to a lack of awareness, access and steep prices, and they are also not part of the centre's universal immunization program that includes polio, tuberculosis and Hepatitis B.
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Presently, the active caseload stands at 1,11,481 which constitutes 0.32 per cent of the country's total positive cases, which is further the lowest since March 2020.
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The pandemic has led to major shifts in healthcare, with technology being leveraged in several innovative ways to improve the penetration, delivery, and safety of healthcare services. Telemedicine is but one of these radical alterations to the healthcare landscape.
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As vaccine supplies have increased, some doctors and public health experts in India have urged the government to start a booster programme for the most vulnerable like many Western nations have done.
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A total of 12,510 patients recovered in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients to 3,39,34,547.
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