Tabassum Barnagarwala
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Mumbai, MH, India
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Sero survey of 2k Mumbai kids finds 51% exposed
Kasturba Hospital and Nair Hospital in Mumbai collected samples from the 2,176 children, who were medically examined for other illnesses in public and private laboratories. → Read More
Centre’s info to states: In under 2 months, private hospitals got 2 crore Covishield jabs, 1.08 crore still left
Together, these hospitals purchased 1.97 crore doses of Covishield from May 1 to June 22 under the open market policy, which allows them to purchase up to 25 per cent of total vaccine supply available in the country. → Read More
No clarity on private vaccine procurement, Maharashtra awaits Centre’s guidelines
Mumbai news: In absence of clear guidelines, private players have said they will continue to place direct orders with manufacturers to procure doses after June 21. Between June 7 and 21, the central government has stopped vaccine supply to all states and the private sector. → Read More
15 months after first Covid case, Maharashtra death toll crosses 1 lakh
Maharashtra on Sunday added 618 deaths to its tally, taking the total death toll due to Covid to 1,00,130. Of the total deaths registered on Sunday, 167 were reported in the last 48 hours, 66 in the last week and 385 from the period before that. → Read More
Maharashtra: Amravati sees another surge, over 80% cases in rural areas
Amravati was one of the first districts in Maharashtra to report a second wave in February this year. → Read More
Maharashtra to procure own vaccine stock for 18-45 age group
SII CEO Adar Poonawalla in an interview to CNBC TV 18 said it would be impossible to handle orders of small municipal corporations and hospitals and indicated an arrangement where states procure on behalf of hospitals. → Read More
Maharashtra: Haffkine fails to find Remdesivir bidder, state to face shortage
Haffkine had floated a tender to procure 6 lakh vials of Remdesivir on April 15 but got no bidder. → Read More
Maharashtra: double mutant found in 61% samples tested
State health officials said the double variant’s role cannot be ruled out in Maharashtra’s second wave. The state is recording over 50,000 new cases every day and has 5.64 lakh active cases, half of India’s Covid burden. → Read More
From glut to shortage: story of remdesivir, the drug of hope in Covid surge
While remdesivir did not get much success against MERS and SARS, it was reported to have worked to some extent against the SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. → Read More
Maharashtra: FDA foresees oxygen shortage in coming days
As on Tuesday, more than 34,100 of the 4.5 lakh actively infected patients in Maharashtra were on oxygen support. → Read More
In second year of pandemic, resident docs on Covid duty rue academic loss
Resident doctors at T N Topiwala medical college in Mumbai went on mass leave on Tuesday to protest against the conversion of the hospital into a dedicated Covid-19 facility. → Read More
Maharashtra: Remdesivir to be available only in Covid hospitals, stores attached with hospitals
A disruption in supply chain has caused shortage of Remdesivir in a few districts. → Read More
Home treatment at stake: As demand rises, hunt for oxygen cylinder gets harder in Aurangabad
Aurangabad district, which recorded Maharashtra’s highest positivity rate at 43.8 per cent in March end, has all of its 2,124 oxygen beds occupied. → Read More
In Palghar’s rural and tribal areas, vaccination centres deserted
Coaxing and counselling push up vaccine figures marginally. → Read More
Baby dies 2 hrs after being vaccinated under regular immunisation programme in Nandurbar
An AEFI panel will meet Monday to assess the case. Meanwhile, the FDA has taken random samples for testing. → Read More
Maharashtra private labs show higher positivity rate than govt labs
Data shows high dependency on antigen testing may be responsible → Read More
Explosion in equipment likely began hospital fire in which 10 kids died
The radiant warmer burst into flames after the explosion — the first of two loud noises heard by hospital staff that night — and the seven-day-old baby inside “was found burnt like coal”, officials said. → Read More
Neonatal unit cleared without fire audit, appeal for equipment pending
Meanwhile, set up in 2015, the Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU) where the babies died had had only one mock fire drill, back in 2016-17, as per a district official. → Read More
RT-PCR tests: Only 1,565 passengers tested, many slip away at Mumbai airport
Daily, thousands of passengers who are not carrying a negative RT-PCR report are slipping away without being tested at the airport. → Read More
Doctor who ‘saw death and returned’, to serve at Covid-19 ICU
This year, The Indian Express captures the work of corona warriors, women and men leading the war against Covid-19 -- risking all, so that others can be secure. This will be followed by a special show to be anchored by superstar Amitabh Bachchan and telecast on November 29 at 8.30 pm on Star Plus as well as Disney+ Hotstar. → Read More