Manipur launched a mobile app for real-time monitoring of Covid-19 patients in home isolation.
The objective of the Manipur Home Isolation Management (MHIM) mobile application was to avail real-time health data of patients in home isolation for prompt response.
This is the second mobile app to have been launched by Singh since May 15 an app for home delivery of fresh vegetables at the doorsteps of people during Covid-induced curfew.
TheAssamhealth department on Tuesday launched a drive to screen and test people in 28,000 villages across 33 districts for Covid-19 in a bid to isolate the maximum number ofhidden positive cases.
TheAssam Community Surveillance Plan(ACSP), as the drive has been named, has been undertaken to break the chain of transmission through active vigil. In the first wave of the pandemic last year, a similar initiative was carried out in the villages. Isolation of all positive cases is the primary goal of the drive to ascertain the magnitude of the Covid-19 transmission. But the actual target is beyond that and has been named Covid Plus, to enlist potential cases ofsevere acute respiratory infections(SARI), influenza like illness (ILI), fever or any other health issues.
Many cases of malaria, dengue and vector-borne diseases like Japanese Encephalitis (JE) are suspected to have been covered up fearing Covid-19 detection.
The MoU was signed on May 31 by Utkal University of Culture Vice-Chancellor Byomakesh Tripathy and IITTM Nodal Officer Dr Md S Hussain.
The MoU would facilitate innovations in training, faculty exchange programmes, curriculum development, collaborative seminars, symposiums and workshops and conferences on various dimensions of tourism and culture. It would foster organising certificate programmes, interdisciplinary research, PhD and several academic initiatives.
Culture and tourism are fast-growing global tourism markets. Despite Covid-19 and its aftermath, culture and tourism industries are increasingly being used to promote destinations and enhance their competitiveness and attractiveness.
The Tamil Nadu government will engage with the industry and come out with an economic revival plan, Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu has said.
Interacting with select members of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Tamil Nadu, he said the industrial activity would be allowed in phases, with the drop in the COVID-19 cases factored in.
The members urged the government to come out with a policy to support migrant labourers, important as they were for reviving and sustaining the economic activity, the CII said in a statement.
Micro, small and medium enterprises were the most affected by the second wave of COVID-19, the members said, urging the government to help them restart through financial packages and loan moratoria.
Thestate governmentis of the firm opinion that Covid-19 vaccine should be provided free-of-cost to every citizen, chief ministerPinarayi Vijayansaid in the assembly.
The chief minister said that the state has written to the Prime Minister requesting him to provide vaccines to all sections of the society, considering the greater common good. The state has also placed an order for purchasing 70 lakh doses ofCovishieldand 30 lakh doses of Covaxin through the state medical services corporation.
The state has requested the Centre to take initiative to float global tender for procurement of vaccine as states competing in the market for vaccines would result in the increase of price of vaccines.
The deaths ofCovid-19 patients in Chamarajanagarand Kalaburagihospitalsin less than 24 hours due to non-availability of medical oxygen have exposed the lack of a sturdy distribution mechanism as well as official bungling.
Despite several warnings by health experts, the government failed to assess the shortage of oxygen and take remedial steps. The response brings to mind a Kannada proverb: digging a well for water when people are dying of thirst.
Its been more than two weeks since hospitals and health experts have repeatedly highlighted scarcity of oxygen and asked the government to ramp up facilities, especially in districts, where cases are rising.
Tech startupDunzoDigital is leading a consortium along with industry experts to pilotdrone deliveryofmedicinesin the state ofTelangana.
The consortium will conduct experimental BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight ) drone delivery flights for the ‘Medicine from the Sky Project.’ It aims at serving different districts in the state of Telangana for medical supplies. The drone delivery system will focus on an end-to-end ecosystem for drone-based logistic transportation and utilize the existing logistics network of the state.
Launched by the Telangana government and theWorld Economic Forum, the program aims at creating a large-scale impact and helping curb the spread of Covid-19 in the state. This will also help later support the delivery of essentials like vaccines and medicines.
The state government has cleared the plan to establish 30skill development collegesacross the state. The proposal also includes askill developmentuniversity which would head all these colleges.
The state government has also cleared the budgetary allocation of Rs 1,385.53 crore for both the colleges and the university. The government plans to have the colleges and the university launching their academic sessions by 2023.
The government has released the budgetary allocation to the AP Skill Development Corporation (APSDC) for further action.
The new colleges would provide residential accommodation to 120 students each and another 120 students will be non-residential. They would offer three months to six months courses besides short term courses for one month.
The state government would link the industrial training institutes and the polytechnic colleges in the state with these skill colleges for better coordination. The state government has asked the state industries department to coordinate with the colleges and the industries on the courses and trainings to be provided so as to suit the industry requirement.
Annually, 1,000- 1,500 TB cases are reported in Goa with 12% to 17% of them being multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Though the numbers dont look alarming, MDR-TB cases are still a cause of concern as the recovery rate is 50% or sometimes lesser.
MDR-TB is seen among patients who fail to adhere fully to the treatment regime and consequently, develop resistance to anti-microbial drugs. Close contacts of a patient who develops MDRTB are exposed to the same infection.
The majority may develop MDR-TB for not following the drug regime in toto, but there will be few who may get the disease through a close family contact or in another set-up, where he/she may have been sharing a space with a carrier in a closed environment. The incidence of MDR-TB in patients who have been detected having TB for the first time, is about 3%.
The real estate industry has once again asked for a reduction in stamp duty blaming the second wave of theCovid pandemicfor subdued sales.
In separate letters to chief ministerUddhav Thackeray, deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar who also holds the finance portfolio and to revenue minister Balasaheb Thorat,CREDAI-MCHI, the real estate representative body has asked for reversal of stamp duty to 2% till March 2022.