Govt: Remdesivir only for those on oxygen support

Govt: Remdesivir only for those on oxygen support

24.04.2021

The Union health ministry has issued an updated “clinical guidance for management of adult Covid-19 patients”, recommending emergency use authorisation of Remdesivir for patients with moderate to severe disease, requiring supplemental oxygen, within 10 days of onset of symptoms.

“Not to be used in patients who are not on oxygen support or in home settings,” the ministry underlined.

The guidelines issued by AIIMS and ICMR stated that tocilizumab may be considered in patients with significantly raised inflammatory markers and not improving despite use of steroids with there being no active bacterial/fungal/tubercular infection. They also recommended off-label use of convalescent plasma only in the early moderate disease. PTI

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HC: Mask worn under nose is same as none

HC: Mask worn under nose is same as none

24.04.2021

The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that the not putting on a mask properly is equivalent to not wearing one and it will invite the same punitive action. The HC has also asked the states of Punjab, Haryana and UT Chandigarh to depute officials of the municipal bodies/ health authorities to ensure that mask etiquettes are followed by the general public. Division bench, comprising Justice Rajan Gupta and Justice Karamjit Singh of the HC, has passed these orders while disposing of a petition on the issue pertaining to state government’s arrangements regarding Covid-19 situation.

DA, relief will not include Jan ’20-June ’21 arrears: Govt

DA, relief will not include Jan ’20-June ’21 arrears: Govt

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New Delhi:24.04.2021

The Centre on Friday clarified that the dearness allowance for government employees and dearness relief for pensioners will not include arrears from January 2020 to June 2021. As and when the government decides to release the DA and dearness relief for the period starting July 2021, the payment will be made prospectively.

Last year the government had decided to freeze the DA and dearness relief for central government employees and pensioners due to the Covid-19 outbreak, although the allowances, paid to cover inflation, for previous period is being paid.

Nursing staff held for black marketing Remdesivir in Kolar

Nursing staff held for black marketing Remdesivir in Kolar

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Bhopal:24.04.2021 

A nursing staff was caught trying to black market a Remdesivir injection outside a hospital in Kolar on Thursday.

This comes less than a week after the crime branch arrested four youths, including a doctor, on Saturday for allegedly black marketing of Remdesivir.

Kolar police said, when cops approached the accused he tried to flee but he was arrested. He was identifed as Jhalkan Singh, 24, a resident of Kolar and native of Guna district.

He said, he works as a nursing staff in a hospital in Kolar.

Police said, cops recovered an injection (lyophilized) 100 mg Remwin for use in hospital / institutional set up for India, written on it with a price of Rs 3950 from him.

He could not produce any document or convincing reason for the injection being in his possession.

During interrogation, the accused told police that his girlfriend who also works as a nursing staff in the hospital stole the injection from a patient and he was trying to sell it.

He said, his girlfriend would administer saline to patients and steal the Remdesivir meant for them.

He admitted that he had sold an injection to a doctor. He had been blackmarketing injections for Rs 20,000 to Rs 30,000 per injection.

Further investigation is underway.

Police said, cops recovered an injection (lyophilized) 100 mg Remwin for use in hospital / institutional set up for India, written on it with a price of Rs 3950 from him

சி.ஏ., படிப்புக்கு முதுநிலை பட்டம் அந்தஸ்து

சி.ஏ., படிப்புக்கு முதுநிலை பட்டம் அந்தஸ்து

Added : ஏப் 22, 2021 22:01

சென்னை:சி.ஏ., போன்ற கணக்கு தணிக்கை படிப்பு முடித்தவர்கள், இனி நேரடியாக, பிஎச்.டி., ஆராய்ச்சி படிப்பில் சேர வாய்ப்பு வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

பிளஸ் 2 முடிக்கும் மாணவர்கள், கல்லுாரிகளில் இளநிலை படிப்பும், பின், முதுநிலை படிப்பும் முடித்தால் மட்டுமே, பிஎச்.டி., ஆராய்ச்சி படிப்புகளில் சேர முடியும்.இந்நிலையில், பிளஸ் 2 முடித்த மாணவர்கள், சி.ஏ., உள்ளிட்ட கணக்கு தணிக்கை படிப்பை முடித்தவர்களும், முதுநிலை படிப்பை முடித்தவர்கள் போல், ஆராய்ச்சி படிப்புக்கும், போட்டி தேர்வுகளும் எழுதும் வாய்ப்பு ஏற்பட்டுள்ளது.

இதற்கு வழிவகுக்கும் வகையில், பல்கலை மானியக் குழுவான யு.ஜி.சி., சார்பில், அனைத்து பல்கலைகளுக்கும் அனுப்பப்பட்டு உள்ள சுற்றறிக்கை:ஐ.சி.ஏ.இ.,யான கணக்கு தணிக்கையாளர் அமைப்பு; ஐ.சி.எஸ்.ஐ., என்ற நிறுவன செயலர்கள் அமைப்பு; ஐ.சி.ஏ.ஐ., என்ற விலை கணக்கீட்டாளர் அமைப்பு ஆகியவற்றில் இருந்து, கோரிக்கை மனுக்கள் வந்துள்ளன.

அதன்படி, மேற்கண்ட அமைப்புகளின் அங்கீகாரம் பெற்று, சி.ஏ., - சி.எஸ்., - ஐ.சி.டபிள்யூ.ஏ., ஆகிய படிப்புகள், இனி முதுநிலை பட்டப் படிப்புக்கு நிகராக கருதப்படும்.இதற்கான ஒப்புதல், யு.ஜி.சி.,யின் கூட்டத்தில் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.இவ்வாறு, அதில் கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது.

On Tuesday, seven persons were caught without mask every four minutes in the city

7 caught every 4 minutes

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Ahmedabad:22.04.2021 

On Tuesday, seven persons were caught without mask every four minutes in the city with 2,539 fined on the day.Police said that on Tuesday a total of Rs 25.39 lakh was collected as fine from those caught for not wearing the masks. The number keeps increasing.

On election day, only four people were caught by city police for not wearing mask, which has now increased to 2,539 in a day.

On Monday, 2,625 persons were fined for not wearing masks and cumulatively Rs 26.25 lakh collected from them. The officials said that over 2,500 cases in a single day was the highest figure registered in the city since January1 .

During election time, seemingly fewer people were fined over mask rule violations. The numbers show that in February, mask rule violations were less than 1,000 a day, while by February 12, the number dropped to just 122. There were 407 cases for curfew violations and flouting disaster management act registered on Tuesday. Police said 415 people had been arrested in these 407 cases. Until Wednesday morning, cumulatively, 38,185 persons had been arrested in 36,968 such cases.

Majority of these cases pertained to movement during curfew without valid reason, said police. AMC officials said their teams were also involved in imposing mask fines for but did not give number of persons fined.

MASK FINES

Covid beds up for sale for ₹9k in Rajkot Civil hosp

Covid beds up for sale for ₹9k in Rajkot Civil hosp

Hosp’s Attendant, Sweeper Detained

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Rajkot:22.04.2021 

“I won’t settle for anything less than Rs 9,000. Even I have to pay (part of this amount) to those inside (Rajkot Civil hospital). You will get the bed within 30 minutes.”

This is a part of the conversation between an agent and some relatives of a needy Covid-19 patient in Rajkot where hundreds have been braving blistering heat and waiting for hours to get admission into the Civil hospital for days together now.

On Wednesday, as the video of this backdoor entry deal went viral, the detection of crime branch (DCB) and Pradhyumannagar police station detained two persons - Jagdish Solanki (20) and Hitesh Mahida (18) - late in the night. Solanki works as an attendant in the hospital while Mahida is a sweeper. Both are residents of Jamnagar.

In the video, Solanki, sitting in the rear seat of the car, is heard asking for Rs 9,000 per bed while those negotiating with him reduce the amount. In between their conversation, Solanki gets a call and is heard telling the person on the other end, “ I won’t take anything less than Rs 9,000. If you have money, come in your vehicle at Chaudhary school and call me.”

Video grab of the incident where an alleged agent is taking cash

‘Attendant, sweeper exploited system loopholes’

VK Gadhvi, police inspector, crime branch told TOI, “They used the loopholes in the system to give backdoor entry to Covid patients in exchange for money. We will register an FIR against them after collecting more evidence.”

They admitted to have arranged a bed for only the relative whose video had gone viral.

Those negotiating with Solanki also assure there are more patients desperately seeking admission and they would direct all of them to him.

“I have to pay other people above me.. it’s very difficult at present to get a bed. There are many people taking this,” he says and answers in affirmative when asked “Do you have to pay the doctors also?. We thought these were your charges alone.”

The deal is finalized for Rs 8,000 and those giving him the money recorded the video handing over the amount to Solanki at an ATM of a nationalized bank.

At any given point of time, there are 50- 60 vehicles including cars and ambulances lined up at Chaudhary High School ground just behind the hospital. People even park their two-wheelers in the queue and when their turn nears, they call up home and ask relatives to bring the patient.

516 new cases, 77 deaths in Rajkot

Rajkot:

On Wednesday, Rajkot reported 516 new Covid cases in the district while 77 people succumbed in various Covid hospitals across the district in the past 24 hours ending on Wednesday morning. Jamnagar saw a new peak in new cases with 509 on Wednesday while 260 tested positive in Bhavnagar and 188 in Junagadh district. TNN