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# Facing expiry: About 1,41,622 doses of Covishield are lying with 47 private hospitals in Pune municipal limits with expiry dates on most of them lapsing next month. And the case is not very different at hospitals in other States as well.
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Hospital representatives say there was little direction from the health authorities on this issue# TN makes a strong comeback: Tamil Nadu economy has staged a strong comeback from the impact of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to pick-up in economic activity, higher tax collections and increased devolution from the Centre, the aggregate revenue receipts of the State, at the end of the third quarter, has even surpassed the pre-Covid levels.
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Total revenue receipts as of Q3FY22, stood at ₹1,33,873 crore or 66% of the budget estimates# Daily tally: India’s cumulative Covid-19 vaccination tally has exceeded 176 crore total doses, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 15,102 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, and 278 deaths.
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# No major relaxation: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has hinted that the State might not relax Covid-19 restrictions in a major way.
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People must continue using masks and get vaccinated, says Chief Minister Thackeray# EU unblocks restrictions: European Union countries agreed to open their borders to travellers from outside the bloc who have had shots against Covid-19 authorised by the World Health Organization, easing restrictions on those who received Indian and Chinese vaccines.
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EU countries agree to admit travellers vaccinated with WHO-approved shots
Restrictions will be lifted for travellers who received the final dose of the primary vaccination cycle# Vaccinating the world: The partnership between India and the US in the healthcare sector is critical to vaccinating the world against the coronavirus, India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu said.
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Sandhu was speaking at a virtual roundtable on “Vaccine for All”# Covid in children: Covid-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to Covid infection in children, according to an analysis of US government data published Tuesday.
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The condition, formally known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children is a rare complication in children who have had Covid-19# Supply chain woes: Omicron is ripping through cargo ships, raising concerns that a surge in cases, coupled with China’s tightened quarantine requirements for vessels, could delay supply chain stabilisation for the shipping industry.
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Omicron Ripping Through Cargo Ships May Exacerbate Shipping Woes
Average shipment delays from China to the US west coast increased by 114 per cent
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