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Final year MBBS student tested positive after getting second dose of COVID Vaccine

by Medically Speaking Team March 2, 2021

A FINAL YEAR MBBS student from Sion hospital in Mumbai have been tested positive for coronavirus .He took a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine few days ago. Doctors said even after taking both doses it takes several days for immunity to build.

The 21 year old received the second dose of Covishield vaccine last week. After the dose he developed mild symptoms of the viral infection and when underwent for the test that report resulted positive. He was admitted in the hospital and other students who stay with him in hostel has been quarantine.

According to the doctors it depends on the immune respone “Not everyone who gets vaccinated will develop an immune response in a set time frame.”

Dr Mohan Joshi , dean at Sion Hospital said , “We have come across some cases where health workers got infected after the vaccination. That is because they got infected before the body could generate the immunity. Even after getting vaccinated we are advising staff to follow all Covid-19 safety protocols.”

March 2, 2021 0 comment

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Jab registration details released by the government

by Medically Speaking Team March 1, 2021

written by Medically Speaking Team

After having administered 1.5 crore people with the Covid-19 vaccine, second phase of the vaccine drive began today aiming to cover 10 crore people in India. Health ministry said that for the next two days, training will be provided to the health workers and other staff who will administer the vaccine and other standard procedures in the centers.

States and Union Territories have been instructed to keep a scale-up plan ready which includes the granular weekly and fortnightly plans for administering the vaccination sites within the government as well as private facilities along with the number of doses administered.

The following criterion has been set for the administration of Covid-19 vaccination:

Eligibility

People who are above the age of 60 and people within the age of bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities are allowed to take vaccine shots. The government has listed 20 co-morbidities that are covered for vaccination.

Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year.
Post-cardiac transplant/Left-ventricular Assist device (LVAD).
Significant Left-Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVEF<40%).
Moderate or Severe Valvular Heart Disease.
Congenital heart disease with severe PAH or Idiopathic PAH.
Coronary Artery Disease with past CABG/PTCA/MI and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
Angina and Hypertension/Diabetes treatment.
CT/MRI documented stroke and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
Pulmonary artery hypertension and Hypertension/Diabetes on treatment.
Diabetes (>10 years or with complication) and hypertension on treatment.
Kidney/Liver/Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Recipient/ On wait-list.
End stage kidney disease on haemodialysis/ CAPD.
Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/ immunosuppressant medications.
Decompensated cirrhosis.
Severe respiratory disease with hospitalizations in last two years/ FEVI 50%.
Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma.
Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after July 1, 2020 or currently on any cancer therapy.
Sickle Cell Disease/ Bone Marrow Failure/ Aplastic Anemia/ Thalassemia Major.
Primary Immunodeficiency disease/ HIV infection.
Persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities/ Muscular Dystrophy/ Acid attack with involvement of respiratory system / Persons with disabilities having high support needs/ Multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness.

Registration

People who want to get vaccinated in the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination have to register on the Co-Win platform.

Registration on Co-Win 2.0 portal – www.cowin.gov.in – opened at 9 a.m. today.

The beneficiaries can self-register in advance by downloading the Co-Win 2.0 portal and through other IT Applications such as Arogya Setu etc.

For people who are unable to register themselves can directly visit the vaccination center along with the required documents and get themselves registered.

Documents

A government ID proof will be sufficient for people over the age of 60. People aged 45 will have to upload a medical certificate mentioning their comorbid conditions.

The certificate can either be uploaded on Co-win 2.0 by the beneficiary while self-registering or a hard copy can be carried by the beneficiary to the CVC.

Cost of vaccination

The vaccine is free at government hospitals and paid at private hospitals with a cost of 250 per dose (price set by the government).

Where to get vaccinated

The health ministry has released two lists of private hospitals empaneled.

The list can be accessed here:

https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/PMJAYPRIVATEHOSPITALSCONSOLIDATED.xlsx

March 1, 2021 0 comment

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Pfizer bullies governments asking for sovereign assets as Collateral

by Medically Speaking Team February 25, 2021

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Bizarre demands in return of Vaccines

Amid the Covid crisis, when the world is in desperate need of the vaccine, US-based Pfizer becomes a bully and asks some governments to put up their sovereign assets like Military bases and embassy buildings as collateral for any future legal costs in return of the vaccine.

Government officials from Argentina and another Latin American country, which has signed a confidentiality agreement with Pfizer and so cannot be named, told the Bureau that Pfizer demanded additional indemnity against civil lawsuits citizens might file in relation to Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.

When the talks between the government of Argentina and the CEO of Argentina’s Pfizer began in 2020, the latter refused to pay the compensation for any negligence it makes in future and asked the government to pay instead. After certain negotiations between the two, Argentina agreed to buy an international insurance for potential future cases against Pfizer. However, the company did not stop and in December 2020, it made a demand to the government to put its bank reserves, military bases and embassy buildings as collateral along with a fraud insurance, but the country did not agree this time.

While in Brazil, Pfizer demanded that the government create a guarantee fund and deposit money in a foreign bank account. On January 23, 2021 – Brazil’s Health Ministry put out a statement citing excerpts from Pfizer’s pre-contract clauses.

Pfizer made the following demands:

Brazil waives the sovereignty of its assets abroad in the favour of Pfizer.
Rules of the land be not applied to Pfizer.
Brazil takes into consideration a delay in delivery.
Pfizer is not penalized for delayed delivery.
In case of any side effects, Pfizer be exempted from all civil liabilities.

Pfizer’s deal failed with Brazil also as the government called these clauses abusive.

Pfizer’s German partner – BioNTech was given $445 million by the government of Germany. The US paid Pfizer 2 billion dollars as early as July 2020 for pre-orders. Pfizer is looking at making 15 billion dollars from vaccine sales this year, and is in talks with 100 countries and organizations. On January 22, Pfizer signed an agreement with Covax and committed 40 million doses to poor countries this year.

An excerpt in a press release by the company said, “At Pfizer, we believe that every person deserves to be seen, heard and cared for. That’s why from the very beginning of our vaccine development program, Pfizer and BioNTech have been firmly committed to working toward equitable and affordable access of COVID-19 vaccines for people around the world.”

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