Over 15 crore active workers are presently enrolled in the rural job guarantee scheme. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Central government has constituted a committee to review the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme, especially to assess the programme’s efficacy as a poverty alleviation tool. The committee, … Read more
Nov. 30, 2021 — The Moderna CEO says existing COVID-19 vaccines will likely be less effective against the new Omicron variant. “There is no world, I think, where [the effectiveness] is the same level … we had with Delta,” Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times. “I think it’s going to be a material drop,” he … Read more
Trials with 20,000 volunteers show the vaccine gives a high level of protection against Covid-19. Source link
Paul Offit, MD, vaccine expert, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Gigi Gronvall, MD, immunologist and infectious disease specialist, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The New York Times: “F.D.A. Advisory Panel Gives Green Light to Pfizer Vaccine,” “Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine and Allergies: How Concerned Should You Be?” “Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine: 11 Things You Need to … Read more