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TO Chief Ngozi Okonjo- WIweala has urged the pro- "#$% ponents of the proposal for temporary waiver of certain provisions of TRIPS agree- ment for prevention and treat- $ ment of Covid-19 to submit the revised document “as soon as 3*4!*05 possible” so that text-based negotiations can begin. he reports of Covid-19 trig- 3*4!*05 New Delhi: The CoWIN sys- Welcoming the statement Tgered mucormycosis, also tem is introducing a new fea- of US Trade Representative known as black fungus, pour- wo days after he said the ture of four-digit security code Katherine Tai on the issue, the ing in from several States, have Tthird Covid wave was from May 8 to minimise data Director General of the World unnerved those infected with “inevitable”, Principal Scientific entry errors about vaccination Trade Organisation (WTO) coronavirus. Adviser to Prime Minister Dr status that would subsequent- has said she “warmly” wel- The black fungus is * +,( $ / K VijayRaghavan on Friday ly reduce inconvenience caused comes Tai’s willingness to believed to be devastating for & ( $ % !& sang an entirely different tune * +,( $ -! ( ' to citizens, the Union Health engage with proponents of a the health of infected patients when he said such scenario % " # ' ! Ministry said. temporary waiver of the TRIPS with co-morbidities. and Ahmedabad, causing con- (3 could be prevented with prop- agreement to help in combat- But the Government on cern among health authorities. er preventing measures. occur.” “there have been peaks and falls the virus runs out of ing the Covid-19 pandemic. Friday tried to allay fears say- “It is very uncommon to !4 “If we take strong mea- The current surge in infec- in different places in India opportunities if the number of In October 2020, India ing that there was no cause of happen among patients who sures, the third wave may not tions seems to be because of the and all over the world at dif- people it can potentially and South Africa submitted a worry “as the occurrence is do not have diabetes. There /'2+')%'))) happen in all the places or Indian “double mutant” coro- ferent times and it is useful to infect is lowered drastically, he proposal suggesting a waiver natural and the correlation are reports of this fungal ,-3'+&'3&%0 indeed anywhere at all. It navirus and the spread of the understand how and why the added. for all World Trade between the two is not new.” infection among Covid-19 depends much on how effec- UK variant, he had said, adding rises of infections take place, “This happens because Organization (WTO) mem- Niti Aayog (Health) mem- patients. But I want to reassure /'3+'.+2,-%'..)0 tively the guidance is imple- that vaccines will need to be why their strength varies, how people who have been infect- bers on the implementation of ber Dr VK Paul at a Press con- you that there is no major out- mented at the local level, in the updated to tackle the new they fall and what can happen ed are unlikely to be re-infect- certain provisions of the agree- ference said, “The infection break and we are monitoring 2')&'.+'32+ States, in districts and in the strains that are spreading the subsequently.” ed for a while. Also, people who ment in relation to the pre- affects only those who have a the cases at our level,” Dr Paul ,-3'2.')./0 cities everywhere,” Dr K contagion faster. Very simply put, he are vaccinated are protected vention, containment or treat- high blood sugar level, said, adding it is absolutely VijayRaghavan said amid At a press conference here, explained, infections rise when while people who wear masks ment of Covid-19. notwithstanding the presence preventable if one’s diabetes is 3)'2+'++* debate whether the nation- the top scientist explained that the virus has opportunities to are distant and are isolated The proposed relaxations of Covid-19 infection.” under control. wide lockdown should be the measures that need to be infect humans. Infections fall as from those who are infectious.” in the norms of the agreement The black fungus is “There are three factors (%&'&(')*+,-*%'.//0 implemented to stem the implemented were about pre- are aimed at ensuring quick caused by a group of molds triggering this fungal infec- Covid-19. cautions, surveillance, con- and affordable access to vac- called mucormycetes. These tion: uncontrolled diabetes, P 2+'3+'++*,-%+')+20 Two days Dr K tainment and about treatment, ' ( cines and medicines for devel- molds live throughout the immunosuppression because VijayRaghavan had said, and testing. oping countries. environment. As the number of steroids or any other disease 2+'/%'+*),-3+'%(.0 “Phase 3 (third wave) is “The insidious asympto- New Delhi: The Delhi cination camps will be organ- The agreement on Trade- of Covid infections have and exposure to a wet surface. inevitable, given the high lev- matic transmission can be Government will organise a ised at the offices of the media Related Aspects of Intellectual increased, the cases of associ- The presence of Covid-19, " 2%'*3')(&,-/)')(30 els at which this virus is circu- stopped. This sounds difficult, mass Covid-19 vaccination houses and the cost will be Property Rights or TRIPS came ated black fungus have start- breathing difficulty is not nec- lating. But it is not clear at what but we can and must do this,” drive for mediapersons, an borne by the Government, into effect in January 1995. ed trickling from various hos- essary for this infection, we 2/'&/'+(),-2&'+3/0 time scale this Phase 3 will he said while pointing out that official said on Friday. The vac- he said. pitals in Delhi, Surat, Pune must remember,” Paul added. + !, !" # $ * - #. %& ' L M L ML !"M 3*4!*05 '"/ ( ( & $ 3*4!*05 ormer Congress president % ' FRahul Gandhi on Friday ' attacked the Union ( )! he Supreme Court on Government over the Central TFriday told the Centre to Vista project, terming it a maintain daily supply of 700 ()) “criminal wastage” and asked 3*4!*05 MT of oxygen to Delhi and the dispensation to focus on rejected Centre’s appeal against ( ) * * people’s lives. ousing and Urban Karnataka High Court’s order + , “Central Vista is criminal wastage. Put peo- HAffairs Minister to supply 1,200 MT daily. -./ ple’s lives at the centre, not your blind arrogance Hardeep Singh Puri on The Bench comprising ! to get a new house,” Rahul said. Friday came down heavily Justices DY Chandrachud and 3*4!*05 Over the last year, Rahul and the Congress on the Congress for playing MR Shah was alerted by Delhi ) 0$ have been asking the Government to shelve its “cheap politics” over the Government Counsel Rahul ' fter busting a gang plans on the Central Vista project and give pri- Central Vista project and termed it as the party’s Mehra that they received only + .2) Ainvolved in black market- ority to improving medical infrastructure as the tactic to distract people from “monumental gov- 86 MT of oxygen till 9 am on $ ' ing of oxygen concentrators, country reels under the devastating impact of ernance failures” in their States. Friday and that 16 MT wa in the Delhi Police are now on the the pandemic. “The Congress’s discourse on Central Vista transit. lookout for Navneet Kalra, Rahul, who early in the day is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista “We want 700 MT oxygen who owns Khan Chacha wrote an open letter to Prime is about 20,000 crore, over to be supplied to Delhi on daily Restaurant and Town Hall Minister Narendra Modi over a % $" / several years. GoI has allocat- basis and we mean business. It restaurant, both situated in the range of issues pertaining to ed nearly twice that amount for has to be supplied and we Khan Market area, where over corona pandemic, took to , vaccination! India’s healthcare don’t want to be coercive. Our 100 oxygen concentrators were Twitter once again to express budget for just this year was order will take time to be recovered by police during the his and party’s dismay over the , .2+ over 3 lakh crore. We know uploaded by 3 pm. But you pro- raids on Friday morning. Centre’s adamancy over declar- our priorities,” Puri tweeted. ceed and arrange the oxygen... Sources said Kalra is the ! ( ) $ ing the 13,500 crore project New Delhi: The Supreme The accusation comes Don’t make us go firm,” Justice mastermind of the gang. Police ' % !& into essential services category Court on Friday told petition- hours after Congress leader DY Chandrachud said. said Kalra’s mobile is switched amid the pandemic. ers to go back to the Delhi High Rahul Gandhi criticised the “You have to supply 700 off and he is absconding. Kalra, who is a friend with in Delhi, Haryana and UP. The grand old party criti- Court if they want a speedy Narendra Modi Government MT of oxygen every day till we According to the police, 96 the entire Indian cricket team The recovery of over 100 cised the Government for hearing on the PIL seeking a for executing the project, further order,” said Justice Shah. oxygen concentrators were and often questioned for his oxygen concentrators came according the construction stay on the construction of the terming it a “criminal wastage”, The Bench also refused to recovered from Khan Chacha alleged links with bookies, has after the arrest of four men work of the Central Vista pro- Central Vista amid the while asking the interfere with the Karnataka Restaurant and nine were gone underground.