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Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to dispel fears and misconceptions over the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in an interaction with health workers in Varanasi

According to experts, there is no need to panic because of the detection of coronavirus in ice cream samples in China because no evidence suggests transmission of the virus through food

According to Dr Suresh Jadhav, Executive Director, Serum Institute of India, the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ goes up if the gap between two doses is more than 28 days

Malleshwar Rao, a 27-year-old resident of Hyderabad, started a “Don’t Waste Food” initiative in 2011 under which he with the help of several volunteers distribute the leftovers from large events to the poor and needy

Here is a quick lowdown on West Bengal’s performance on vital health parameters like infant and child mortality rate, immunisation, malnutrition, the prevalence of anaemia as revealed by NFHS-5

According to the Government of India, Co-WIN has been made primarily to help track the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, monitor beneficiaries and enable citizens to register for the vaccination process

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the aim of the COVID-19 vaccine dry run which started on January 2, is to assess operational feasibility, to test the linkages between planning and implementation, and identify the challenges and guide the way forward prior to actual implementation

According to Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, a system to differentiate people with comorbidities is in the works to ensure those who are at a higher risk get vaccinated for COVID-19 first

According to experts, while the new strains of mutated coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom and South Africa are not more deadly, the increase in the rate of transmission makes it challenging to manage

The partial findings of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey has highlighted that nutrition in children below five years of age continues to be an area of concern across all the states and Union Territories

According to Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, the country will be able to get regulatory approval for one or mare vaccines by the early 2021 but the mammoth task at hand is to vaccinate the prioritized population which would be like holding elections in each state

As the rather unprecedented year comes to an end, here are some of the important lessons about health and sanitation that were learnt and must be taken along in 2021 and beyond

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in video that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will not be the last pandemic and addressing climate change is vital for improving human health

In a conversation with NDTV, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at WHO said that it is too early to draw conclusions about the new strain as experiments are still going on to better understand the new strain and will take a couple of weeks to get results