New Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family, answered questions from his speakers on social media about the fourth episode of Sunday Samvaad. The COVID vaccine proved to be a dominant issue in the minds of those who opted for It also patiently explained similar issues such as the use of plasma treatment in COVID, the eradication of tuberculosis until 2025 in soft coVID pandemic and the opening of schools in India.
On the issues of prioritizing vaccine distribution, Dr. Harsh Vardhan responded that the Department of Health is recently preparing a format in which states will submit lists of precedence population teams to obtain the vaccine, especially staff from Physical conditioning. committed to controlling COVID19. The frontline fitness staff roster will come with doctors, nurses, paramedics, fitness staff, ASHA officials, watchdog officers, and many other professional categories from the government and personal sector. interested in the investigation, detection and treatment of patients. This training is expected to be finished until the end of October and states are being strongly guided to also present the main points of bloodless chain services and other similar infrastructure that will be needed down to the block level. The Center is also executing capacity building plans in terms of human resources, training, supervision, etc. on a giant scale and it is estimated that they will obtain and use approximately between 400 and 500 million doses covering approximately between 20 and 25 million people until July 2021. He also reported that the government is also tracking immunity knowledge related to COVID-19 disease while finalizing those plans.
He said there is a high-level committee chaired by Shri VK Paul, a member of Niti Aayog (Health), who is preparing the whole process. The acquisition of vaccines is done centrally and each shipment will be tracked in real time. until delivery to make sure those who want it most are attracted. He added that these committees were being implemented to perceive the timing of availability of vaccines in the country, to off-download vaccine brand commitments to ensure that a maximum number of doses were available for inventory and control of the chain of origin in India, and also on the prioritization of high-risk groups, an ongoing table to be completed when vaccines are in a position to immediately deploy the immunization programme.
Dispeling the brazen misconceptions that seem to have caught the attention of rumors in Punjab’s pockets, Dr. Harsh Vardhan vigorously refuted accusations that the COVID-19 pandemic is a government conspiracy to allow the extraction of organs from healthy individuals. He said the government is not, tied to the fiscal considerations of financial agencies for the implementation of the COVID-19 emergency reaction in soft of the recent loan from the World Bank-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Asian Development Bank to the singing of 15 billion rupees. COVID-19.
The minister confided to the respondent that there would be no black diversion or marketing: “Vaccines will be distributed according to the default precedence and on a scheduled basis. To achieve some transparency and accountability, the main points of the whole procedure will be shared in the coming months. “He is under pressure to want to prioritize fitness staff and adults or those with underlying fitness issues.
Answering similar questions, he stated that it is not imaginable to comment on the superiority of one vaccine over the other, although he promises that “even if we have several vaccines available, they will all be safe and cause the required immune reaction. to new vaccines, coronavirus. ” He stated that all vaccines that have proved safe, immunogenic and effective in outdoor clinical trials in India will have to go through transition studies to obtain their protection and immunogenicity also in the Indian population, although these studies can be conducted with a much shorter pattern length and in the end ending quickly.
In addressing a one-off game box consultation for clinical trials, Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated that all proposed clinical trials in India are designed according to established principles and are rigorously reviewed through the Expert Panel on the topic established through india’s General Drug Controller. Recently, DCGI also developed rules on regulatory needs for the approval of COVID-19 vaccines in India. In a consultation related to the Phase 3 clinical trial of the Russian “Sputnik-V” vaccine in India, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said the factor is still under attention and that a resolution on Phase III trials has not yet been taken.
Stating that adverse post-vaccination occasions are common, Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated that adverse occasions after vaccination come with local reactions such as injection site pain, mild fever and redness, such as palpitations, syncope or fainting, and that these occasions are transient self-limiting and not the protective response. In a similar question, he detailed the moral considerations of human challenge experiments: “India does not plan to venture into such trials until the approach has shown that it has established merit based on global experience. India has physically powerful processes in a position to ensure that vaccines that are effectively complete clinical trials are safe and effective against the new coronavirus. “When carried out, studies on demanding human situations should be carried out with wonderful foresight, caution and supervision. The price of the data to be acquired will obviously justify the dangers to humans,” he added.
By sharing his perspectives on single-dose or double-dose vaccines, Dr. Harsh Vardhan admitted that for immediate control of the pandemic, it is desirable to have a single-dose vaccine, but it is difficult to achieve the desired degrees of immune coverage by using a single dose He added that two-dose vaccines are suitable for achieving the desired immunogenicity because the first dose provides some immune coverage and the immediate dose increases it even more so.
On the opening of schools, he referred to the MHA rules that stipulate that students can attend school only with the written consent of the parents and that attendance will be imposed on students. .
The minister indexed government movements to help the elderly; All government and non-governmental hospitals have received strict orders to treat and prioritize potentially affected seniors through the crown; Government call centres have been asked to pay serious attention to elderly court cases and provide them with appropriate recommendations immediately; The Department of Health has issued special rules for seniors detailing what to do and what not to do during the pandemic; All retirement homes have been told to take all measures to protect the elderly in Corona and to deploy a nodal officer; CGHS beneficiaries, over the age of 60, obtained loose medicines directly from their homes.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan detailed the measures taken to protect efforts in tuberculosis from the COVID pandemic; Advance directives have been issued through the Central Tuberculosis Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and have been discussed with states/districts to ensure continuity of TB services; Guidance was provided to TB diagnostic laboratories to continue operating during the pandemic; Arrangements have been made to extend the duration of medicines, home delivery and an additional precautionary measure for TB patients; New surveillance methods have been developed; TB containment services were used and institutional testing assistance was provided; Awareness-raising activities were directed for infection prevention and control activities. The Minister reiterated that despite the social determinants of tuberculosis such as poverty, malnutrition, poor housing conditions, network hygiene and poor health-seeking behaviour, tuberculosis will be eliminated by 2025.
Answering a question about the festival season, the minister quoted the Honourable Prime Minister and said that “Jaan hates Jahan hai. “”We can only enjoy festivals when we’re healthy,” he said. It’s up to state governments to make a decision on whether to allow pandals bidding next holiday season. Maharashtra has issued a notice for the Navratri festival under which there will be no guarantor and dandiya mahotsavs in the state. Gujarat also banned garba and dandiya mahotsav this year.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan used fatigue prevention medical jargon to describe non-compliance with proper behavior in COVID, rather than complacency. “People get tired when they have to take precautions constantly. Some also say they don’t take precautions for a variety of reasons. My message to all is that we must all take care of ourselves. “He suggested to all other people to attach the proper behavior of COVID during the festival season. He also asked to be guilty citizens. He also suggested that “each of you adapt to your own levels: staff, society, RWA, colony and office. “
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