digital desk, Jakarta. In Indonesia, 2,925 new cases of corona were reported in the last 24 hours, due to which the number of infected in the country has increased to 4,286,378. This information was given by the Ministry of Health.
The ministry said that 14 people have died of corona in Indonesia in the last 24 hours till Sunday, raising the death toll to 144,220. During this 712 people have been cured, due to which the total number of people who have been cured has increased to 4,123,267.
According to the Xinhua news agency report, more than 18.113 million Indonesians have received the first dose of vaccines, while more than 1240.8 million people have received the second dose. Indonesia began large-scale corona vaccination in January 2021 after authorities approved the emergency use of China’s Sinovac vaccine. So far 20.82 crore people have been fully vaccinated in the country. The government has given more than 30,657 crore doses, including the third booster dose.
WASHINGTON: COVID-19 antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly should no longer be used because they don’t work against the omicron variant that now accounts for nearly all U.S. infections, U.S. health regulators said Monday.
The Food and Drug Administration said it was revoking emergency authorization for both drugs, which were purchased by the federal government and have been administered to millions of Americans with COVID-19. If the drugs prove effective against future variants, the FDA said it could reauthorize their use.
The regulatory move was expected because both drugmakers had said the infusion drugs are less able to target omicron due to its mutations. Still, the federal action could trigger pushback from some Republican governors who have continued promoting the drugs against the advice of health experts.
Omicrons resistance to the two leading monoclonal antibody medicines has upended the treatment playbook for COVID-19 in recent weeks.
Doctors have alternate therapies to battle early COVID-19 cases, including two new antiviral pills from Pfizer and Merck, but both are in short supply. An antibody drug from GlaxoSmithKline that remains effective also is in short supply.
The drugs are laboratory-made versions of virus-blocking antibodies. They are intended to head off severe disease and death by supplying concentrated doses of one or two antibodies early in an infection. Then-President Donald Trump received Regeneron’s antibody combination after he tested positive for the coronavirus in 2020.
The FDA noted in its decision that omicron accounts for more than 99% of U.S. infections, making it highly unlikely the antibodies would help people now seeking treatment. The agency said restricting their use would also eliminate unnecessary drug side effects, including allergic reactions.
The U.S. government temporarily stopped distributing the two drugs in late December, as omicron was racing across the country to become the dominant variant. But officials resumed distribution after complaints from Republican governors, including Floridas Ron DeSantis, who claimed that the drugs continued to help some omicron patients.
DeSantis has heavily promoted antibody drugs as a signature part of his administration’s COVID-19 response, setting up infusion sites and lauding them at news conferences, while opposing vaccine mandates and other public health measures. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has also launched state-sponsored infusion sites.
The drugs are not a substitute for vaccination and are generally reserved for people who are the most vulnerable, including seniors, transplant recipients and those with conditions like heart disease and diabetes.
Since early January, the U.S. government has shipped enough doses of the two antibodies to treat more than 300,000 patients.
Both Regeneron and Lilly previously announced they were developing new antibodies that target omicron.
The move comes days after regulators broadened the use of remdesivir the first drug approved for COVID-19 to treat more patients.
On Friday, the FDA expanded the antivirals approval to include adults and children with early COVID-19 who face a high risk of ending up in the hospital. Remdesivir previously had been limited to hospitalized patients.
An influential panel of federal experts had already recommended using the infused drug to try to head off hospitalization. The same guidelines from the National Institutes of Health panel recommend against continued use of Lilly and Regenerons antibody drugs due to their reduced effectiveness against omicron.
Still, many hospitals will face challenges in ramping up remdesivir treatments. The drug requires three consecutive IV infusions over three days, when used for nonhospitalized patients. That time-consuming process wont be an option for many over-capacity hospitals facing staff shortages.
The FDA made its decision based on a 560-patient study that showed a nearly 90% reduction in hospitalizations when remdesivir is given within seven days of symptoms. The study predates the omicron variant but, like other antivirals, remdesivir is expected to maintain its performance against the latest variant.
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Digital Desk, Dehradun. Due to the periodic snowfall since a fortnight, more than 14 feet of snow has accumulated in Kedarnath. At the same time, snow has accumulated up to five feet in Badrinath Dham and six feet in Hemkund Sahib. There is no communication in Kedarnath area due to the halt in communication. Some sadhus are living in Kedarnath these days. On the other hand, other high altitude areas including the second Kedar Maheshwar and the third Kedar Tungnath are also covered with snow. Light rain continued throughout the day in the low lying areas.
On Sunday, there was intermittent snowfall in Kedarnath from morning till late evening. During this, about a foot of new snow had accumulated. Due to the snowfall during the last fortnight, about 14 feet of snow has accumulated in Kedarnath. On the other hand, snow has accumulated up to four to five feet in the second Kedar Madmaheshwar and the third Kedar Tungnath. At the same time, a lot of snow has also fallen in the upper areas of Hariyali Kantha, Duli Kharak, Kalshila, Chirbatia and Gaurikund.
Due to snowfall, in more than 30 villages including Gondar, Toshi, Triyuginarayan, Chilaund, Chaumasi of Rudraprayag district, people’s agriculture, animal husbandry and other works have been affected. Here, along with the district headquarters Rudraprayag, there was light drizzle throughout the day in Tilwara, Agastyamuni, Guptkashi, Ukhimath, Mayali, Jakholi, Basukedar. There was less movement of people in the markets here. For the third consecutive day, the weather remained bad and snowfall in Chamoli district. Normal life has been affected due to snowfall in the villages of high altitude areas.
A lot of snow has accumulated in Badrinath Dham and Hemkund Sahib. Whereas Joshimath-Auli, Badrinath highway ahead of Hanuman Chatti and Gopeshwar-Chopta-Ukhimath highway have been closed due to snowfall. On Sunday too, there was intermittent snowfall in the higher areas and rain in the lower areas throughout the day. The rain and snowfall continued till late in the evening. It is freezing cold due to bad weather. Due to increasing cold, there was silence in the markets throughout the day. There has been a lot of snowfall in the Niti and Mana valleys including Gaurson Bugyal, Auli, Rudranath, Lal Mati.
At the same time, Joshimath-Auli, Badrinath highway ahead of Hanuman Chatti and Gopeshwar-Chopta-Ukhimath highway have been blocked due to snowfall. Snow fell in the villages of many high altitude areas of the district, but the snow melted by late evening. On the other hand, in Gopeshwar, Joshimath, Pipalkoti, Ghat, Pokhari areas, arrangements for bonfires have been made for the passers-by and cattle on behalf of the respective municipality and town panchayat. Here, the faces of tourists have blossomed due to heavy snowfall in Auli. Due to closure of Joshimath-Auli road, tourists are reaching Auli by ropeway. Salt is being sprinkled by the Public Works Department to open the Auli road.
WASHINGTON:Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy.
“Google falsely led consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company could access,” Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine’s office said in a statement.
Yet Google “continues to systematically surveil customers and profit from customer data,” the statement said, calling the practice “a clear violation of consumers’ privacy.”
Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said the “attorneys general are bringing a case based on inaccurate claims and outdated assertions about our settings. We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data. We will vigorously defend ourselves and set the record straight.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it.
Google has a “Location History” setting and informs users if they turn it off “the places you go are no longer stored,” Texas said.
Google “continues to track users’ location through other settings and methods that it fails to adequately disclose,” Texas said.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in 2020, Google made nearly $150 billion from advertising. “Location data is key to Google’s advertising business. Consequently, it has a financial incentive to dissuade users from withholding access to that data,” Ferguson’s office said in a statement Monday.
In May 2020, Arizona filed a similar lawsuit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-arizona-lawsuit/u-s-state-of-arizona-files-consumer-fraud-lawsuit-against-google-idUSKBN2333CP against Google over collection of user location data. That lawsuit is pending.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said “the stunning allegations in this bipartisan suit by four attorneys general show, yet again, that tech companies continue to mislead, deceive, and prioritize profits over protecting user privacy.”
He said “Congress must urgently meet this moment in the privacy crisis by passing a comprehensive law that provides the privacy protections that Americans need and deserve.”
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WHO European Director Hans Kluge has said that the Omicron form of Kovid-19 has shifted the epidemic to a new stage in the countries of Europe. “We anticipate that the pandemic may return once again at the end of the year before it is over,” he said.
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The havoc of corona infection continues in the world. While in Brussels people have taken to the streets against the restrictions imposed to protect against Corona and its new form Omicron. Three policemen and 12 protesters have been injured in the violent clash over this. Meanwhile, the US and France recorded some decline in infections with 22.27 lakh new cases in the world.
Worldwide, 4,831 people have also died due to corona in the last one day. Among the newly infected, France was at number two with three lakh new patients and America was at number three with 1.97 lakh new patients. In the US and France, this decline was recorded in the last one day due to new cases coming daily. However, America had the highest number of deaths (574) in a single day, while 115 people lost their lives in France.
So far 35.23 crore people have come under the grip of this epidemic while 56.15 have lost their lives. On the other hand, in Brussels, there were tremendous demonstrations against the sanctions and journalists were prevented from doing coverage. In the violent demonstrations here, the police arrested 70 people. Earlier, three policemen and 12 protesters were injured in the violent clash. He has been admitted to the hospital.
Epidemic may return to Europe by the end of the year: Kluge
WHO European Director Hans Kluge has said that the Omicron form of Kovid-19 has shifted the epidemic to a new stage in the countries of Europe. “We anticipate that the pandemic may return once again at the end of the year before it is over,” he said.
However, he said, it does not necessarily mean that the epidemic will return. Haines said, Omicron could infect 60 percent of people by March. Also expressed hope that at present the boom of Omicron is at its peak across Europe, which will stop in a few weeks or months due to global immunity. Vaccination will play a big role in this.
Lockdown removed from China’s Xi’an after a month, investigation of two million people in Beijing
The Chinese government has now lifted the lockdown that has been going on for nearly a month in Xi’an city due to the increasing outbreak of Kovid-19 ahead of the Winter Olympics. The population of the city is around 1.3 crore. Meanwhile, in a district of Beijing, about two million people were tested for Kovid-19.
The government has asked people in high-risk areas of Beijing not to leave the city after 25 cases of infection were reported in Fengtai and 14 other places. People of Fengtai were seen standing in queues on snow-covered footpaths to check in the bitter cold.
Germany: Leaders will put forward a new action plan on Omicron Chancellor Olaf Schulz and the governors of 16 of Germany’s provinces are going to present a plan of further action regarding the epidemic in the country. It is expected that PCR tests for people are increased in view of the increasing spread of Omicron. The country saw 840 new Omicron cases per 100,000 people last week. During the last 24 hours 63,393 new cases were registered in the country.
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The havoc of corona infection continues in the world. While in Brussels people have taken to the streets against the restrictions imposed to protect against Corona and its new form Omicron. Three policemen and 12 protesters have been injured in the violent clash over this. Meanwhile, the US and France recorded some decline in infections with 22.27 lakh new cases in the world.
Worldwide, 4,831 people have also died due to corona in the last one day. Among the newly infected, France was at number two with three lakh new patients and America was at number three with 1.97 lakh new patients. In the US and France, this decline was recorded in the last one day due to new cases coming daily. However, in America, the highest number of deaths (574) occurred in a single day, while in France 115 people lost their lives.
So far 35.23 crore people have come under the grip of this epidemic while 56.15 have lost their lives. On the other hand, in Brussels, there were tremendous demonstrations against the sanctions and journalists were prevented from doing coverage. In the violent demonstrations here, the police arrested 70 people. Earlier, three policemen and 12 protesters were injured in the violent clash. He has been admitted to the hospital.
Paris: People who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed in France’s restaurants, bars, tourist sites and sports venues unless they recently recovered from the virus.
The new law came into effect Monday (January 24) requiring a vaccine pass that is central to the government’s anti-virus strategy.
France is registering Europe’s highest-ever daily coronavirus infection numbers, and hospitals are continuing to fill up with virus patients, though the number of people in intensive care units has dropped in recent days.
The government has imposed few other restrictions amid the surge in the omicron variant, focusing instead on the vaccine pass, approved by France’s parliament and Constitutional Council last week.
Omicron is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous delta variant, according to studies. Omicron spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains, and has already become dominant in many countries. It also more easily infects those who have been vaccinated or had previously been infected by prior versions of the virus.
Critics question whether the pass will make much difference in a country where 94% of French adults have had at least one vaccine dose, and scattered groups held protests Saturday against the new law.
The government hopes that it protects the most vulnerable and reduces pressure on crowded ICUs, where most patients are unvaccinated.
Since last summer, France has required a health pass to go to any cafe, museum, movie theater or take a regional train or domestic flight. But until Monday, unvaccinated people could activate the pass by getting a recent negative test.
The new pass only works for people who are fully vaccinated, and those who recently recovered from the virus. France, meanwhile, opened up access to booster shots to 12- to 17-year-olds on Monday.
If you are looking for a way to improve your overall quality of life, then you may have heard about CBD. If you want to use CBD, you need to make sure you purchase your products from a reputable distributor, such as Veritas Farms. Then, when you try CBD, there are several significant benefits you might experience. Lots of people have used CBD for a wide variety of health issues, and this could be something that benefits you as well. What are some of the benefits of CBD? Take a look at the list below, and remember to use quality products from a distributor with a strong reputation.
CBD Can Help You Improve Your Stress Management
One of the biggest benefits of CBD is that it can help you improve your stress management. Today, people are under more stress than they ever have been in the past. Therefore, you may have a difficult time balancing all of your personal and professional obligations even though there are a lot of ways for you to healthily manage your stress. CBD can help you do that. There are certain types of CBD products that have been specifically designed to help you relax. Then, as your stress fades into the background, you should be able to think with more clarity. That way, you will have an easier time figuring out how you will balance everything you have to do on a daily basis.
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Furthermore, CBD can help you with mental health issues. There are countless people who suffer from mental health issues on a daily basis. Some of the most common examples of mental health issues include depression and anxiety. If you believe that you suffer from mental health issues, it is important for you to talk to a trained mental health professional. There are a lot of treatment options that could be incorporated into your plan. Therapy and prescription medications could be included. On the other hand, CBD can also play a role in the treatment of mental health issues. A lot of people use CBD as a way to avoid unwanted complications and side effects. You should talk to a mental health professional about CBD products and options.
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CBD Can Help You With Chronic Pain
Finally, CBD can also help you with chronic pain. Chronic pain is one of the biggest issues facing the healthcare system today. If you suffer from chronic pain, you may think that prescription medications are necessary. Before you start taking prescription medications on a daily basis, you should talk with your doctor about alternative treatment strategies, including CBD. Even though prescription medications can be helpful, they can be addictive. This is something that you would rather avoid. CBD could play a role in a comprehensive treatment plan related to chronic pain. Talk to a professional about CBD.
Get the Most out of CBD
These are just a few of the many benefits you may experience if you decide to try CBD. CBD has been used by people all over the world for many years. Now, because the stigma is starting to fade, it is becoming more readily available. If you want to try CBD, you should talk to your doctor to make sure this is safe for you. Then, make sure you purchase CBD from a reputable manufacturer. That way, you can maximize your benefits and put yourself in the best position possible to improve your overall quality of life.
The Riemann hypothesis is the most notorious unsolved problem in all of mathematics. Ever since it was first proposed by Bernhard Riemann in 1859, the conjecture has maintained the status of the “Holy Grail” of mathematics. In fact, the person who solves it will win a $1 million prize from the Clay Institute of Mathematics. So, what is the Riemann hypothesis? Why is it so important? What can it tell us about the chaotic universe of prime numbers? And why is its proof so elusive? Alex Kontorovich, professor of mathematics at Rutgers University, breaks it all down in this comprehensive explainer.
