The incident happened in Vani village of the district late on Friday after which the trio was admitted with complaints of burns in the mouth, stomach, vomiting, giddiness and later succumbed in a hospital.
The children were admitted to the hospital after they were administered sanitiser drops instead of polio vaccine. The official stated that three officials including a health worker, doctor, and ASHA worker were suspended in connection with the incident today.
In a shocking lapse, at least 12 kids were administered hand sanitizer instead of the oral polio vaccine drops at a Primary Health Centre in Ghatanji's Kapsi-Kopari village in the district, officials said here on Monday.
In a bid to help underprivileged people combating COVID-19 virus, Jammu - Kashmir Police distributed COVID-19 kits in Baramulla district on December 28.
As PM Modi continues to remain peoples' favourite, 5 youngsters — studying in an engineering college in Bengaluru and are inspired by PM Modi — have invented world's first liquid free electronic sanitiser that can eliminate any virus or bacteria present in palms within 5 seconds.
Cleaning or disinfecting areas we live in or work is extremely essential in the time of coronavirus. Disinfecting, which is an advance form of sanitizing is important to reduce the potential risk of COVID-19 contamination to your loved ones. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), we need to prioritise areas for disinfection and know how to disinfect
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Tuesday said that soon notification will be issued by the State government for capping the prices of masks and sanitizers. While addressing a press conference, Tope said, "We have reduced the cost of testing from Rs 2,200 to Rs 1,900. Initially, it was Rs 4,000."
A 23-year-old student, K. Goutam Kumar, has developed a UV-E SAFE kit that helps in sanitising money, documents, files, and other belongings within a minute.
The Supreme Court Tuesday directed that all eligible old age persons should be regularly paid pension and states should provide them necessary medicines, masks, sanitizers, and other essential goods in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday announced that they have identified at least 235 people who have addicted to drinking sanitisers due to the non-availability of alcohol. According to reports, as many as 16 people died in the state after consuming sanitisers in lieu of alcohol.
As the liquor shops in town and surrounding villages were closed for the last 10 days due to lockdown, the habitual drinkers had started consuming sanitizer used for hand hygiene.
In a spine-chilling incident reported from Chandigarh, a man allegedly burnt his 22-year-old girlfriend using a sanitiser after she refused to lend him Rs 2,000. The incident took place on the intervening night of July 6 and 7. The girl from Shillong was admitted to a local hospital with 20 per cent burns.
Amid a raging controversy over the use of alcohol-based sanitizers at religious places, the well-known Islamic seminary Darul Uloom, Deoband has issued a fatwa saying alcohol-based sanitizers can be used to clean the mosque premises.
ITI Berhampur has come up with a cost-effective foot-operated hand sanitiser machine which starts at a basic price of Rs 499. The product shows a new era of design where they can beat the Chinese competition.
Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Berhampur has designed a Sanitizer operating on UVC light from used microwaves/ovens. UV sanitizers are widely used in South Korea, China and the US. To make the chamber safer and to prevent any radiation from exiting the chamber, an 'unserviceable' microwaves and ovens are used, ITI Berhampur, said in a statement.
The government on Wednesday said only alcohol-based sanitisers, which are effective against the new coronavirus, are prohibited from exports. However, the industry can now export non-alcohol based sanitisers.
The government has banned the export of alcohol-based sanitizers amid the coronavirus crisis, an official release read today. The order was issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The research team headed by Professor Stephanie Pfander from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum exposed Sars-Cov-2 viruses for 30 seconds to the WHO-recommended disinfectant formulations.
At least two people have died and 1 another is injured after a blast occurred at a sanitizer making factory in Mumbai. The blast took place in one of the units involved in making hand sanitizers and hand washes.
A Health Department official in Andhra Pradesh on Friday took ill after consuming a sanitiser, mistaking it for drinking water.
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