greatgameindia--2020-03-23--France Launch Innovative Online Coronavirus Assessment Test

Worried you got COVID-19 ?
Now you can take this innovative Online Coronavirus Assessment Test launched by the French Government .
France has launched an online test aimed at helping people who are worried they may have contracted the coronavirus to assess their symptoms , and guide them as to what steps to take next .
The test is approved by the French health ministry and went live on Wednesday .
It contains 24 questions related to the most common symptoms experienced by people who have developed the COVID-19 illness after being infected with the coronavirus .
Questions range from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past few days ?
” and “ what is your temperature ?
” , to “ have you experienced abnormal fatigue ?
” or “ experienced any respiratory problems ?
” At the end of the test , which is based on an algorithm tracking the latest scientific discoveries related to the coronavirus and its contraction , users are also asked to answer questions about their weight , height , age , and additional information concerning their general state of health .
They are then advised on whether they should contact a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emergency services , or whether they appear unlikely to have contracted the virus .
“ The test is not a diagnosis , but rather a health assessment so that people know where to turn , ” Dr. Fabrice Denis , a member of the newly established Digital Alliance Against COVID-19 , which developed the test , told AFP .
In France , like in many other countries , a shortage of physical coronavirus tests means lab tests are conducted only for cases considered serious or if the patient is elderly or part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people with asthma , diabetes , cancer or other ailments .
The online test serves to reassure people who might be worried about cold or flu symptoms , but it was developed , mainly , to help offset the massive pressure that the coronavirus has put on the French health services .
It helps “ reduce the number of unnecessary phone calls to the emergency medical services , which are already saturated , ” Denis said .
On Saturday , more than 2 million people visited the website , of which about 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some 12 percent of the test-takers were urged to contact the emergency services .
Denis said that the statistics in themselves confirmed the usefulness of the test and the benefit of making it available to the general public .
The test is anonymous , with users only required to submit their postal codes , and the data is sent to the Pasteur Institute in Paris for further analysis .
“ It allows us to follow the number of patients , department by department , who have declared a cough and fever and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allows us to see whether the numbers decrease over time , ” Denis said .
The Digital Alliance Against COVID-19 consists of around 15 private sector players , including the start-up Kelindi , which coordinates the project , as well as the digital arm of the French postal service Groupe La Poste and insurer Allianz France .
Take the test at Maladiecoronavirus .
Louise NORDSTROM for France24 .
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Worried you got COVID-19? Now you can take this innovative Online Coronavirus Assessment Test launched by the French Government.
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France has launched an online test aimed at helping people who are worried they may have contracted the coronavirus to assess their symptoms, and guide them as to what steps to take next.
The test is approved by the French health ministry and went live on Wednesday. It contains 24 questions related to the most common symptoms experienced by people who have developed the COVID-19 illness after being infected with the coronavirus.
Questions range from “have you had a fever in the past few days?” and “what is your temperature?”, to “have you experienced abnormal fatigue?” or “experienced any respiratory problems?”
At the end of the test, which is based on an algorithm tracking the latest scientific discoveries related to the coronavirus and its contraction, users are also asked to answer questions about their weight, height, age, and additional information concerning their general state of health.
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They are then advised on whether they should contact a doctor for further consultation, call the emergency services, or whether they appear unlikely to have contracted the virus.
“The test is not a diagnosis, but rather a health assessment so that people know where to turn,” Dr. Fabrice Denis, a member of the newly established Digital Alliance Against COVID-19, which developed the test, told AFP.
In France, like in many other countries, a shortage of physical coronavirus tests means lab tests are conducted only for cases considered serious or if the patient is elderly or part of a specific risk group, such as people with asthma, diabetes, cancer or other ailments.
The online test serves to reassure people who might be worried about cold or flu symptoms, but it was developed, mainly, to help offset the massive pressure that the coronavirus has put on the French health services. It helps “reduce the number of unnecessary phone calls to the emergency medical services, which are already saturated,” Denis said.
On Saturday, more than 2 million people visited the website, of which about 1 million filled out all 24 of questions. Some 12 percent of the test-takers were urged to contact the emergency services. Denis said that the statistics in themselves confirmed the usefulness of the test and the benefit of making it available to the general public.
The test is anonymous, with users only required to submit their postal codes, and the data is sent to the Pasteur Institute in Paris for further analysis.
“It allows us to follow the number of patients, department by department, who have declared a cough and fever and a shortness of breath. And it allows us to see whether the numbers decrease over time,” Denis said.
The Digital Alliance Against COVID-19 consists of around 15 private sector players, including the start-up Kelindi, which coordinates the project, as well as the digital arm of the French postal service Groupe La Poste and insurer Allianz France.
Take the test at Maladiecoronavirus.
Louise NORDSTROM for France24. For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage. Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided. Join us on WhatsApp for more intel and updates.
GreatGameIndia is a journal on Geopolitics and International Relations. Get to know the Geopolitical threats India is facing in our exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance. Past magazine issues can be accessed from the Archives section.
Read more on Chinese Biological and Chemical warfare activities against India in our exclusive History of Narco-Terrorism issue.


greatgameindia--2020-03-25--Official List Of Services Available During 21-Day Coronavirus Lockdown In India

Confusion about exemptions and the supply of essential items has left scores of people in the lurch as India went into a 21-day lockdown from Tuesday midnight to combat the spread of Covid-19 .
So here we have compiled an official list of services available during lockdown , as issued by the Home Ministry .
The list is categorized as : Fully open and permitted , Open , but with limited staffing and Closed .
On 24th March , 2020 , Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a complete lockdown for the entire nation over the following 21 days in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past month showed the government that immigration control and social distancing , practised vigorously in countries such as Singapore and Russia , are far more effective in curtailing the spread of the disease than trying to engage medical services and equipment in treating it .
The PM urged citizens to take the order extremely seriously and allocated ₹150 billion towards medical infrastructure and treatment services .
Home Minister Amit Shah stated that central and state governments must coordinate their efforts in order to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have compiled a list of services available during lockdown , as issued by the Home Ministry ( pdf ) .
• Retail : ration shops under PDS ( Public Distribution System ) , shops dealing with groceries , vegetables and fruits , milk , meat , fish and animal fodder • Manufacturing and production : manufacturing of essential commodities , production units which require continuous processing , after obtaining permission from State Government • Facilities : for quarantining , hotels and lodges to accommodate tourists For latest updates on the outbreak check @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided .
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Confusion about exemptions and the supply of essential items has left scores of people in the lurch as India went into a 21-day lockdown from Tuesday midnight to combat the spread of Covid-19. So here we have compiled an official list of services available during lockdown, as issued by the Home Ministry. The list is categorized as: Fully open and permitted, Open, but with limited staffing and Closed.
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On 24th March, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a complete lockdown for the entire nation over the following 21 days in order to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. The past month showed the government that immigration control and social distancing, practised vigorously in countries such as Singapore and Russia, are far more effective in curtailing the spread of the disease than trying to engage medical services and equipment in treating it.
The PM urged citizens to take the order extremely seriously and allocated ₹150 billion towards medical infrastructure and treatment services.
Home Minister Amit Shah stated that central and state governments must coordinate their efforts in order to ensure that there is no shortage of essential commodities and services during the lockdown.
Below, we have compiled a list of services available during lockdown, as issued by the Home Ministry (pdf).
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Fully open and permitted
Medical facilities: Hospitals, medicine manufacturing, distribution, chemicallabs, clinics, nursing homes,transportation for medical staff
Retail: ration shops under PDS (Public Distribution System), shops dealing with groceries, vegetables and fruits, milk, meat, fish and animal fodder
Distribution and delivery servicesof essential goods (food, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment)
Manufacturing and production: manufacturing of essential commodities, production units which require continuous processing, after obtaining permission from State Government
Facilities: for quarantining, hotels and lodges to accommodate tourists
Open, but with limited staffing
Defence: police, fire, emergency services, prison, private security
Municipality and civil services: Municipality offices, treasury, district administration, post office
Utilities: power, electricity, water, fuel & gas outlets, sanitation, national informatics centre, early warning agencies
Banking: banks, insurance offices, ATMs
Print and electronic media
Telecommunication, internet services
IT and related services
Capital markets: debt and stock market exchanges and service providers
Logistics: Cold storage and warehousing services, e-commerce for essential goods
Closed
Educational institutes & services
Industrial establishments
Places of worship
Hospitality services
Social, political, sports, entertainment functions and gatherings
Funerals (Maximum 20 attendees)
Transportation services including air, road and railways
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greatgameindia--2020-03-25--Does WHO Work For The Interest Of The Vaccine Industry

Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years .
They have become key tools of public health and scientists are charged with developing them as quickly as possible to combat the emergence of new diseases such as Zika , SARS , Ebola and Coronavirus .
But why are growing numbers of parents all over the world now questioning the wisdom of having their children vaccinated ?
Why have public-sector vaccine producers been sold off ?
And can we trust the multinational corporations that increasingly dominate vaccine development and production ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blume discloses that many of the most influential advisers , at both World Health Organisation ( WHO ) and national levels , are paid consultants to the vaccine industry raising a very serious question – that the WHO might be working for the vaccine industry ’ s interests and not the people .
In recent years , there have been more and more warnings that a pandemic as deadly as that of 1918 is imminent .
In 2009 HIN1 , the strain that really worries virologists , returned .
Though it was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the HIN1 virus involved in the 1976 ‘ epidemic ’ .
Analysis showed that it was a new strain of H1N1 , formed by an existing blend ( the proper term is ʻreassortment ’ ) of bird , swine and human flu viruses , further combined with a pig flu virus , thus leading to the term ‘ swine flu ’ .
The virus seems to have emerged in Veracruz , in Mexico , which is why it also acquired the name ‘ Mexican flu ’ .
The Mexican government closed down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facilities in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus , but it nevertheless spread around the world .
Unlike most strains of influenza , and to the surprise of epidemiologists , this virus was found disproportionately to infect younger adults rather than the elderly .
In June 2009 the WHO declared the outbreak to be a pandemic .
This decision was based not on advice from its permanent vaccine advisory committee ( known as the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts , or SAGE ) , but on the advice of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members were not made public at the time .
The announcement of a pandemic automatically triggered the conditional orders for vaccine that rich countries had already placed with vaccine manufacturers .
The governments of many European countries ordered two doses for every inhabitant , amounting to hundreds of millions of doses , costing hundreds of millions of euros .
Fortunately , or unfortunately , by the time the bulk of the vaccine orders had been delivered the number of cases was already tapering off .
In the summer of 2010 the WHO announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus had been far less deadly than experts had predicted .
Estimates of how many people died from this HINI epidemic vary widely ( from ten thousand to some hundreds of thousands ) and have been disputed .
What does seem clear is that most deaths occurred not in Europe but in Africa and Southeast Asia .
In the event , most of the vaccine was unused , as it had been bought by the world ’ s more affluent countries and had often arrived when the epidemic was past its high point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to push themselves to the front of the queue no longer had an interest in purchasing surplus vaccine .
Millions of doses , which would be of no value in combatting a future influenza epidemic ( and which some critics claimed had not been properly tested for safety ) had to be destroyed .
Fierce debate followed , with critics claiming that the WHO had exaggerated the danger , spreading fear and confusion ’ rather than ‘ immediate information ’ .
Committees of enquiry were appointed to investigate decision-making at the WHO and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and on whose advice , had the pandemic been declared ?
On what basis and on whose advice had national health authorities signed secret contracts with multinational vaccine manufacturers ?
When it finally became known that many of the most influential advisers , at both WHO and national levels , were paid consultants to the vaccine industry , many commentators were appalled .
Whose interests had they been serving ?
Wasn ’ t this a clear case of conflict of interests ?
Excerpt from Immunization : How Vaccines Became Controversial by Stuart Blume @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided .
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Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years. They have become key tools of public health and scientists are charged with developing them as quickly as possible to combat the emergence of new diseases such as Zika, SARS, Ebola and Coronavirus. But why are growing numbers of parents all over the world now questioning the wisdom of having their children vaccinated? Why have public-sector vaccine producers been sold off? And can we trust the multinational corporations that increasingly dominate vaccine development and production?
In this controversial book renowned author Stuart Blume discloses that many of the most influential advisers, at both World Health Organisation (WHO) and national levels, are paid consultants to the vaccine industry raising a very serious question – that the WHO might be working for the vaccine industry’s interests and not the people – the reason why 10 years ago WHO faked a pandemic.
In recent years, there have been more and more warnings that a pandemic as deadly as that of 1918 is imminent. In 2009 HIN1, the strain that really worries virologists, returned. Though it was an HINI virus, it was not identical to the HIN1 virus involved in the 1976 ‘epidemic’.
Analysis showed that it was a new strain of H1N1, formed by an existing blend (the proper term is ʻreassortment’) of bird, swine and human flu viruses, further combined with a pig flu virus, thus leading to the term ‘swine flu’.
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The virus seems to have emerged in Veracruz, in Mexico, which is why it also acquired the name ‘Mexican flu’. The Mexican government closed down most of the city’s public facilities in an attempt to halt the spread of the virus, but it nevertheless spread around the world. Unlike most strains of influenza, and to the surprise of epidemiologists, this virus was found disproportionately to infect younger adults rather than the elderly.
In June 2009 the WHO declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. This decision was based not on advice from its permanent vaccine advisory committee (known as the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, or SAGE), but on the advice of an emergency committee, the names of whose members were not made public at the time.
The announcement of a pandemic automatically triggered the conditional orders for vaccine that rich countries had already placed with vaccine manufacturers. The governments of many European countries ordered two doses for every inhabitant, amounting to hundreds of millions of doses, costing hundreds of millions of euros. Fortunately, or unfortunately, by the time the bulk of the vaccine orders had been delivered the number of cases was already tapering off.
In the summer of 2010 the WHO announced that the pandemic had ended. The virus had been far less deadly than experts had predicted. Estimates of how many people died from this HINI epidemic vary widely (from ten thousand to some hundreds of thousands) and have been disputed.
What does seem clear is that most deaths occurred not in Europe but in Africa and Southeast Asia. In the event, most of the vaccine was unused, as it had been bought by the world’s more affluent countries and had often arrived when the epidemic was past its high point. Countries that had not been able to push themselves to the front of the queue
no longer had an interest in purchasing surplus vaccine.
Millions of doses, which would be of no value in combatting a future influenza epidemic (and which some critics claimed had not been properly tested for safety) had to be destroyed.
Fierce debate followed, with critics claiming that the WHO had exaggerated the danger, spreading fear and confusion’ rather than ‘immediate information’. Committees of enquiry were appointed to investigate decision-making at the WHO and national levels.
On what basis, and on whose advice, had the pandemic been declared? On what basis and on whose advice had national health authorities signed secret contracts with multinational vaccine manufacturers?
When it finally became known that many of the most influential advisers, at both WHO and national levels, were paid consultants to the vaccine industry, many commentators were appalled. Whose interests had they been serving? Wasn’t this a clear case of conflict of interests?
Excerpt from Immunization: How Vaccines Became Controversial by Stuart Blume
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For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage.
GreatGameIndia is a journal on Geopolitics and International Relations. Get to know the Geopolitical threats India is facing in our exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance. Past magazine issues can be accessed from the Archives section.
Read more on Chinese Biological and Chemical warfare activities against India in our exclusive History of Narco-Terrorism issue.


greatgameindia--2020-03-25--How To Ensure India’s Food Security From Coronavirus Outbreak

Around 60 percent of India ’ s food supply and farmers incomes are dependent on the Kharif season and March to May is a critical time for preparing Kharif seeds .
Seed production is a complex process which needs to be completed before the seed is ready to be sent to the farmers ’ fields .
With a stressed Rabi season , it ’ s imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid , Kharif seeds to farmers .
Heres how to ensure India ’ s Food Security from Coronavirus outbreak during the 21-day nationwide lockdown .
A pandemic is upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than the world , needs to tread very cautiously if we want to save 1.3 billion Indians from this threat .
In the shadows of the coronavirus lies also another threat to India ’ s food security .
Deviating from public consensus , some renowned medical experts confirm that India is “ 100 percent in the third stage ” ( community transmission phase ) and it is only a matter of days before we get confirmed reports of COVID-19 cases from India ’ s food zones — villages .
Despite the commendable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to stop this contagion , the media has already reported a mass exodus from affected cities back to hinterland villages , now who can ascertain , how many of them are carrying the virus ?
How will this disease affect our food supply and seeds ?
Agriculture is the backbone of our survival and most of our agriculture today depends on quality seeds and the organised seed sector .
Our food production is also dependent on the availability of human resources or farm labour , farm inputs and free movement of agricultural produce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at this time .
These limitations bring a new dilemma , who will harvest , process , store and transport Rabi wheat and other crops throughout the nation ?
If we look at China reports indicate weakened food production and high food price inflation due to COVID-19 .
Plus there is also a shortage of farm inputs — fertilisers , seeds , etc .
which will decrease the food production later this year in China too .
Globally , the US and the European Union have shut their borders .
Even within the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out and are especially avoiding crowded places .
From Vietnam to the US , schools are closed and the streets are deserted .
In Italy , friends have to wait in queues extending up to 2 kilometres to get food .
World over the agrarian productivity may take spiral downward .
How long before India experiences the same ?
Farmers in the northern parts of the country were already reeling by untimely rain , and now they are hit by the coronavirus crisis .
Many are fearing that this may break their resilience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as harvest and post-harvest losses may increase .
Overall , if due to the shutdown farm inputs including seed processing are curtailed , we will go China way too .
The current environment already heralds decreased availability of farmhands , rising farm wages and increased cost of foods .
For the seed sector , minimum support price and seed pricing calculations may greatly deviate for this season and small and medium seeds companies along with seed retailers will face the brunt in the Zaid and Kharif season .
This is not all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how will India be ready to supply 250 lakh quintals of quality seed for the Kharif season to the farmers ?
ICAR ( Indian Council of Agricultural Research ) laboratories are shut , and private seed sector restricted , although seeds are included in the list of essential commodities , The Seed Control ( Order ) , 1983 also clarify the same .
Who will produce and distribute quantity seeds for the farmers and how can India meet her Rabi and Kharif targets without good seeds ?
Around 60 percent of India ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dependent on the Kharif season and March to May is a critical time for preparing Kharif seeds .
Seed production is a complex process which needs to be completed before the seed is ready to be sent to the farmers ’ fields .
Apart from seed production on the farmers ’ fields , the quality control and production supervisory teams are required to monitor the pollination , pre-harvest and harvest operations .
Similarly , the quality assurance teams need to conduct inspections , carry grow out test operations as well as laboratory testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be processed , packed and distributed across the country so that they reach through millions of retailors to the needy farmers who can take up timely sowing of their crop for ensuring continuity of food supplies to the Nation .
This is a process that needs adequate time and can in no way be done away with .
As per the European Food Safety Authority ( EFSA ) , Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung ( BfR ) , saying that “ there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a likely source or route of transmission of the virus .
Transmission via surfaces which have recently been contaminated with the virus is , nonetheless , possible through smear infections .
However , this is only likely to occur during a short period after contamination , due to the relatively low stability of coronaviruses in the environment.
” What this means is that there is no evidence yet and seeds may not be a gateway after all .
But fear grows faster than corona .
These are frightful times , where we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We need to make informed decisions , so COVID-19 doesn ’ t evolve to threaten our agriculture and food supply .
No governments should impose any restrictions on agrarian products , including seeds .
Seeds companies and exporters should take responsibility for the health and safety of workers involved in the shipments .
The staff and workers working in the seed companies may be permitted to move to the extent required for carrying out their job responsibilities .
The identity cards issued by the company employing them can be used for ascertaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to allow vehicles carrying seeds from farmers ’ fields to processing plants , from one processing plant to other processing plant or from a processing plant to the distribution points ( C & F agencies ) or from distribution points to the retailers may be permitted after due inspection based on the accompanying documents which clarify that they are nothing but seeds or the packing materials , leaflets , treating materials etc.
, required for packing seeds .
Since the seeds move across states , the intimation will have to be sent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of seeds is allowed from state to state without any hindrance .
Agro-input retailers may be permitted to sell seeds depending on the sowing season in respective regions/states .
For example , the jute sowing has already started in West Bengal .
The cotton sowing may start very soon in Punjab , Haryana etc .
In the end , we all have to come together as one nation to fight this virus .
Medical workers , government and essential workers including farmers and seed breeders have a critical role to play in virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that our food supplies don ’ t plummet and India doesn ’ t descend into a panic like the rest of the world .
Farmers have a very important role , which they can not enact if good quality seed along with other farm inputs is not made available to them in time .
The scarcity of any of these inputs , may lead to declining food production and eventually food inflation and if mismanaged even a famine later this year .
Indra Shekhar Singh is the Programme Director for Policy and Outreach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Get to know the Geopolitical threats India is facing in our exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance .
Past magazine issues can be accessed from the Archives section .
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Around 60 percent of India’s food supply and farmers incomes are dependent on the Kharif season and March to May is a critical time for preparing Kharif seeds. Seed production is a complex process which needs to be completed before the seed is ready to be sent to the farmers’ fields. With a stressed Rabi season, it’s imperative to ensure speedy delivery of Zaid, Kharif seeds to farmers. Heres how to ensure India’s Food Security from Coronavirus outbreak during the 21-day nationwide lockdown.
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A pandemic is upon us — COVID-19 — and India, more than the world, needs to tread very cautiously if we want to save 1.3 billion Indians from this threat. In the shadows of the coronavirus lies also another threat to India’s food security. Deviating from public consensus, some renowned medical experts confirm that India is “100 percent in the third stage”(community transmission phase) and it is only a matter of days before we get confirmed reports of COVID-19 cases from India’s food zones — villages.
Despite the commendable efforts by the Central and state governments to stop this contagion, the media has already reported a mass exodus from affected cities back to hinterland villages, now who can ascertain, how many of them are carrying the virus? How will this disease affect our food supply and seeds?
Agriculture is the backbone of our survival and most of our agriculture today depends on quality seeds and the organised seed sector. Our food production is also dependent on the availability of human resources or farm labour, farm inputs and free movement of agricultural produce – including seeds. All are restricted at this time.
These limitations bring a new dilemma, who will harvest, process, store and transport Rabi wheat and other crops throughout the nation? If we look at China reports indicate weakened food production and high food price inflation due to COVID-19. Plus there is also a shortage of farm inputs — fertilisers, seeds, etc. which will decrease the food production later this year in China too.
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Globally, the US and the European Union have shut their borders. Even within the countries, people are scared to venture out and are especially avoiding crowded places. From Vietnam to the US, schools are closed and the streets are deserted. In Italy, friends have to wait in queues extending up to 2 kilometres to get food. World over the agrarian productivity may take spiral downward. How long before India experiences the same?
Farmers in the northern parts of the country were already reeling by untimely rain, and now they are hit by the coronavirus crisis. Many are fearing that this may break their resilience altogether and affect the Rabi crop, as harvest and post-harvest losses may increase.
Overall, if due to the shutdown farm inputs including seed processing are curtailed, we will go China way too. The current environment already heralds decreased availability of farmhands, rising farm wages and increased cost of foods.
For the seed sector, minimum support price and seed pricing calculations may greatly deviate for this season and small and medium seeds companies along with seed retailers will face the brunt in the Zaid and Kharif season.
This is not all, a larger logistical nightmare still remains, how will India be ready to supply 250 lakh quintals of quality seed for the Kharif season to the farmers? ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) laboratories are shut, and private seed sector restricted, although seeds are included in the list of essential commodities, The Seed Control (Order), 1983 also clarify the same.
Who will produce and distribute quantity seeds for the farmers and how can India meet her Rabi and Kharif targets without good seeds?
Around 60 percent of India’s food supply and farmers incomes are dependent on the Kharif season and March to May is a critical time for preparing Kharif seeds. Seed production is a complex process which needs to be completed before the seed is ready to be sent to the farmers’ fields.
Apart from seed production on the farmers’ fields, the quality control and production supervisory teams are required to monitor the pollination, pre-harvest and harvest operations. Similarly, the quality assurance teams need to conduct inspections, carry grow out test operations as well as laboratory testing.
Finally, all the seeds need to be processed, packed and distributed across the country so that they reach through millions of retailors to the needy farmers who can take up timely sowing of their crop for ensuring continuity of food supplies to the Nation. This is a process that needs adequate time and can in no way be done away with.
Ensuring India’s Food Security
As per the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR), saying that “there is currently no evidence that food including seed is a likely source or route of transmission of the virus. Transmission via surfaces which have recently been contaminated with the virus is, nonetheless, possible through smear infections. However, this is only likely to occur during a short period after contamination, due to the relatively low stability of coronaviruses in the environment.”
What this means is that there is no evidence yet and seeds may not be a gateway after all. But fear grows faster than corona.
These are frightful times, where we need courage and truth as our lodestar. We need to make informed decisions, so COVID-19 doesn’t evolve to threaten our agriculture and food supply. No governments should impose any restrictions on agrarian products, including seeds. Seeds companies and exporters should take responsibility for the health and safety of workers involved in the shipments.
The staff and workers working in the seed companies may be permitted to move to the extent required for carrying out their job responsibilities. The identity cards issued by the company employing them can be used for ascertaining their identity.
Next measure can be to allow vehicles carrying seeds from farmers’ fields to processing plants, from one processing plant to other processing plant or from a processing plant to the distribution points (C&F agencies) or from distribution points to the retailers may be permitted after due inspection based on the accompanying documents which clarify that they are nothing but seeds or the packing materials, leaflets, treating materials etc., required for packing seeds.
Since the seeds move across states, the intimation will have to be sent to all the states so that the movement of seeds is allowed from state to state without any hindrance. Agro-input retailers may be permitted to sell seeds depending on the sowing season in respective regions/states. For example, the jute sowing has already started in West Bengal. The cotton sowing may start very soon in Punjab, Haryana etc.
In the end, we all have to come together as one nation to fight this virus. Medical workers, government and essential workers including farmers and seed breeders have a critical role to play in virus proofing India. We have to ensure that our food supplies don’t plummet and India doesn’t descend into a panic like the rest of the world.
Farmers have a very important role, which they cannot enact if good quality seed along with other farm inputs is not made available to them in time. The scarcity of any of these inputs, may lead to declining food production and eventually food inflation and if mismanaged even a famine later this year.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-16--Indian Mutated Strain Could Kill Coronavirus Vaccine Research

A coronavirus strain isolated in India carried a mutation that could render current international vaccine efforts useless , researchers in Australia and Taiwan warned .
Scientists have been targeting the same process that allowed the severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS ) to infect people but the mutation found throws them off course .
The scientists claim that the change had occurred in part of the spike protein that allows the novel coronavirus to bind with certain human cells .
The structure targets cells containing ACE2 , an enzyme found in the outer surface cells in the lungs , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the South China Morning Post first reported .
Researchers know a lot about the receptor and had been racing on antibodies to target it but the structural mutation might have put all the research into jeopardy .
Collaborators from Murdoch University in Australia along with research authors Wei-Lung of the National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan said the strain in India was the first report of a significant mutation of the series .
Their study , which hasn ’ t been peer-reviewed , was first on the preprint review site biorvix.org @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strain , taken from a patient in Kerala , was shown to the National Institute of Virology as far back as January , the full genome sequence was released two months later– a massive delay that has some researchers perplexed .
According to the SCMP , “ there is real concern growing that thousands of strains sampled and sequenced are just the tip of the iceberg — and great variety increases the risk that new strains will require new vaccines in the same way the flu virus does.
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A coronavirus strain isolated in India carried a mutation that could render current international vaccine efforts useless, researchers in Australia and Taiwan warned. Scientists have been targeting the same process that allowed the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) to infect people but the mutation found throws them off course.
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The scientists claim that the change had occurred in part of the spike protein that allows the novel coronavirus to bind with certain human cells. The structure targets cells containing ACE2, an enzyme found in the outer surface cells in the lungs, which allowed the SARS virus to infect people, the South China Morning Post first reported.
Researchers know a lot about the receptor and had been racing on antibodies to target it but the structural mutation might have put all the research into jeopardy.
Collaborators from Murdoch University in Australia along with research authors Wei-Lung of the National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan said the strain in India was the first report of a significant mutation of the series.
“The observation of this study raised the alarm that Sars-CoV-2 mutation that varied epitope (something that an antibody attaches itself to) profile could arise at any time. This means current vaccine development against Sars-CoV-2 is at great risk of becoming futile.”
Their study, which hasn’t been peer-reviewed, was first on the preprint review site biorvix.org over the weekend.
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While the India strain, taken from a patient in Kerala, was shown to the National Institute of Virology as far back as January, the full genome sequence was released two months later– a massive delay that has some researchers perplexed.
According to the SCMP, “there is real concern growing that thousands of strains sampled and sequenced are just the tip of the iceberg — and great variety increases the risk that new strains will require new vaccines in the same way the flu virus does.”
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greatgameindia--2020-04-17--STUDY: COVID-19 Infections Subside In 70 Days Irrespective Of Lockdown

Results of a shocking new Israeli study showed that COVID-19 infections subsided in 70 days irrespective of whether the country went into lockdown or remained open .
A prominent Israeli mathematician , analyst , former general and Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency claims simple statistical analysis demonstrates that the spread of COVID-19 peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes , and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it .
Prof Isaac Ben-Israel is the chairman of the National Council for Research and Development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Tel Aviv University who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries .
He plotted the rates of new coronavirus infections of the U.S. , U.K. , Sweden , Italy , Israel , Switzerland , France , Germany , and Spain .
The numbers told a shocking story : irrespective of whether the country quarantined like Israel , or went about business as usual like Sweden , coronavirus peaked and subsided in the exact same way .
His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week .
The Wuhan Virus follows its own pattern , he told Mako , an Israeli news agency .
It is a fixed pattern that is not dependent on freedom or quarantine .
“ There is a decline in the number of infections even [ in countries ] without closures , and it is similar to the countries with closures , ” he wrote in his paper .
“ Is the coronavirus expansion exponential ?
The answer by the numbers is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but fades quickly after about eight weeks , ” Professor Issac Ben Israel concluded .
The reason why coronavirus follows a fixed pattern is yet unknown .
“ I have no explanation , ” he told Mako , “ There are all kinds of speculation : maybe it ’ s climate-related , maybe the virus has its own life cycle.
” But what about Italy and their staggering 12 % mortality rate ?
“ The health system in Italy has its own problems .
It has nothing to do with coronavirus .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flu , ” Professor Issac told the Times of Israel .
Indeed , Italy ’ s exceptionally high coronavirus mortality rate is eerily reminiscent of their unusually high flu mortality rates .
Supportive of this theory , Germany , has low flu infection and mortality rates and similarly low coronavirus rates .
Professor Israel concludes in his analysis summary paper that the data from the past 50 days indicates that the closure policies of the quarantine countries can be replaced by more moderate social distancing policies .
The numbers simply do not support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ben Israel has mathematically shown that coronavirus lockdowns were a mistake .
Meanwhile , another study from California is investigating the possibility of California to have already developed herd-immunity to the Coronavirus .
If the case is proven , the study would be a breakthrough in breaking the worldwide lockdown .
As GreatGameIndia reported earlier there is huge pressure from the vaccine industry combined with the fear-mongering from media to extend the lockdown until they come up with their vaccines , inspite of more and more scientific evidence indicating against the effectiveness of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ show this is exactly what the World Health Organization ( WHO ) did a decade ago .
In 2009 , during the H1N1 outbreak the WHO not only faked a pandemic but also kept the identity of their advisers secret from people .
Eventually , when committees were setup and it was found that WHO was following orders from the vaccine lobby , the WHO officials were force to apologies for this crime against humanity .
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Results of a shocking new Israeli study showed that COVID-19 infections subsided in 70 days irrespective of whether the country went into lockdown or remained open. A prominent Israeli mathematician, analyst, former general and Chairman of the Israeli Space Agency claims simple statistical analysis demonstrates that the spread of COVID-19 peaks after about 40 days and declines to almost zero after 70 days — no matter where it strikes, and no matter what measures governments impose to try to thwart it.
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Prof Isaac Ben-Israel is the chairman of the National Council for Research and Development, head of the Security Studies program in Tel Aviv University who also serves on the research and development advisory board for Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
He plotted the rates of new coronavirus infections of the U.S., U.K., Sweden, Italy, Israel, Switzerland, France, Germany, and Spain. The numbers told a shocking story: irrespective of whether the country quarantined like Israel, or went about business as usual like Sweden, coronavirus peaked and subsided in the exact same way. His graphs show that all countries experienced seemingly identical coronavirus infection patterns, with the number of infected peaking in the sixth week and rapidly subsiding by the eighth week.
The Wuhan Virus follows its own pattern, he told Mako, an Israeli news agency. It is a fixed pattern that is not dependent on freedom or quarantine. “There is a decline in the number of infections even [in countries] without closures, and it is similar to the countries with closures,” he wrote in his paper.
“Is the coronavirus expansion exponential? The answer by the numbers is simple: no. Expansion begins exponentially but fades quickly after about eight weeks,” Professor Issac Ben Israel concluded. The reason why coronavirus follows a fixed pattern is yet unknown. “I have no explanation,” he told Mako, “There are all kinds of speculation: maybe it’s climate-related, maybe the virus has its own life cycle.”
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But what about Italy and their staggering 12% mortality rate? “The health system in Italy has its own problems. It has nothing to do with coronavirus. In 2017 it also collapsed because of the flu,” Professor Issac told the Times of Israel. Indeed, Italy’s exceptionally high coronavirus mortality rate is eerily reminiscent of their unusually high flu mortality rates. Supportive of this theory, Germany, has low flu infection and mortality rates and similarly low coronavirus rates.
Professor Israel concludes in his analysis summary paper that the data from the past 50 days indicates that the closure policies of the quarantine countries can be replaced by more moderate social distancing policies. The numbers simply do not support quarantine or economic closure.
On the reasonableness of Israel’s unprecedented quarantine and closure, he commented to the news agency, “I think it’s mass hysteria. I have no other way to describe it. 4,500 people die each year from the flu in Israel because of complications, so close the country because of that? No. I don’t see a reason to do it because of a lower-risk epidemic.”
Professor Issac Ben Israel has mathematically shown that coronavirus lockdowns were a mistake. Meanwhile, another study from California is investigating the possibility of California to have already developed herd-immunity to the Coronavirus. If the case is proven, the study would be a breakthrough in breaking the worldwide lockdown.
As GreatGameIndia reported earlier there is huge pressure from the vaccine industry combined with the fear-mongering from media to extend the lockdown until they come up with their vaccines, inspite of more and more scientific evidence indicating against the effectiveness of a nationwide-lockdown.
Infact, past experience show this is exactly what the World Health Organization (WHO) did a decade ago. In 2009, during the H1N1 outbreak the WHO not only faked a pandemic but also kept the identity of their advisers secret from people. Eventually, when committees were setup and it was found that WHO was following orders from the vaccine lobby, the WHO officials were force to apologies for this crime against humanity.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-17--Indian Airspace At Risk As ISRO’s GAGAN May Lose Safety Certification

The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only floored all domestic and international airline operations in India for the time being , but has also put in jeopardy the safety of flight operations upon resumption of services .
The validity of India ’ s GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation system ( GAGAN ) license is expiring on 21st April , 2020 for Indian airlines and the current outbreak of COVID-19 has put all license renewal processes on hold .
GAGAN is a satellite based augmentation system or SBAS developed jointly by the Airports Authority of India ( AAI ) , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Raytheon .
It was first piloted in 2012 by the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO ) and launched officially later in July , 2015 .
GAGAN aims to provide a navigation system to assist aircraft in accurate landing and applicable to safety-to-life civil operations .
It works by gathering , analysing and then relaying data from two geostationary satellites and 15 reference stations in the Indian FIR or flight information region .
GAGAN satellites can expand their coverage from Africa to Australia and the system has the capability to service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Its claimed benefits include improved efficiency , increased fuel savings , direct routing , improved safety and ease of search & rescue operation .
Without accurate GPS signalling provided by GAGAN system , it will be difficult for pilots to take off flights on rough terrain and bad weather conditions .
Why is GAGAN struggling for acceptance ?
India ’ s airlines and smaller aircraft operators are starved of cash and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation ( DGCA ) has struggled to discipline or incentivize them into adopting the GAGAN system .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the cost aspect , which has been the main reason for failure of its adoption .
Around the launch in 2015 , domestic airlines executives first expressed reservations with costs estimated at $ 160,000 per aircraft , requiring retrofitting and causing an increase in cockpit payload .
An AAI official even admitted its own failing in marketing GAGAN effectively , saying “ if you can ’ t sell it to your own airlines and prove that it is beneficial , what template will you propose to others ?
” In December 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launch , the DGCA communicated to the airlines that failure to implement the system would be met with “ consequences , ” which ultimately never materialized .
Even government-owned helicopter operator Pawan Hans had failed to warm to the idea in early 2016 .
In early January of 2019 , the DGCA had to push back its deadline for the mandatory adoption of GAGAN by all imported aircrafts from 1st January , 2019 to 30th June , 2020 , as global airlines ignored mandatory adoption .
Now , coronavirus has struck GAGAN , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 by approximately 75 days .
The DGCA has granted exemptions to airlines for now in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis .
• Indian airlines ’ GAGAN license will be extended until July 3 , 2020 • Foreign airlines ’ GAGAN license will be extended until September 30 , 2020 • Licenses and authorizations issued to aircraft maintenance personnel will be extended until July 3 , 2020 • Validity of continuation training requirements will be extended until July 3 , 2020 • Time required for completion of AME ( Aircraft Maintenance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course certified by the DGCA ) license will be extended by a period of six months In 2019 , the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) expressed its doubts on the business case for the GAGAN system and demanded voluntary adoption .
“ We understand the GAGAN implementation has been deferred to June 30 , 2020 , ” a representative for IATA told Avionics International .
“ We expect that individual airlines should have the freedom to assess whether to invest in SBAS based on their operational needs and if there is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The cost for adoption was estimated at Rs 12.5 million per aircraft in early 2017 .
It is a worry that such purely financial considerations , as significant as they may be in the short-term , can have material long-term repercussion for safety .
In any case , because of the current climate of extraordinary financial stresses for the global and domestic airline industries , it could very well be that the timelines for mandatory adoption of GAGAN in India will be further extended .
Global air safety improved in 2019 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 257 fatalities compared to 534 in 2018 , according to aviation consultancy To70 .
Last year was “ one of the safest years ever for commercial aviation , ” according to accident tracking website the Aviation Safety Network .
Air passenger safety had been under intense scrutiny in 2019 after two crashes in close succession of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft .
Statistically , however , the best year for global airlines was 2017 , with just 4.4 deaths per crash and 44 fatalities .
The year recorded the lowest number of fatal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Data from the Aviation Safety Network showed that over the last five years , air accident involving developing and emerging countries showed greater degree of fatality .
The U.S. , on the other hand , recorded very few fatalities , even as it recorded the highest number of accidents .
India ’ s absence on the graph is a testimony to the sound safety procedures put in place and practised over the years by the Indian civil air authorities , regulators and industry participants .
One does hope that this does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that new & advanced safety equipment and systems such as GAGAN are adopted across the industry .
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only floored all domestic and international airline operations in India for the time being, but has also put in jeopardy the safety of flight operations upon resumption of services. The validity of India’s GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation system (GAGAN) license is expiring on 21st April, 2020 for Indian airlines and the current outbreak of COVID-19 has put all license renewal processes on hold.
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What is GAGAN?
GAGAN is a satellite based augmentation system or SBAS developed jointly by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Raytheon. It was first piloted in 2012 by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and launched officially later in July, 2015.
GAGAN aims to provide a navigation system to assist aircraft in accurate landing and applicable to safety-to-life civil operations. It works by gathering, analysing and then relaying data from two geostationary satellites and 15 reference stations in the Indian FIR or flight information region. GAGAN satellites can expand their coverage from Africa to Australia and the system has the capability to service 45 reference stations covering neighbouring countries.
Its claimed benefits include improved efficiency, increased fuel savings, direct routing, improved safety and ease of search & rescue operation. Without accurate GPS signalling provided by GAGAN system, it will be difficult for pilots to take off flights on rough terrain and bad weather conditions.
Why is GAGAN struggling for acceptance?
India’s airlines and smaller aircraft operators are starved of cash and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has struggled to discipline or incentivize them into adopting the GAGAN system. Airlines made numerous presentations to the DGCA on the cost aspect, which has been the main reason for failure of its adoption.
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Around the launch in 2015, domestic airlines executives first expressed reservations with costs estimated at $160,000 per aircraft, requiring retrofitting and causing an increase in cockpit payload. An AAI official even admitted its own failing in marketing GAGAN effectively, saying “if you can’t sell it to your own airlines and prove that it is beneficial, what template will you propose to others?”
In December 2016, 18 months after its system wide launch, the DGCA communicated to the airlines that failure to implement the system would be met with “consequences,” which ultimately never materialized. Even government-owned helicopter operator Pawan Hans had failed to warm to the idea in early 2016.
In early January of 2019, the DGCA had to push back its deadline for the mandatory adoption of GAGAN by all imported aircrafts from 1st January, 2019 to 30th June, 2020, as global airlines ignored mandatory adoption.
Now, coronavirus has struck GAGAN, deferring the renewal deadlines from Apr 21, 2020 by approximately 75 days.
DGCA forced to announce exemptions and extensions
The DGCA has granted exemptions to airlines for now in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Indian airlines’ GAGAN license will be extended until July 3, 2020
Foreign airlines’ GAGAN license will be extended until September 30, 2020
Licenses and authorizations issued to aircraft maintenance personnel will be extended until July 3, 2020
Validity of continuation training requirements will be extended until July 3, 2020
Time required for completion of AME (Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, a 3-year long technical training course certified by the DGCA) license will be extended by a period of six months
Global airlines body questioning the business case for GAGAN license
In 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed its doubts on the business case for the GAGAN system and demanded voluntary adoption.
“We understand the GAGAN implementation has been deferred to June 30, 2020,” a representative for IATA told Avionics International. “We expect that individual airlines should have the freedom to assess whether to invest in SBAS based on their operational needs and if there is a business case to justify the investment.”
The cost for adoption was estimated at Rs 12.5 million per aircraft in early 2017. It is a worry that such purely financial considerations, as significant as they may be in the short-term, can have material long-term repercussion for safety.
In any case, because of the current climate of extraordinary financial stresses for the global and domestic airline industries, it could very well be that the timelines for mandatory adoption of GAGAN in India will be further extended.
Global air safety improved in 2019, but it could breed complacency
2019 saw 257 fatalities compared to 534 in 2018, according to aviation consultancy To70. Last year was “one of the safest years ever for commercial aviation,” according to accident tracking website the Aviation Safety Network. Air passenger safety had been under intense scrutiny in 2019 after two crashes in close succession of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft.
Statistically, however, the best year for global airlines was 2017, with just 4.4 deaths per crash and 44 fatalities. The year recorded the lowest number of fatal air accidents at 10 jointly with 2015.
Data from the Aviation Safety Network showed that over the last five years, air accident involving developing and emerging countries showed greater degree of fatality. The U.S., on the other hand, recorded very few fatalities, even as it recorded the highest number of accidents.
India’s absence on the graph is a testimony to the sound safety procedures put in place and practised over the years by the Indian civil air authorities, regulators and industry participants. One does hope that this does not breed any complacency, however, and that new & advanced safety equipment and systems such as GAGAN are adopted across the industry.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-18--Coronavirus & The Deep State – UNITAID, Gilead Sciences & WuXi AppTech

This investigation by GreatGameIndia uncovers the Deep State collaborations between American and Chinese biotechs at the forefront of Coronavirus vaccine development – marketed worldwide by an entity funded by Bill Gates and Clinton initiative called UNITAID .
WuXi AppTec ’ s partnership with Gilead Sciences in 2015 opens a window into the inner machinations of this global partnership and funding in the pharmaceutical industry amidst a worldwide pandemic .
Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec was formed out of the combination of Chinese WuXi PharmaTech and American AppTec Laboratory Services , which had centres in Minnesota , Pennsylvania and Georgia .
On the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine manufacturer with a dark history of allegations of bioterrorism , including having Pentagon to bomb a competitors factory under the false pretext of association with Al-Qaeda .
In 2015 , Gilead Sciences and WuXi AppTec announced a collaboration for a dedicated analytical and stability testing facility .
“ This strategic partnership further strengthens our close , broad-based collaboration with Gilead over many years , ” said Ge Li , PhD , Founder and Chairman of WuXi AppTec .
WuXi ’ s Lab Testing Division ( LTD ) would equip and operate an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gilead Sciences .
In 2012 , WuXi AppTec opened an Research and Development centre in Wuhan , the very epicentre of the coronavirus crisis .
Wuhan served as the strategic location to the firm ’ s network in central and western China .
According to the history of the Shanghai and Hong Kong listed firm , it has since invested in another four American companies involved in laboratory services and R & D .
Even as coronavirus mandated a lockdown in Wuhan and forced WuXi AppTec to shutdown its facility there , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network in other cities in China and resume operations smoothly in middle of March .
It is almost certain that WuXi AppTec ’ s work was supervised by Chinese intelligence services – not only because of the high sensitivity of working in secure locations for virology research and testing , but also because of the company ’ s tight connections to the United States .
In any case , Wuxi AppTec is highly dependent on the heavy regulations in the Chinese biologics market .
Under existing Chinese regulations , any new biologics must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or be redeveloped and re-manufactured within the borders of China .
If China would ever streamline , simplify or expedite its regulatory procedures , its clients ’ demand for its services could decrease substantially , thus damaging its financial and operational health .
Wuxi AppTec , in its global offering in December , 2018 , revealed that it had a RMB 480 million from the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank securitized by pledging shares of two its subsidiaries , which , however , is not state-owned ( SPDB ) .
WuXi AppTec and its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grants and subsidies from the Chinese government .
For instance , it received RMB 106 million in Chinese government grants and subsidies in 2017 ( p. 17 of 2018 annual report ) and in the first half of 2019 , it received an additional RMB 23.2 million in grants and subsidies .
Former U.S. Secretary of Defence , Donald Rumsfeld is the former Managing Director of Gilead Sciences .
Although Gilead is a vaccine manufacturer , Donald Rumsfeld ’ s profiteering with Gilead extends into the area of warfare as well .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with work on a molecule called Cidofovir , which was traditionally used in the treatment of smallpox .
In 1998 , Donald Rumsfeld convinced Bill Clinton to bomb a factory of Al-Shifa , a rival and competitor of Gilead in Sudan , under the pretext that the Company was manufacturing chemical weapons for Al-Qaeda .
The interesting part is , Gilead was part of the vaccine lobby at whose behest the WHO faked the H1N1 pandemic in 2009 , and kept it a secret from people until committees were setup which exposed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Gilead Sciences is much deeper than is alluded above .
Clinton initiative has helped fund a global pharma cartel pushing the drug developed by associated biotechs onto sovereign nations ( this will be discussed later in the report ) .
In January , 2020 , WuXi AppTec announced an accelerated development of multiple neutralizing antibodies for the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan .
It said that the antibodies under development , which are from certain global biotech companies , are “ potent in neutralizing COVID-19 in preliminary studies.
” Similarly , egged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global vaccine leader , ” WuXi AppTec ’ spun off company WuXi Biologics is exclusively manufacturing one of the company ’ s vaccine products in a joint venture with Shanghai Hile Biotechnology .
We assume the unnamed and unidentified global vaccine leader to be none other than Gilead Sciences .
It is highly likely that WuXi AppTec would have helped Gilead Sciences in the development of Remdesivir .
Given WuXi ’ s presence in Wuhan and its range of service offerings , from small molecule therapeutics and testing to medical device testing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an active part in the testing of Gilead ’ s Remdesivir .
Indeed , WuXi ’ s Lab Testing Division ( LTD ) , described as the “ complete package for clinical trials , ” was explicitly part of the 2015 partnership between Gilead Sciences and WuXi AppTec .
Gilead ’ s drug Remdesivir is being actively promoted by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) as a coronavirus remedy , despite experts having raised concerns over the alleged ineffectiveness of the drug .
Doctors Without Borders along with over 150 organisations and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gilead ’ s Remdesivir to be put under the Company ’ s exclusive control , ” news agency AFP reported .
Meanwhile , WuXi Biologics has partnered with Vir Biotechnology to develop and manufacture therapies to combat COVID-19 .
The collaboration will advance and produce human monoclonal antibodies ( mAbs ) , with WuXi conducting the cell-line research , process and formulation development and initial manufacture of Vir ’ s antibodies for clinical progress .
If the coronavirus treatment obtains regulatory approval in China , WuXi will commercialize the product in China and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the CEO of Vir , George Scangos earlier served as President of Bayer Biotechnology and was a Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University – which interestingly came up with the COVID-19 Tracker Dashboard .
Johns Hopkins University is already partnering with UNITAID for various projects .
We can see the germination of cartelization in the global pharmaceutical industry in the form of United nations backed group – UNITAID .
It works with the help of partners such as the Clinton Health Access Initiative and donors such as the Bill & Melinda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and to implement grants in the field.
” Such grants into medicine and healthcare sector by Bill Gates have wreaked havoc on nations which was most recently exposed on the world stage by none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , the nephew of former American President John F. Kennedy .
And India is their testing field .
Even the much sought after COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine was tested by East India Company on Indian soil .
Already WHO has initiated a COVID-19 Surveillance Project in India in partnership with the Ministry of Health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through full-scale surveillance will be used to make future Indian nation policies .
As of 2019 , UNITAID ’ s total grants stood at $ 1.3 billion .
Its practical mandate is to create a “ patent pool ” for pharmaceutical companies in order to produce generic drugs for distribution to low and middle income nations , thus sharing a large income stream from various patents with select few Companies and donors .
Gilead Sciences was at the time , seen as the progenitor of the patent pool concept c. 2010 .
UNITAID @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billionaire George Soros .
Although his latest quarterly investment declarations do not show a holding in WuXi AppTec nor in Gilead Sciences , George Soros ’ is known to have invested in both the companies in the not-so-distant past .
This is also coincidently , right around the time the patent pool concept at UNITAID would have come in to play , enabling billionaires and multinational cartels to cash in on an outbreak of any disease worldwide .
In the low and middle income countries , the huge numbers of population would necessitate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rich countries , patent protection would guarantee high prices and enormous monetization .
Meanwhile , this Deep State global pharma cartel is actively engaged in pushing the drug developed by associated biotechs onto sovereign nations .
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This investigation by GreatGameIndia uncovers the Deep State collaborations between American and Chinese biotechs at the forefront of Coronavirus vaccine development – marketed worldwide by an entity funded by Bill Gates and Clinton initiative called UNITAID. WuXi AppTec’s partnership with Gilead Sciences in 2015 opens a window into the inner machinations of this global partnership and funding in the pharmaceutical industry amidst a worldwide pandemic.
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WuXi AppTech & Gilead Sciences
Shanghai-based WuXi AppTec was formed out of the combination of Chinese WuXi PharmaTech and American AppTec Laboratory Services, which had centres in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Georgia. On the other hand, Gilead Sciences is a vaccine manufacturer with a dark history of allegations of bioterrorism, including having Pentagon to bomb a competitors factory under the false pretext of association with Al-Qaeda.
The interesting part is, Gilead was part of the vaccine lobby at whose behest the WHO faked the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and kept it a secret from people until committees were setup which exposed the entire racket. WHO finally had to apologize.https://t.co/rz0f6cNCcG — GreatGameIndia (@GreatGameIndia) April 11, 2020
In 2015, Gilead Sciences and WuXi AppTec announced a collaboration for a dedicated analytical and stability testing facility. “This strategic partnership further strengthens our close, broad-based collaboration with Gilead over many years,” said Ge Li, PhD, Founder and Chairman of WuXi AppTec. WuXi’s Lab Testing Division (LTD) would equip and operate an analytical testing facility with dedicated staff for Gilead Sciences.
R&D Centre in Wuhan
In 2012, WuXi AppTec opened an Research and Development centre in Wuhan, the very epicentre of the coronavirus crisis. Wuhan served as the strategic location to the firm’s network in central and western China. According to the history of the Shanghai and Hong Kong listed firm, it has since invested in another four American companies involved in laboratory services and R&D.
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Even as coronavirus mandated a lockdown in Wuhan and forced WuXi AppTec to shutdown its facility there, the company was able to operate within its network in other cities in China and resume operations smoothly in middle of March.
Ties to the Government
Wuxi AppTec’s ties to the Chinese Government
It is almost certain that WuXi AppTec’s work was supervised by Chinese intelligence services – not only because of the high sensitivity of working in secure locations for virology research and testing, but also because of the company’s tight connections to the United States.
In any case, Wuxi AppTec is highly dependent on the heavy regulations in the Chinese biologics market. Under existing Chinese regulations, any new biologics must either be registered as an imported drug or be redeveloped and re-manufactured within the borders of China. If China would ever streamline, simplify or expedite its regulatory procedures, its clients’ demand for its services could decrease substantially, thus damaging its financial and operational health.
Wuxi AppTec, in its global offering in December, 2018, revealed that it had a RMB 480 million from the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank securitized by pledging shares of two its subsidiaries, which, however, is not state-owned (SPDB).
WuXi AppTec and its subsidiaries are also in frequent receipts of grants and subsidies from the Chinese government. For instance, it received RMB 106 million in Chinese government grants and subsidies in 2017 (p. 17 of 2018 annual report) and in the first half of 2019, it received an additional RMB 23.2 million in grants and subsidies.
Gilead Sciences ties to the American Government
Former U.S. Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld is the former Managing Director of Gilead Sciences. Although Gilead is a vaccine manufacturer, Donald Rumsfeld’s profiteering with Gilead extends into the area of warfare as well. In 1997, he initiated research on bioterrorism with work on a molecule called Cidofovir, which was traditionally used in the treatment of smallpox. In 1998, Donald Rumsfeld convinced Bill Clinton to bomb a factory of Al-Shifa, a rival and competitor of Gilead in Sudan, under the pretext that the Company was manufacturing chemical weapons for Al-Qaeda.
The interesting part is, Gilead was part of the vaccine lobby at whose behest the WHO faked the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, and kept it a secret from people until committees were setup which exposed the entire racket.
Did you know 10 years ago WHO FAKED a PANDEMIC at the behest of the Vaccine Industry?https://t.co/kqyfX2vXiz — GreatGameIndia (@GreatGameIndia) March 28, 2020
The role of Clinton in Gilead Sciences is much deeper than is alluded above. Clinton initiative has helped fund a global pharma cartel pushing the drug developed by associated biotechs onto sovereign nations (this will be discussed later in the report).
Coronavirus Vaccine Development
In January, 2020, WuXi AppTec announced an accelerated development of multiple neutralizing antibodies for the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. It said that the antibodies under development, which are from certain global biotech companies, are “potent in neutralizing COVID-19 in preliminary studies.”
Similarly, egged on from investment by certain “unidentified global vaccine leader,” WuXi AppTec’ spun off company WuXi Biologics is exclusively manufacturing one of the company’s vaccine products in a joint venture with Shanghai Hile Biotechnology. We assume the unnamed and unidentified global vaccine leader to be none other than Gilead Sciences.
It is highly likely that WuXi AppTec would have helped Gilead Sciences in the development of Remdesivir. Given WuXi’s presence in Wuhan and its range of service offerings, from small molecule therapeutics and testing to medical device testing, it is highly probable that it played an active part in the testing of Gilead’s Remdesivir. Indeed, WuXi’s Lab Testing Division (LTD), described as the “complete package for clinical trials,” was explicitly part of the 2015 partnership between Gilead Sciences and WuXi AppTec.
Gilead’s Remdesivir
Gilead’s drug Remdesivir is being actively promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a coronavirus remedy, despite experts having raised concerns over the alleged ineffectiveness of the drug.
Doctors Without Borders along with over 150 organisations and individuals said it was “Unacceptable for Gilead’s Remdesivir to be put under the Company’s exclusive control,” news agency AFP reported.
WuXi Biologics & Vir Biotechnology
Meanwhile, WuXi Biologics has partnered with Vir Biotechnology to develop and manufacture therapies to combat COVID-19. The collaboration will advance and produce human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), with WuXi conducting the cell-line research, process and formulation development and initial manufacture of Vir’s antibodies for clinical progress. If the coronavirus treatment obtains regulatory approval in China, WuXi will commercialize the product in China and Vir in other markets globally.
Interestingly, the CEO of Vir, George Scangos earlier served as President of Bayer Biotechnology and was a Professor of Biology at Johns Hopkins University – which interestingly came up with the COVID-19 Tracker Dashboard. Johns Hopkins University is already partnering with UNITAID for various projects.
UNITAID – The Pharma Cartel
We can see the germination of cartelization in the global pharmaceutical industry in the form of United nations backed group – UNITAID. It works with the help of partners such as the Clinton Health Access Initiative and donors such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to “give technical assistance and to implement grants in the field.”
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Such grants into medicine and healthcare sector by Bill Gates have wreaked havoc on nations which was most recently exposed on the world stage by none other than Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former American President John F. Kennedy. And India is their testing field. Even the much sought after COVID-19 drug hydroxychloroquine was tested by East India Company on Indian soil. Already WHO has initiated a COVID-19 Surveillance Project in India in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The data gathered through full-scale surveillance will be used to make future Indian nation policies.
As of 2019, UNITAID’s total grants stood at $1.3 billion. Its practical mandate is to create a “patent pool” for pharmaceutical companies in order to produce generic drugs for distribution to low and middle income nations, thus sharing a large income stream from various patents with select few Companies and donors.
Gilead Sciences was at the time, seen as the progenitor of the patent pool concept c. 2010. UNITAID was enthusiastically promoted by none other than billionaire George Soros. Although his latest quarterly investment declarations do not show a holding in WuXi AppTec nor in Gilead Sciences, George Soros’ is known to have invested in both the companies in the not-so-distant past.
This is also coincidently, right around the time the patent pool concept at UNITAID would have come in to play, enabling billionaires and multinational cartels to cash in on an outbreak of any disease worldwide. In the low and middle income countries, the huge numbers of population would necessitate orders in large numbers, while in the rich countries, patent protection would guarantee high prices and enormous monetization. Meanwhile, this Deep State global pharma cartel is actively engaged in pushing the drug developed by associated biotechs onto sovereign nations.
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greatgameindia--2020-04-19--Nobel Prize Winner French Virologist Confirm COVID-19 HIV Study

In a major development Luc Montagnier , a Nobel Prize winning French virologist has confirmed the study conducted by Indian scientists concluding that COVID-19 was engineered with HIV ( AIDS ) like insertions .
Readers of GreatGameIndia would remember that after we published the results of the study , it attracted heavy criticism from social media experts to an extent that even the authors were forced to retract their paper .
The Nobel laureate ’ s confirmation has put all such amateur criticism to rest .
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, on April 16 , the professor explained that he does not believe that the COVID-19 came from a contamination in a market of wild animals of Wuhan .
“ It is a beautiful myth , it is not possible .
The virus came out of a Wuhan laboratory ” he said .
“ The Wuhan city laboratory has specialized in these coronaviruses since the early 2000s .
They have expertise in this area , ” he says .
The professor explains having analyzed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sequence with his mathematician colleague Jean-Claude Perrez .
“ We were not the first , since a group of Indian researchers tried to publish a study which shows that the complete genome of this coronavirus [ has ] sequences of another virus , which is HIV , the virus AIDS ” .
The Nobel laureate referred to the controversy surrounding the study as reported by GreatGameIndia and even corroborated our findings of the use of HIV vaccines for the treatment of COVID-19 : Dear @ GreatGameIndia It appears that one of your study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a Nobel prize winner , Luc Montagnier https : //t.co/82BMeFiAhq He discovered HIV was nominated for a Nobel prize in 2008/2009 .
He was inspired by an Indian group .
The researcher says that the Indian research group had to retract after its publication .
He asserts that “ scientific truth always ends up emerging ” .
According to him , the HIV sequence was inserted into the genome of the coronavirus in an attempt to make an HIV vaccine .
“ It is the work of a sorcerer ’ s apprentice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ studies have since arrived at similar conclusions .
Our reports published almost three months ago are now being substantiated by experts worldwide , even forcing the so called mainstream media to wake-up and take note of it – who earlier jumped to brand it as fake news , without any understanding of the nature of geopolitics involved .
The study undertaken by a group of Indian scientists had discovered that COVID-19 was engineered with HIV-AIDS like insertions .
The study concluded that it is unlikely for a virus to have acquired such unique @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time .
Meanwhile , many countries including China started using AIDS drug for Coronavirus treatment .
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In a major development Luc Montagnier, a Nobel Prize winning French virologist has confirmed the study conducted by Indian scientists concluding that COVID-19 was engineered with HIV (AIDS) like insertions. Readers of GreatGameIndia would remember that after we published the results of the study, it attracted heavy criticism from social media experts to an extent that even the authors were forced to retract their paper. The Nobel laureate’s confirmation has put all such amateur criticism to rest.
The French virologist Luc Montagnier was rewarded in 2008 with a Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the AIDS virus. In an interview with Why doctor?, on April 16, the professor explained that he does not believe that the COVID-19 came from a contamination in a market of wild animals of Wuhan. “It is a beautiful myth, it is not possible. The virus came out of a Wuhan laboratory” he said.
The French free-to-air news channel CNews reported Luc Montagnier saying:
“The Wuhan city laboratory has specialized in these coronaviruses since the early 2000s. They have expertise in this area,” he says. The professor explains having analyzed “in the smallest details” the sequence with his mathematician colleague Jean-Claude Perrez. “We were not the first, since a group of Indian researchers tried to publish a study which shows that the complete genome of this coronavirus [has] sequences of another virus, which is HIV, the virus AIDS”.
The Nobel laureate referred to the controversy surrounding the study as reported by GreatGameIndia and even corroborated our findings of the use of HIV vaccines for the treatment of COVID-19:
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Dear @GreatGameIndia
It appears that one of your study concerning HIV insertions inside coronavirus made it to a Nobel prize winner, Luc Montagnier https://t.co/82BMeFiAhq He discovered HIV was nominated for a Nobel prize in 2008/2009. He was inspired by an Indian group. — Aube Digitale (@AubeDigitale) April 17, 2020 The researcher says that the Indian research group had to retract after its publication. He asserts that “scientific truth always ends up emerging”. According to him, the HIV sequence was inserted into the genome of the coronavirus in an attempt to make an HIV vaccine. “It is the work of a sorcerer’s apprentice,” he comments.
Various related studies have since arrived at similar conclusions. Our reports published almost three months ago are now being substantiated by experts worldwide, even forcing the so called mainstream media to wake-up and take note of it – who earlier jumped to brand it as fake news, without any understanding of the nature of geopolitics involved.
This was claimed months ago by our local Satyanveshi (Truth Seeker) @GreatGameIndia. Unless, US confirms it, we don‘t blv anything. https://t.co/royVdYkXYm — Rohit Singh (@Goldskuul) April 17, 2020
The study undertaken by a group of Indian scientists had discovered that COVID-19 was engineered with HIV-AIDS like insertions. The study concluded that it is unlikely for a virus to have acquired such unique insertions naturally in a short duration of time. Meanwhile, many countries including China started using AIDS drug for Coronavirus treatment.
For latest updates on the outbreak check out our Coronavirus Coverage.
Send in your tips and submissions by filling out this form or write to us directly at the email provided. Join us on WhatsApp for more intel and updates.
GreatGameIndia is a journal on Geopolitics and International Relations. Get to know the Geopolitical threats India is facing in our exclusive book India in Cognitive Dissonance. Past magazine issues can be accessed from the Archives section.