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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In order to more closely monitor the prevalence and spread of Covid-19 in the country, the Ministry of Health has initiated a facility-based surveillance in all districts and a population-based “serological survey” more high. – and low-risk groups in selected districts. The surveillance will add to routine …

[ad_1] A vendor walks with a goods cart in the Baishazhou wet market in Wuhan | Representative image | Bloomberg Text size: A- A + Melbourne / New York / London: The best minds in virology are trying to unravel a mystery: how did a lethal coronavirus leap from the …

[ad_1] A new study has suggested that Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, may have originated from a recombination of the coronavirus in a bat and pangolin. The findings strengthen the theory that pangolins could be the intermediate host for Sars-CoV-2 transmission to humans. The document, published in the journal …

[ad_1] A total of six Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, a statement from the BSF indicated on Monday. Among the soldiers who have tested positive for the coronavirus disease, four are from Kolkata and one each from Tripura and Delhi. …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Scientists at the National Virology Institute (NIV) of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) in Pune have developed a COVID-19 antibody kit that can analyze 90 samples together in 2.5 hours. The technology has already been transferred to a healthcare company called Zydus for mass production …

[ad_1] Mumbai Maharashtra reported 1,230 new cases of covid-19 on Monday, bringing the state’s positive coronavirus case count to 23,401. Of these, Mumbai only reported 14,521 cases with 528 deaths. In the state, the number of deaths of patients with covid-19 has increased to 868. On Monday, 36 infected patients …

[ad_1] HYDERABAD: About 118 Indian nationals stranded in the United States due to the covid-19-led confinement landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad on Monday. This was the second flight carrying Indians who landed on the RGIA operated by the GMR Group, which is part of the repatriation …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Scientists at the National Virology Institute (NIV) of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) in Pune have developed a COVID-19 antibody kit that can analyze 90 samples together in 2.5 hours. The technology has already been transferred to a healthcare company called Zydus for mass production …

[ad_1] COVID-19 sees no religion or community, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, denying that any religion-based mapping of patients was done and termed any news in this regard as “baseless, incorrect and irresponsible”. The statement comes on a day when the country registered its highest spike in 24 …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count surpassed 70,000 on Monday, just two days after crossing the 60,000 milestone, as Maharashtra continued to report more than 1,000 new cases for the sixth day in a row as the pandemic spread alarmingly in Tamil Nadu, which totaled its highest number of cases …