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[ad_1] The Rajasthan government is identifying people over the age of 60 in the Covid-19 containment zones and will monitor their medical history for specific care and attention and to save their lives, authorities said. In Rajasthan, most deaths from coronavirus disease in the containment areas have been in this …

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD: A senior government official in Gujarat on Sunday said experts have pointed out that the prevalence of L-strain of Covid-19 virus – which was seen in cases in Wuhan – could be the reason behind higher mortality rate in the state compared to other states. Jayanti Ravi, principal …

[ad_1] Countries around the world are rushing to launch contact tracking apps to identify who an infected person has had contact with, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus. The UK government has announced that the infrastructure is being installed so that contact tracking can be …

[ad_1] With global cases of coronavirus disease approaching three million and more than 200,000 lives claimed, rapid monitoring of a vaccine is a priority for laboratories worldwide. While nothing is guaranteed, experts hope that a vaccine for COVID-19 can be developed. The process involves several phases and can often require …

[ad_1] Smruti Thakkar became the first person in Gujarat to donate his blood plasma, after Covid-19’s recovery. After initial skepticism, she donated the plasma after her parents supported her. “All I want to say to all Covid-19 survivors is that it is a very simple process, like donating blood and …

[ad_1] The UK is seeing a downward trend in the number of people in the hospital with coronavirus, but it is “too early” to say whether the country is winning the fight, says a health chief. Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, said the most marked decreases …

[ad_1] BENGALURU: The scare around Covid-19 and the subsequent closure in Bengaluru are a repeat of what the city witnessed 102 years ago when another virus, the Spanish flu or Bombay fever, commonly known as influenza, had hit. The disease had killed thousands in 1918, and the fight against the …

[ad_1] ROME: As Italy prepares to emerge from the West’s first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the worst affected region in Europe’s worst hit country. Italy was unlucky enough to be the first western nation to be hit by …

[ad_1] London: Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, calling for unprecedented steps to defeat COVID-19, have said that asymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has made controlling the spread of the disease even more difficult. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus responsible for COVID-19 that so far has affected 2.9 million people …

[ad_1] The deadly health crisis caused by covid-19 has unleashed a frantic race against time to develop a vaccine, with progress much faster than any previous effort. While 83 companies around the world compete to develop a vaccine, six have already advanced to human trials or the clinical evaluation stage, …