NEW DELHI: A record rise of 97,894 infections in a single day brought India’s Covid-19 count to more than 51 lakh, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease surpassed 40 lakh on Thursday, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. Total coronavirus cases amounted …
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NEW DELHI: A total of 64,68,388 adult Covid-19 infections were estimated in India in early May, despite the adjusted seroprevalence across India being a low 0.73%, based on results from a serosurvey by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) released on Friday. While the survey indicated that less than …
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NEW DELHI: Long-awaited results from the ICMR’s first national serosurvey, published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, indicated that 0.73 percent of adults in India were exposed to SARS-CoV-2, which equates to a total of 6.4 million infections at the beginning of May. The survey was conducted from May …
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WASHINGTON: The first results of an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety concerns and suggest that it stimulates desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States government has awarded Novavax, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, $ 1.6 billion to …
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WASHINGTON: An experimental vaccine that stimulates the production of specific proteins could be effective against the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19, according to a study conducted in mice. Scientists at Ohio State University in the US manipulated a natural cellular process to increase the levels of two proteins used by …
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WASHINGTON: The first results of an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety concerns and suggest that it stimulates desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States government has awarded Novavax, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, $ 1.6 billion to …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In order to keep a closer watch on the prevalence and spread of Covid-19 in the country, the health ministry has initiated a facility-based surveillance in all districts and a more focused population-based “sero-survey” of high – and low-risk groups in select districts. The surveillance will be …
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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 …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) plans to start a study in approximately 75 districts of the country that have the maximum number of Covid-19 cases to verify if community spread has started. the Ministry of Health It has also asked states to analyze at least …
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[ad_1] New Delhi: Israeli scientists have made “significant progress” in the development of antibodies against the coronavirus by isolating a key COVID-19 antibody, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett said in Jerusalem on Monday (May 5). The “monoclonal neutralizing antibody” developed at the Israel Biological Research Institute (IIBR) “can neutralize it …
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