A new variant of Sars-Cov-2 has been found in the UK and is reportedly “out of control” – an announcement that has raised alarms in Europe and elsewhere. Many members of the European Union suspended travel to and from Britain and imposed stricter quarantine rules. The new variant is likely …
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The fourth round of antibody tests in New Delhi, the results of which were made public on Wednesday during a court hearing, presents some interesting questions. It found that 25.5% of the roughly 15,000 people tested possessed Covid-19 antibodies. The tests were carried out in the third week of October. …
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India has seen a drop in the number of new daily Covid-19 cases since October 7, indicating that the first wave of the coronavirus disease is showing signs of receding in the country. The Health Ministry said Sunday that five states that have contributed to the highest number of cases …
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The death toll from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday, a grim milestone that comes exactly seven months from the day the first batch of cases was reported in the country. India became the third country in the world to cross this milestone: only …
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In just over 200 days from the day the first coronavirus disease-related death was reported in India, the national death toll surpassed the 100,000 mark on Friday. In this period of time, 717 of the 734 districts of the country have reported at least one death, while the 20 most …
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Science published a paper Wednesday based on one of the world’s largest contact tracing exercises. The study, covering 85,000 primary cases, was conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu by a team of researchers led by Ramanan Laxminarayan of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy. The study tracked …
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One-tenth of all patients infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) become “super-spreaders” and account for 60% of new infections, while 70% of infected patients do not transmit the disease to anyone else , shows a study on transmission patterns of Sars-CoV-2 published in the journal Science: it is the first …
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The prevalence of antibodies to the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Delhi fell by more than four percentage points in a month, officials told the Delhi high court citing the recent serosurvey, yielding an epidemiological finding that now skews estimates of how many people may have been exposed to Covid-19 in the …
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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 27, 2020 9:21:31 pm Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan during ‘Sunday Samvaad’, an interaction with his followers on social media. Citing the second ICMR sero-survey, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday said that India was still far from achieving herd …
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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Rapid tests for Covid-19 take place in Mumbai on Tuesday. (Express photo by Amit Chakravarty) Coronavirus India LIVE updates The Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), which published a new set of guidelines for Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, also emphasized that the statistical range of efficacy …
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