Older people, people with comorbidities, children and pregnant women are still susceptible New Delhi: A considerable part of the population, which has not yet been exposed to the COVID-19 virus, remains at risk of infection, according to the results of the second national sero-survey, which was conducted by the main …
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Global deaths from Covid-19 have reached 1 million, but experts are still struggling to uncover a crucial metric in the pandemic: the death rate, the percentage of people infected with the pathogen who die. Here’s a look at the issues related to a better understanding of the Covid-19 death rate. …
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Coronavirus Vaccine: Serum Institute said it will produce an additional 100 million doses of COVID vaccine Bangalore: Serum Institute of India will produce up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for the poorest countries, including India, next year as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the GAVI vaccine …
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The Indian government said on Tuesday that according to the second national sero-survey report from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), it was estimated that one in 15 people over the age of 10 would be exposed to Covid-19 in August 2020. “Of 29,082 people surveyed between August 17 …
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The trend among the Nifty sector indices was largely negative, led by the Nifty PSU Bank index, which was down more than 2%. The benchmark indices ended Tuesday’s volatile session on a flat note with a negative bias. The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 37,973 levels, down 8 points or …
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NEW DELHI: Daily Covid-19 cases in India fell below 75,000 and deaths below 1,000 were reported after nearly a month, while total recoveries crossed the 51 lakh mark, according to data from the Health Ministry of the Union updated on Tuesday. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country …
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Swab samples are taken for Covid-19 testing in New Delhi. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna) India Coronavirus Live News Updates: In the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, India detected 70,589 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing its count to more than 61 lakh. Of the 61,45,292 cases …
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More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as fast, India’s ‘Feluda’ Covid-19 CRISPR test that changes color upon detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and easier alternative to a diagnosis by RT-PCR. scientists say. Named after the famous detective Satyajit Ray, the Feluda test, …
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India recorded a drop in the number of new cases of coronavirus disease on Tuesday. According to the Union Ministry of Health, the number of new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours is 70,589; the country has registered more than 80,000 cases in recent days. The national tally …
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As the world races to develop a possible vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Union Ministry of Health has launched an online portal on Covid-19 with the latest information on the coronavirus disease. Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the web portal will have data on the …
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