Tag Archives: COVID-19

Coronavirus shutdown: unions accuse BS Yediyurappa of yielding to property lobby after Karnataka cancels special trains for migrant workers

[ad_1] Bangalore: On a warm Wednesday afternoon, spirits rose to the gates of a sprawling construction site in southern Bengaluru. In the context of five residential towers under construction, which will house more than 2,500 families in 31-story buildings, hundreds of workers shouted a demand: Let’s go home, even if …

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Covid-19: what you need to know today

[ad_1] There are four animals that have become relevant in the context of coronavirus disease (Covid-19). This column is about them. It was only in 2013, after a decade of searching for the source of the Sars-CoV (or Sars-CoV-1) virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, that scientists found the …

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First flights land in Kerala with UAE 363

[ad_1] Written by Shaju Philip The | Thiruvananthapuram | Updated: May 8, 2020 7:52:42 am Passengers arriving in Kochi and Kozhikode in Kerala have been quarantined. In the picture: a passenger at Cochin airport arriving from Abu Dhabi. (Source: PRD, Gov Kerala) India launched one of its biggest evacuation exercises …

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Deliberate infection of healthy volunteers with coronavirus may accelerate vaccine studies against avid, says WHO

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes Covid-19 may speed up vaccine studies against the deadly pathogen, the World Health Organization said. Such studies, which present significant potential dangers to subjects, can be considered in extreme situations and with certain disclosures and protections, a working …

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