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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Moderna Inc. unveiled details of its plan to analyze data from its Covid-19 vaccine trial, offering an unusual look under the hood of the study of one of the leading vaccine candidates. In a statement ahead of an investor meeting the company will hold on Thursday, Moderna said the trial …
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The race to find a coronavirus vaccine continues, but it has been a mixed week in that search so far. AstraZeneca had to pause its vaccine trials when a woman developed severe neurological symptoms, the drugmaker told news agencies on Thursday. The Comptroller General of Drugs of India asked the …
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Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which has backed the country’s vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), has rejected criticism about Sputnik V’s security after Western experts warned against its use until all have been taken. internationally approved regulatory tests and measures. “With this (post) we answer all the questions from the West …
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This column has often mentioned the similarities between the spread of coronavirus disease in the US and India, both in geographically large and populated countries. The United States is bigger than India; and India is more populous than the United States. But there is a big difference, one that points …
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Metro stations in the containment zones and some other locations may not open immediately when the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) restarts train operations from September 7, based on Unlock 4.0 guidelines issued by the Union Interior Ministry, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said on Sunday. . The minister said …
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The Union government is working in at least five different ways, ranging from free vaccines to guaranteed supply, in which it can help its immediate neighbors as well as countries in West Asia, Africa and even Latin America, familiar officials said. with the plan on condition of anonymity. The idea …
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On Friday, as reported by the Hindustan Times on the same day, India crossed the US seven-day high average in terms of daily coronavirus cases, according to worldometers.info and the New York Times database. The United States saw its seven-day high average in mid-July; India saw him in late August. …
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