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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India reported the fewest cases after completing one million coronavirus tests across the country. According to data collected by the Ministry of Health, the Indian Council for Medical Research and Our World in Data, there were 39,980 cases in India when the country completed a million Covid-19 …

[ad_1] LONDON: Poor diet is a leading cause of Covid-19 deaths and Indians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed foods to develop resistance against the deadly virus, a leading Indian-born cardiologist in the UK warned. Dr Aseem Malhotra, who is among the front-line physicians of the United Kingdom’s National Health …

[ad_1] Obese people, men at high death risk due to coronavirus – Why being overweight is a risk factor for COVID-19 | Photo Credits: Pixabay & nbsp Key Highlights The coronavirus outbreak has affected millions of people around the world A study in the UK has found that obese people, …

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday saw its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus cases with 1,952 new infections, bringing the total number of Covid-19 patients to 18,770, authorities said. The death toll from the viral infection rose to 432 with 47 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the ministry of …

[ad_1] Designed to treat patients with COVID-19, NASA’s new easy-to-build high-pressure ventilator was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday, May 1. The device called VITAL (Locally Accessible Fan Intervention Technology) was developed by engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California. The …

[ad_1] Image Source: AP Proceedings India’s leading research and development organization, the Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR), which is currently testing a “reused” vaccine against Covid-19 in a Phase 2 trial, hopes to obtain approval from the drug controller for wider use. Against the pandemic in just 30 days …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s fatality rate of 3.3% of total confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths of 0.09 people per one lakh population compares well with some other countries, including South Korea, which is seen as a top performer in containing the disease, and China that resorted to measures like mass …

[ad_1] The story so far: On April 23, the University of Oxford launched a phase 1 human clinical trial of its vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, against the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. A single dose of the candidate vaccine will be administered to 1,112 healthy volunteers to study the safety, the ability to …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The nationwide tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases crossed 37,700 on Saturday with a record 2,411 new cases getting detected in the last 24 hours, but recoveries from the deadly virus infection also crossed 10,000, while efforts to revive economic activities appeared getting stepped up. Prime Minister Narendra …

[ad_1] Among global companies, the auto industry faced some of the worst hits due to COVID-19. In India, the pandemic has brought several automotive and related companies to a standstill, as dealerships and factories remain closed. Due to India’s closing protocols, domestic auto sales in April 2020 reached zero units, …