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[ad_1] The government was urged to recognize that racial and racial inequalities are a risk factor for Covid-19 after Guardian’s investigation that revealed that ethnic minorities in England are dying disproportionately high compared to whites. The revelation that people from minority groups appear to be overrepresented among coronavirus deaths, by …

[ad_1] The recombinant BCG vaccine from the Serum Institute would be the first candidate vaccine in India to start human trials in the next two weeks. This is to test whether the BCG vaccine, administered at birth to Indians to combat tuberculosis, can also increase immunity in adults against the …

[ad_1] India reported on Wednesday 50 new deaths from COVID-19 and the recovery of 3,959 patients, bringing the recovery rate to 19.36% from the previous 17%. The Union Health Ministry said 20,971 people have been confirmed positive so far, while the number of deaths was 652. As of Tuesday, 1,383 …

[ad_1] Martin Shkreli Getty Images Notorious “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli in a court filing Wednesday asked to be released from prison for the remainder of his seven-year criminal sentence so that he can both work on developing a coronavirus treatment and avoid contracting a potentially fatal case of Covid-19 himself. …

[ad_1] Most countries are still in the early stages of dealing with the new coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, while the global case count exceeded 2.5 million, adding that most people on the planet are still susceptible to Covid-19. “Make no mistake: we have a long …

[ad_1] Delhi reported 92 new positive cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday that brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital to 2,248, according to data from the Delhi government. Today one death was reported and 48 people have died from the infectious disease in the national capital …

[ad_1] A 49-year-old patient was admitted to Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket on the 4th of April exhibiting moderate symptoms of COVID-19. By the 8th of April, he was in respiratory failure and required ventilator support. The hospital was following procedures laid down by the Ministry of Health and Family …

[ad_1] VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh has now ranked first in the country in terms of the number of people screened per million inhabitants. According to state health department authorities, Andhra Pradesh has so far analyzed 41,512 samples (830 samples per million) compared to the country’s average of 334 samples. Rajasthan, which …

[ad_1] KOLKATA: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Center on Wednesday for sending teams to investigate West Bengal’s readiness to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak and suspected faulty test kits were sent to the state. Mamata Banerjee’s comments came a day after a war of words broke out between West Bengal …

[ad_1] When Kenya’s Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo summoned Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday, the conversation focused mainly on the Covid-19 outbreak. Jaishankar’s counterpart was concerned about drug supplies with the virus now spreading in Africa and remote parts of the world. Jaishankar told his Kenyan counterpart that India would …