NEW DELHI: Toxic air killed more people in India in 2019 than in 2017, The Lancet said in a report. India, whose cities top the global pollution charts, faces a rising economic and human cost due to poor air quality, which was linked to 1.24 million, or 12.5% of all …
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Political parties are joining the free vaccine train, but are Indians interested in getting vaccinated against Covid-19? A poll by LocalCircles finds that up to 61% of respondents among the 25,000 respondents are skeptical. Sixty-one percent of the 8,312 respondents said they are “skeptical about the Covid-19 vaccine and will …
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Researchers in China have confirmed that BBIBP-CorV, a vaccine currently under observation in human trials, has safely triggered the expected antibody immune responses. The combined early and mid-stage trials of the vaccine were conducted between April 29 and July 30 of this year. The Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a …
Read More »Extensive contact tracing, isolation key to control the spread of COVID-19: Lancet study
[ad_1] Extensive contract search, case isolation, and testing can reduce the spread of the new coronavirus and help control the COVID-19 outbreak, a study in China suggests. However, researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology in Shenzhen, China caution that the impact of contact tracing to quickly isolate people who …
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