Modi also warned against any complacency in the face of the decline and called for continued efforts to contain the pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that every step in the logistics, delivery and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine must be rigorously implemented and must include advanced planning of …
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The first study to investigate the case of a person in the US who contracted Covid-19 twice found that reinfection can occur quickly and that the second attack of the disease can be more serious. The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, examined the case of a 25-year-old man …
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Cloth masks can reduce the transmission of viruses like SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, only if they are washed daily at high temperatures, according to a study. “Both cloth masks and surgical masks should be considered ‘contaminated’ after use,” said Professor Raina MacIntyre of the University of New South Wales in …
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Harsh Vardhan said that “the authorization of emergency use for the COVID-19 vaccine will depend on data from clinical trials.” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday that his ministry will soon launch the FELUDA paper strip test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2. This has been developed by CSIR-IGIB …
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Most vaccines in human trials require two injections to be effective, and developers are not yet sure whether they will prevent infections. Scientists hope to elicit superior immune responses with inhaled vaccines that directly target cells in the airways that the virus invades. An alternative to conventional jabs, aerosol and …
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Up to 18 states and Union Territories have recorded recovery rates above the national average, the ministry said. Active COVID-19 cases in India stayed below the nine lakh mark for the second day in a row and now constitute only 12.65 percent of the total number of cases, the Union …
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FILE – This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows particles of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, which emerge from the surface of cells grown in a laboratory. (NIAID-RML via …
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Leading vaccine Bharat Biotech announced Monday that its Covaxin vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will use the adjuvant Alhydroxiquim-II to stimulate the immune response. An adjuvant is a pharmacological or immunological agent that enhances the immune response of a vaccine by producing more antibodies and providing longer-lasting immunity. Kansas-based ViroVax …
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Researchers led by Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the Washington-based Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, gained access to the full set of contact tracing data for the states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh from the beginning of the pandemic to on August 1st. In all, the two states …
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One in 15 people, or 6.6%, of people over the age of 10 in India, have been exposed to Sars-Cov2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as of August, according to The findings of Indian The Second National Sero Survey from the Council for Medical Research (ICMR) released Tuesday. …
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