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The current pandemic situation has left everyone quite devastated, leading people hanging by a thread. While a number of national and state-level apps are being developed for safety surveys, people are still at a loss to cope up with this swarming death toll and contamination rate that is expanding in numbers day-by-day. Amidst such chaos, […]
US biotechnology company’s vaccine candidate protected mice from infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday. The findings by scientists, including those from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the US, show that the vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, induced neutralising […]
Scientists have analysed the presence throughout the human body of a protein which the novel coronavirus uses to enter host cells, and have found that it is produced only at “very low levels, if at all,” in the respiratory system, an advance which highlights the need for further studies to reassess the biological mechanisms responsible […]
India saw a single-day increase of 56,282 cases taking the country’s COVID-19 tally to 19,64,536 on Thursday, while the recoveries have surged to 13,28,336 and comprise 67.62 per cent of the total caseload, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported […]
America’s attitude towards China has changed greatly since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country, US President Donald Trump has said, asserting that the Chinese government should have stopped the deadly contagion in Wuhan. Trump, who has in the past up the ante against Beijing over its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak, told reporters at the […]
Drug major Lupin on Wednesday announced the launch of its Favipiravir drug under the brand name ‘Covihalt’ for the treatment patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms at Rs 49 per tablet in India. Favipiravir has received authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use, Lupin said in a regulatory filing. […]
India’s COVID-19 infection tally raced past 19 lakh on Wednesday, two days after it crossed the 18-lakh mark, with 52,509 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in a day, while the recoveries have mounted to 12,82,215, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases in the country surged to 19,08,254 while […]
Noting that lockdown was a temporary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, a senior official of the World Health Organisation on Tuesday said India has a low testing rate when compared to some of the countries that are successfully trying to curb it. The Chief Scientist of WHO, Soumya Swaminathan, in an interactive session […]
In some “good news” for scientists working on a viable vaccine for COVID-19, the latest study has found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind the disease shows little variability, despite having at least six strains. Published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, the “most extensive” study ever carried out on SARS-CoV-2 sequencing drew from the analysis […]
President Donald Trump has said that as compared to big countries, America is doing “very well” in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, while India is having a “tremendous problem” battling the disease and China is witnessing a “massive flare up” in infections. India’s COVID-19 tally increased to 18,55,745 on Tuesday with 52,050 people testing […]
Business Wire India Converge Biotech, a leading healthcare company based at Hyderabad, today announces the launch of generic Favipiravir tablet in India. It will be marketed under the brand name VERGIFLU’ and is indicated for use in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients. Vergil is orally administered making it a convenient treatment option. We are delighted […]
