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Non-judicious use of therapies for COVID-19 leads to virus mutations: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Non-judicious use of therapies that have not been established for COVID-19 treatment are responsible for putting "immune pressure on virus" and leads to virus mutations, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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J-K Police distributes COVID-19 kits to families below poverty line in Bar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 28 (ANI): In an effort to help people Below the Poverty Line battle fight the Covid-19 virus, the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla distributed safety kits to underprivileged families in the district's Uri area.
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No New Year celebrations at public places: Karnataka Home Minister
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 28 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the state government will not allow any New Year celebrations at public places in view of the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom.
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5% of COVID cases to be tested for whole genome sequencing due to new viru
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): In a step towards prospective surveillance in view of the new COVID-19 virus strain detected in the United Kingdom, the Central government's national task force (NTF) on Saturday said that five per cent of the positive cases from all states and union
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UK virus strain a "Super-Spreader" has 70 pc increased transmissibility ra
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): At a time when India is witnessing a decline in the active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of Covid-19 virus strain in United Kingdom has become a "Super-Spreader" with 70 per cent increased transmissibility rate. However, this mutated and more aggress
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Study finds why COVID-19 accelerates stroke risk
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], December 19 (ANI): A study led by University of California- Los Angeles Health Sciences (UCLA) used 3D-printed 'blood vessels' to explain how COVID-19 virus increases the risk of stroke.
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COVID-19 virus can cause blood-brain barrier, says new study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 18 (ANI): A new study by University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine strongly claims that COVID-19 virus can show cognitive effects to the patients such as brain fog and fatigue.
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New study says non-contact infrared thermometers are not successful as COV
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], December 16 (ANI): One of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 is being sick with fever, whereas a study by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine describes that temperature screening, primarily done with a non-contact infrared thermometer (N
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Latest study could help future therapies to sway COVID-19 virus
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 13 (ANI): Study published in the journal cell online revealed that by targeting a single protein cell which appears essential for SARS-CoV-2 to replicate could control the spread of the virus.
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QuickGun LifeScience is developing a patent pending formulation as an alte
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI/SRV Media): The need for a preventive and curative vaccine to combat the growing Covid-19 virus is the need of the hour.With over 170 countries around the world in a race to develop the first vaccine for coronavirus, researchers and scientists are treading
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Studies reveal potential weaknesses in SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): A single protein that appears necessary for the COVID-19 virus to reproduce and spread to other cells is a potential weakness that could be targeted by future therapies.
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3EA Co-Funded Humanfirst.help in India to Help the Underprivileged
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): When the lockdown was announced in the March of 2020, people rushed home from wherever they were and religiously followed the "Stay Home, Stay Safe" directive of Government of India to avoid the risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus.
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