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Centre briefs states to ensure genome sequencing, step up surveillance ami
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid a fresh global surge in Covid-19 cases, the central government has briefed all states to conduct genome sequencing of samples, the additional chief secretary of Health informed on Wednesday.
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Scientists discover primary cause of smell loss in long Covid-19
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a team of scientists led by Duke Health report, the reason some people do not recover their sense of smell after Covid-19 is due to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decrease in the number of those cells.
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Odisha government issues Covid advisory after new Omicron BF.7 strain dete
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Odisha government on Wednesday issued instructions for surveillance and whole genome sequencing (WGS) for Covid-19 management in view of the recent explosion of Covid cases in China, Japan, the US, South Korea and Brazil and detection of four confirmed cases of the new Omicron BF.7 strain in
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BJP scared of the love Bharat Jodo Yatra has received: Congress leader Paw
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's letter to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asking them to follow COVID-19 guidelines strictly during the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra has elicited diverse reactions from leaders.
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BJP is looking for a reason to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra: Chattishgarh CM Bhu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
CM Baghel was reacting to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya's letter to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in which he asked them to follow COVID protocol during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, or the Yatra could be cancelled amid concerns over risin
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We need more evidence to prove that COVID-19 is a bio warfare weapon: Top
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in several countries across the globe, top health experts believe that COVID-19 is a biological warfare weapon but more evidence is needed to prove this.
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WHO chief again asks China to share requested data on COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Three years after its emergence in China's Wuhan, exactly how SARS-CoV-2 first emerged as a respiratory pathogen capable of sustained human-to-human transmission remains the subject of active debate.
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Mansukh Mandaviya reviews COVID-19 situation in view of rising cases world
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Emphasising that COVID-19 is not over yet, the minister asked the officials to be fully geared up and strengthen surveillance.
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Will increase COVID testing from 100 to 600 per day: Chandigarh Health Sec
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Health Secretary Chandigarh Yashpal Garg on Wednesday said that the administration would increase testing to 600 per day in view of the guidelines from the Centre regarding COVID-19 cases.
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Viral infections increase in winter, better care needs to be taken: Dr Ran
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Viral infections rise in winter and better care needs to be taken. It is important for people, especially high-risk groups, to protect themselves and take Covid-19 booster dose, said Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday.
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Acids help against airborne viruses: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus and others travel from person to person essentially by hitchhiking on aerosols. These are finely dispersed particles containing liquid suspended in the air that an infected person expels when coughing, sneezing, or simply exhaling, and can be inhal
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Govt restarts random sampling of international passengers at airports in I
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States, China, Brazil and South Korea has prompted the Union Health Ministry to review the pandemic situation in India and as per the precautionary measure the government has restarted random sampling of international passengers at airports a
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