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COVID-19: Nasal vaccine could be a game-changer if it provides mucosal imm
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): As Hyderabad-based drug maker Bharat Biotech has got regulatory approval to conduct Phase-3 clinical trials of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose, senior epidemiologist in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, Dr Sanjay
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COVID-19 is heading towards 'endemic', says AIIMS senior epidemiologist
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): A senior epidemiologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Sunday said SARS-CoV-2 which is commonly known as COVID-19 is heading towards an endemic stage.
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Epidemiologist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar receives Padma Shri award
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Former Scientist at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Raman Gangakhedkar was conferred with Padma Shri Award 2020 on Monday.
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Massive COVID wave unlikely if large population already infected, says AII
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Responding to the World Health Organization's (WHO) warning of a new COVID-19 wave, AIIMS Doctor and Epidemiologist Dr Sanjay K Rai on Friday said that it is unlikely if a large population has already been already infected by the virus.
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No travel bans will be introduced in Russia during non-working days: Kreml
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Closing the borders of Russia's regions is a last-resort measure that is unwanted, and no travel bans will be introduced during the non-working days despite epidemiologists' concerns, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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California health official calls for pause in Moderna vaccination after al
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
California [US], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): California's State Epidemiologist, Dr Erica Pan, called for pausing administration of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine due to a high-than-usual number of severe allergic reactions.
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Sanitise-Mask-Social distancing alongwith RT-PCR testing must to combat co
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Saturday organised a roundtable to deliberate on the future containment strategy for COVID-19. The roundtable was attended by leading epidemiologists, public health experts and members from
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No evidence of coronavirus changing its severity: Experts
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (ANI): Epidemiologists and other researchers have rejected the recent findings of Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Italy's Milan, that the novel coronavirus was losing its potency, while the severity of illness is decreasing.
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Covid may never go away even with a vaccine : Report
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 28 (ANI): Even after a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and deployed, the coronavirus will likely remain for years to come, and may eventually, become endemic like HIV, measles and chickenpox, The Washington Post reported.
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Rahul Gandhi speaks to experts Ashish Jha, Johan Giesecke on COVID-19 situ
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): After his interaction with former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to Professor Ashish Jha, a globally recognised public health professional and Professor Johan Giesecke, the famous Swedish
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We will light 'diyas' but you address economic woes : Chidambaram to PM Mo
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must listen to the advice of epidemiologists and economists to tackle India's economic woes.
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