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Zika not spread by contact, not cause of concern for public right now: Hea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Zika virus, of which 14 cases have been reported in Kerala, is not spread by aerosols or contact and is not a major cause for concern at this time, said Dr Mathew Varghese, Public health expert and former director of St Stephens Hospital in Delhi.
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Mutation is normal, virus will keep mutating: Top health expert
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Warning that new kinds of Coronavirus strains may be seen in the future as mutation is normal for viruses, Dr Mathew Varghese, public health expert, and former director, St Stephen's Hospital, New Delhi cautioned people that they need to be careful and follo
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COVID-19: Dhaka's infection rate jumps from 3pc to 28pc in one month
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 7 (ANI): The COVID-19 infection rate of Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka has jumped from 3 per cent to 28 per cent in the last one month as fear continues to grip the city hospitals that they will run out of beds in a few weeks if the infection rate doesn't come down.
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ADB establishes high-level advisory group for Covid-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], July 5 (ANI): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has joined with leading public health experts, vaccine regulators and policymakers to form an advisory group to provide its developing member countries (DMCs) with expert technical and scientific advice on the quality,
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Biden administration faces growing calls from experts to embrace vaccine p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Health experts are calling on US President Joe Biden's administration to do more to encourage and promote the use of vaccine mandates and passports amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Demand for earthen pots on rise in Punjab's Ludhiana as temperature soars
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 20 (ANI): As health experts have advised people to avoid drinking cold water amid COVID pandemic, demand for traditional earthen pots to store or cool water has increased with the rise in temperature.
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Mental health experts observe 20 pc rise in intake of antidepressants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Mental health experts have observed an overall 20 per cent rise in anti-depressant intake among people since the second COVID-19 wave devastated the country.
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Nationwide sero survey will help in building strategy on COVID vaccination
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Health experts dealing with COVID-19 believe that a nationwide coronavirus serological survey will be beneficial as it will help in bringing out exact viral load and thus help in building up strategies.
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No need to vaccinate people who had documented COVID-19 infection, suggest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): A group of public health experts, including doctors from AIIMS and members from the national task force on COVID-19, has recommended that there is no need to vaccinate people who had documented COVID-19 infection and underlined that mass, indiscriminate,
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Mental health experts experience extreme upsurge in acute grief, bereaveme
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): As the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually subsiding, mental health experts are observing a surge in number of patients putting up with acute "grief or bereavement" after suffering loss of the loved ones.
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Top health experts, IMA appreciate Centre's move to centralise COVID-19 va
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Top health experts and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of centralised COVID-19 vaccination drive for all adults.
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Mental health experts observe 'mental slowing' in post-Covid symptoms, exa
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): In a recent development, patients are experiencing cognitive dulling or slowing mental activity - unique post-Covid symptoms, said mental health experts.
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