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Recently published data on Favipiravir as treatment for mild to moderate C
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 23 (ANI/PRNewswire): The oral antiviral medication Favipiravir, that prevents the replication phase of the virus life-cycle, leads to significant improvement in clinical cure in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19.
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Hong Kong has entered fourth COVID-19 wave, say experts
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong [China], November 20 (ANI): Hong Kong's top infectious disease experts on Thursday (local time) warned the government that the fourth wave of COVID-19 has begun in the city and called for urgent action.
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France exceeds 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): France has topped two million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the country's top infectious diseases expert Jerome Salomon said Tuesday.
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Trump hints at firing Dr Anthony Fauci after election
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Florida [US], November 2 (ANI): During the last leg of the US Presidential election campaign, President Donald Trump on Sunday evening (local time) suggested to a Florida crowd that he might fire Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading expert on infectious diseases, "after the election", CNN
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COVID-19: Life is likely to get back to normal by the end of next year, sa
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 30 (ANI): US top infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci on Thursday said that even though COVID-19 vaccine is expected in the next few months, life is likely to get back to normal in the world by the end of next year.
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Germany's COVID-19 cases soar by 5,587 to 361,974
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany's COVID-19 cases rose by 5,587 to 361,974 over the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Sunday.
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Trump campaign used my words out of context, without consent, alleges Dr A
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): US top infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday (local time) claimed that his words were taken out of context without his permission, in a new advertisement by the Trump campaign praising US President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19
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9 people who attended Trump's Minnesota rally test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 10 (ANI): Nine people, who attended US President Donald Trump's rally in Minnesota on September 18, have tested positive for COVID-19, informed Kris Ehresmann, the state's infectious disease director.
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COVID-19: ICMR, Biological E develop 'Antisera' for virus cure, prevention
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): As part of the global attempt to find a remedy for coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Biological E Limited, Hyderabad have developed highly purified antisera (raised in animals) for prophylaxis and treatment of the infectious di
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Maharashtra Police reports 253 new Covid infections among its personnel
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 23 (ANI): As many as 253 personnel of Maharashtra Police tested positive for COVID-19 while five of them succumbed to the infectious disease in the last 24 hours.
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Fight against TB has slowed down due to COVID-19 pandemic: KJ Alphons
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KJ Alphons on Saturday raised the issue of Tuberculosis cases in the country and said that the fight against this infectious disease has slowed down due to coronavirus pandemic.
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Study reveals most parents nervous to take their kids for vaccinations due
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): A new national survey by Orlando Health finds while the vast majority of parents (84 per cent) believe vaccines are the best way to protect their children from infectious diseases, two-thirds are still nervous to take their kids to their paediatrician's o
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