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Third wave may hit country around August end: Dr Samiran Panda
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Head of epidemiology and infectious diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Samiran Panda on Friday warned that the third wave of the COVID-19 might hit the country by August end.
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'Not convinced' Covid-19 developed naturally, says Dr Fauci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): America's top expert on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci said he is "not convinced" the novel coronavirus developed naturally and has called for an open investigation into the origins of Covid-19 virus.
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Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism' in US
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 17,(ANI):Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix.
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India should collaborate with other countries to ramp up COVID vaccine cap
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser on Thursday (local time) said that it is imperative for India to collaborate with other countries, and companies to ramp up its vaccine production capability to vaccinate country's huge populat
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New research analyzes more palatable alternatives to control SARS-CoV-2 sp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, intense social distancing and lockdown measures were the primary weapon in the fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, but they came with a monumental societal burden. New research from the Center for the Ecology of Inf
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Cafes, restaurants to reopen in Serbia on May 8
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], April 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Serbia's infectious diseases response center has decided to reopen cafes, restaurants and bars, closed due to COVID-19, May 8, Belgrade Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic said.
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World 'under-prepared' to handle COVID-19 pandemic: PM Modi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that although humanity has faced many infectious diseases in the past, the world is "under-prepared" to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19: US begins study assessing allergic reactions to Pfizer, Moderna
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Wednesday that it is launching a study to determine the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines among certain individuals.
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Fauci raises doubt whether US government will be behind vaccine passports
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 5 (ANI): US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci on Monday said that he doesn't think the US government will be the main mover behind vaccine passports, but those individual entities could do something with the idea.
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Independent US board expresses concern over AstraZeneca's announcements ab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): An independent board that reviews data from multiple Covid-19 vaccine candidates in the United States has expressed concern over AstraZeneca's announcements about its latest findings, according to a statement posted Tuesday by the National Institute of Allerg
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UK coronavirus variant to become more dominant in US by early spring, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The new strain of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in the United Kingdom will become more dominant in the United States by the middle of spring, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said.
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COVAXIN shows high safety, immunogenicity during phase 1 clinical trial: L
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): In a remarkable finding, India's indigenous Covid-19 vaccine--COVAXIN developed by the Bharat Biotech and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has shown high safety and immunogenicity during the phase 1 clinical trial, according to the findings of th
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