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Worker Risk Management should be on front burner during pandemic: G N Bajp
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): The highly infectious COVID-19 pandemic has hit workers hard. Protecting workers through adequate health and safety measures, promoting supportive working environments, managing online teams, dealing with their isolation, maintaining productivity wh
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Surat's IDCC hospital, Shri Vashisht Group of Schools jointly organised un
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 9 (ANI/PNN): On 6th June 2021, IDCC (Institute of Infectious Disease and Critical Care) and Shri Vashisht Group of Schools together organised a special honours program for Resident Doctors at Punagam, Surat in the evening.
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'Super infectious' Delta variant reason behind second Covid wave: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): A study has revealed that the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is "more infectious" and is also the reason behind the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Top infectious disease expert Fauci says too early to declare victory over
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Anthony Fauci, the director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said it was too early to declare victory over the coronavirus, despite a falling number of cases.
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B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 is infectious, may become dominant in other
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The variant of COVID-19 first identified in India - B.1.617.2 - is infectious and there are chances that this variant may become dominant in other countries, a senior scientist has said.
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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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Local self-govts continue to help mitigate Covid-19 spread in Kerala
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 19 (ANI): Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, local self-governments in Kerala have played a vital role in containing the spread of the infectious virus since it broke out last year.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could risk advent of new variants, warns Chinese exp
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Chinese infectious disease specialist has warned that slow global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out risks allowing new variants to emerge as the world continues to combat the pandemic.
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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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Study finds evidence points to answer why COVID-19 is so hard to treat
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], May 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Trinity College Dublin showed that a comprehensive review into what we know about COVID-19 and the way it functions suggests the virus has a unique infectious profile, which explains why it can be so hard to treat and why some people experien
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SARS-CoV-2 DNA integration into host genomes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A study finds that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from the SARS-CoV-2 virus can integrate into host genomes, potentially explaining why some people continue to test positive for COVID-19 via PCR tests without any detectable infectious virus.
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