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Nano bubbles could treat, prevent current and future strains of SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Evanston (Illinois) [US], January 24 (ANI): With the COVID-19 virus mutating and bringing in more and deadlier waves with it, medical discoveries are all that humanity is depending on to survive and defeat this dark phase of life.
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Will Omicron derail recovery of airlines in South and Southeast Asia?
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Singapore, January 24 (ANI): In reporting its latest operating data, Singapore Airlines (SIA), co-owner of Gurgaon-based Vistara airlines, revealed that it carried 600,000 passengers in December, nearly doubled the number of passengers it carried a month ago. This is ten times higher comp
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China reports 57 confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): China on Sunday recorded 57 confirmed COVID-19 cases amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
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Doctors shouldn't practice unethical, immoral, unscientific COVID-19 treat
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): India's top virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang has called the prescription of monoclonal antibody therapy by the doctors in the private hospitals of the country for the treatment of Omicron variant of COVID-19 patients "unethical, immoral and unscientific"
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COVID-19 is heading towards 'endemic', says AIIMS senior epidemiologist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month 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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COVID-19: Omicron driven wave will turn to villages after metros, says exp
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan who is advising COVID-19 task force at
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Karnataka reports 50,210 new COVID cases, positivity rate reaches 22.77 pc
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 23 (ANI): Karnataka reported 50,210 new COVID-19 cases, of which 26,299 were from the state's capital Bengaluru, Health Minister K Sudhakar informed on Sunday.
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Breakthrough COVID-19 infections spur strong antibody responses: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): In view of the spike in COVID-19 infections globally, a recent study shed light on the strength, durability and breadth of neutralizing antibody responses generated by breakthrough infections in individuals vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.
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Nepal's former Prime Minister Oli tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 23 (ANI): Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has tested positive for COVID-19, senior leaders from the opposition CPN-UML confirmed.
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COVID-19 variant Omicron in community transmission stage in India, no evid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and it has also become dominant in multiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponentially, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) in its weekly bulle
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South Korea registers 2nd-highest daily number of COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea registered the second-highest daily number of COVID-19 cases amounting to 7,630 new infections amid the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain, Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing the Korea Disease Control and Preve
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COVID-19 situation worsens in Pakistan as it reports over 7,500 new cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 23 (ANI): Pakistan reported 7,586 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as the fifth wave of COVID-19 pandemic continues to get worse in the country, the country's National Command and Operation Centre's said on Sunday.
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