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WHO warns of cross-border spread as polio remains endemic in Pakistan, Afg
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The WHO has confirmed nine new polio cases in Afghanistan and Pakistan and warned of rising cross-border transmission risks. It urged stronger regional cooperation and wider vaccine access, especially in conflict zones, as experts cautioned that decades of progress could be lost without urge
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New research on airborne stability and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 could hel
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
California [US], June 29 (ANI): Researchers have measured the stability and infectivity of four variants of SARS-CoV-2 in 5-10 um-wide aerosolized droplets over a period of 5 seconds to 20 minutes and found a reduction in infectivity by around 90% after 20 minutes; loss of infectivity was as
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Researchers find neighbourhood disparities in transmission risk of COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 21 (ANI): A study led by a team of researchers at the New York University presented a computational approach to measure exposure density at a high spatial and temporal resolution to understand neighbourhood disparities in transmission risk of COVID-19.
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Researchers compare social benefits and COVID-19 transmission risk of US l
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 11 (ANI): To prevent the spread of COVID-19, policymakers have imposed restrictions on work, activities, and gatherings, which vary across location types. Decisions about the types of locations to restrict reflect trade-offs between infection risk and benefits to th
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IIT Roorkee researchers develop anti-microbial nanocoating system for PPE
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], June 2 (ANI): A team of researchers at IIT Roorkee has developed a nanocoating system to be used for face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) for reducing the transmission risk of COVID-19.
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Home quarantine may reduce coronavirus transmission risk by 62 pc: ICMR
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As the country grapples with the rising menace of coronavirus, a study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that home quarantine and maintaining social distancing of symptomatic can flatten the curve of the disease outbreak.
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