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Covid-19 in endemic stage, still need to monitor viral load, new variant:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
After hovering for more than three years, the Coronavirus is in the endemic stage, however, the viral load and emergence of any new variant still need to be monitored, the director of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) said.
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Hepatitis B-C treatment facility will increase in Uttar Pradesh: Dy CM Bri
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
"Six new labs are being developed under the National Health Mission (NHM). Its process has been started. The treatment facility is also being provided to defeat Hepatitis C under the NVHCP programme. Till October 2022, 29776 patients were registered. In this, the treatment of 16111 infected
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Sewage sampling tells if there is increase in COVID viral load in particul
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 7 (ANI): The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner on Saturday said that sewage sampling is a new thing identified by INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium) that tells if there is an increase in COVID-19 viral load in
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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): Recently a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study found that although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control
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Nationwide sero survey will help in building strategy on COVID vaccination
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Health experts dealing with COVID-19 believe that a nationwide coronavirus serological survey will be beneficial as it will help in bringing out exact viral load and thus help in building up strategies.
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IMA requests govt to increase manpower in healthcare sector as several doc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday said exposure to high viral load is increasing the mortality among doctors while requested the government to augment the manpower in the healthcare sector.
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Remdesivir is not 'Ramban', decreases viral load in those who need it: Dr
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Amid the reports of shortage medical oxygen and anti-viral drug Remdesivir in different parts of country, Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta, on Wednesday said that Remdesivir is not 'Ramban' in treatment of COVID-19 and it only decreases viral load in p
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Regeneron's COVID-19 treatment 'reduces hospitaliations' by 70 pc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 23 (ANI): Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Tuesday said that its dual antibody treatment for COVID-19 reduced symptomatic illness by four days at any level of dose tried in its clinical trial adding that the treatment also seemed to reduce hospitalizations and death by a
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COVID-19: ISSER scientist in Mohali develops affordable ventilation system
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], September 13 (ANI): A scientist at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Mohali, Punjab, has designed an affordable and portable ventilation system that helps in reducing the viral load of airborne Coronavirus and other microorganisms in close
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Pooling five COVID-19 samples may not lead to much loss of sensitivity eve
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): A study done by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that pooling five samples to detect coronavirus by RT-PCR may be an acceptable strategy without much loss of sensitivity even for low viral loads, while with 10-sample pools there
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Glenmark to start new phase 3 clinical trial for hospitalised patients of
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday announced a new randomised, open-label study to test the combined efficacy of two antiviral drugs Favipiravir and Umifenovir as a potential Covid-19 treatment strategy.
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Viral load peaks in pre-symptomatic period, goes down over next 7 days: He
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that recent studies have shown that viral load peaks in pre-symptomatic period and goes down over the next 7 days.
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