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Study finds dental procedures during pandemic are not riskier
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Ohio [US], May 13 (ANI): Waiting for the COVID situation to dampen for taking that routine dental checkup due to fear of catching the virus? A new study is here to help as its findings dispel the misconception that patients and providers are at high risk of catching COVID-19 at the dentist'
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Maniesh Paul pens emotional note encapsulating fear engulfing the nation a
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 13 (ANI): With the second wave of coronavirus, the nation has been distraught constantly surrounded by news of rising cases. A sentiment of hopelessness has swamped the nation and resonating with the fear of losing loved ones and the constant scare engendere
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COVID-19: India welcomes 1,200 more oxygen cylinders from UK
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 13 (ANI): India welcomed 1,200 oxygen cylinders from the British Oxygen Company that arrived from the UK on Thursday as part of COVID assistance to help deal with the record rise in virus cases that has put a strain on the healthcare infrastructure of the country. Read More
WHO urges all to refer virus variants by their scientific names
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): After several media reports referred to B.1.617 variant as 'Indian Variant', the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday clarified that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from.
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Amitabh Bachchan shares powerful message on 'Hope', urges people to stand
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday shared a powerful message on 'Hope' to encourage everyone to stand together for India and fight the deadly COVID-19 virus.
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India's focus must be how to come out of current COVID crisis, says Canadi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): High Commissioner of Canada to India, Nadir Patel on Tuesday said that the focus should not be on the rise in coronavirus cases in India due to the B1617 virus variant rather on how to assist to address this situation so that the crisis is mitigated.
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Chandigarh University COVID Care facility comes to the rescue of corona pa
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], May 11 (ANI/PRNewswire): Continuing its efforts to help Covid-19 affected patients during the 2nd wave of Corona virus, Chandigarh University has once again increased its efforts by setting up 100 bed Covid Care Centre and isolation facility in association with distr
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WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, as varia
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 11 (ANI): The coronavirus variant B1617 first identified in India last year has been classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Monday.
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Twitter donates USD 15mn to three NGOs to help India battle COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
California [US], May 11 (ANI): Amid India's battle against COVID-19, Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the record surge in infections due to the second wave of the deadly virus.
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Scientists develop better way to block viruses causing respiratory infecti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers have improved a method in rodent models intended to help keep children healthy by engineering a short chunk of protein, or peptide, that can prevent the attachment of human parainfluenza viruses to cells.
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Community circulation of SARS-CoV-2 virions
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): Researchers analysed around 72,500 human saliva samples for SARS-CoV-2 at the University of Colorado, Boulder and found that asymptomatic individuals on the college campus carried just as much virus as individuals hospitalised with COVID-19.
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Riteish, Genelia get vaccinated against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Bollywood couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh on Monday became the latest celebrity to get vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus.
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