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Chinese scientists discussed weaponising SARS coronaviruses 5 years befor
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 9 (ANI): A document written by Chinese scientists and health officials before the pandemic in 2015 states that SARS coronaviruses were a "new era of genetic weapons" that could be "artificially manipulated into an emerging human disease virus, then weaponised and unleash
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COVID-19: Imminent oxygen shortage unnerves Pakistan's northwestern provin
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): As the COVID-19 cases continue to explode in Pakistan due to the third wave of the virus, it is being projected that some part of the country could soon face a shortage of medical oxygen if conditions did not improve by the end of the holy month of
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Andhra Minister alleges TDP Chief Naidu of spreading false propaganda, ter
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Minister Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao on Friday accused Telgu Desham Party Chief Chandrababu Naidu of indulging in false propaganda about the presence of N440K variant strain in Kurnool and said that Naidu is a 'virus named CBN 4
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Covid-19 virus is more aggressive, need to work together to fight it, says
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Work is being done on genome sequencing of coronavirus and mutations and the repercussions and this virus is more aggressive than others, German Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner has said and noted that countries have to come together to fight the pandemic.
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COVID-19: Govt revises policy for admission of patients in hospitals, says
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [Indi], May 8 (ANI): Amid a record surge in coronavirus cases, the Union Health Ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID patients to various categories of COVID facilities and clarified that requirement of a positive test for COVID-19 virus is not man
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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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Pandemic gave opportunity to new OTT players in digital space: Sudhanshu K
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): In the year 2020-21, the world is going through an unprecedented time. No one had ever imagined that life around us would change the way it has. Millions of people have lost their lives due to this deadly virus.
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COVID-19: Govt's failure has made another devastating national lockdown al
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, saying the government should implement several measures including assessment of the efficacy of all vaccines
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Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to COVID-19 even after secon
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes COVID-19 -- confers some protection for people who have received solid organ transplants, it's still not enough to enable them to dispense with COVID
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Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the minister in charge of the government's coronavirus response said Friday.
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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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Goa treating Covid patients for free at all govt hospitals, says CM Sawant
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said Goa is treating Covid patients for free in all government hospitals, adding that the state is also taking care of up to 80 per cent expense of those being treated for the virus in private hospitals.
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