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Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distanci
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Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): In-school COVID-19 transmission is rare - even among close school contacts of those who test positive for the virus - when schools heed public health precautions such as mandatory masking, social distancing and frequent hand-washing, according to results of a
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COVID-19: Night curfew imposed in Amritsar
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Amritsar (Punjab) [India], March 19 (ANI): Amid surging COVID-19 cases, a night curfew has been imposed in Amritsar as a precautionary measure against the virus.
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COVID-19 vaccination camps set up at Kundli border for protesting farmers:
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Chandigarh [India], March 18 (ANI): While showing concern over the health of the agitating farmers who are camping on Haryana-New Delhi borders in Sonipat, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced that COVID-19 vaccination camps have been set up at Kundli border for virus
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Ebola infects 30, kills 15 in Guinea, DRC
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Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 30 Ebola virus cases and 15 related deaths so far.
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France has entered third COVID-19 wave: PM Jean Castex
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Paris [France], March 17 (ANI): French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Tuesday said that the country has entered 'a kind of third wave' of COVID-19 infections, amid a surge of cases as numerous variants of the virus has affected the nation.
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Night curfew imposed in Latur amid COVID-19 spike in Maharashtra
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Latur (Maharashtra) [India], March 14 (ANI): As Maharashtra witnesses a fresh spike of COVID-19 cases, the Latur district administration on Sunday imposed a night curfew between 8 pm and 5 am to contain the spread of the virus in the district.
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Chile reports 5,928 new cases of COVID-19
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Santiago [Chile], March 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Ministry of Health reported 5,928 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease on Saturday, with 123 more deaths related to the virus.
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Measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its pr
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Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): An attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spike protein, scientists said
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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in UK trial, but drops against S
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London [UK], March 12 (ANI): Novavax on Thursday said that final data from a trial in the United Kingdom shows its COVID-19 vaccine is almost 90 per cent effective, but the vaccine was far less effective in a separate trial in South Africa, given the virus variant there that has raised co
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340 different COVID-19 tests approved so far in US
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Washington DC [US], March 10 (ANI): 340 different coronavirus tests have so far won emergency use authorisation (EUA), including one that can be used at home without a prescription to detect the virus, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said.
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Virus free, clean office space integral in a new normal: BreatheEasy CEO B
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New Delhi, [India], March 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Various studies have shown that the coronavirus spreads faster and more easily in enclosed spaces. According to one study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers were able to establish a link between the community transmission in Chin
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Study sheds light on recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in mice
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Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), a smallpox vaccine, can be further modified in a recombinant form to express the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that injection of one or two doses of the recombinant MVA protected tr
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