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Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 19 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said interim results of the ongoing clinical trials indicated that the indigenous COVID-19 vaccines would be effective against the mutated virus strains reported from the Unit
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No fresh COVID-19 death in Delhi, 134 cases reported in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): No fresh COVID-19 death was recorded in Delhi in the past 24 hours, while 134 new cases took the cumulative count of people infected with the virus to 6,37,315, according to the government officials on Wednesday.
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Gwyneth Paltrow shares her experience of being diagnosed with Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): American actor Gwyneth Paltrow on Tuesday opened about her personal experience of being diagnosed with COVID-19 and how she healed from the deadly virus.
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Dr Vishakha Shivdasani launches e-book on 'Re-engineering Health and Immun
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 16 (ANI/NewsVoir): The year 2020 will for long be recalled as a year of the pandemic which put our lives on hold on all fronts. While we all hope that the pandemic is over, we also wish to know how we can now empower ourselves to effectively deal with t
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Researchers identify therapeutic approach to optimise immune system
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], February 13 (ANI): During a recent study, a team of researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have identified a therapeutic approach to restore the effectiveness of immune cells. The team was prompted by the need to improve conventional trea
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India registers over 9,000 new COVID-19 cases, 87 deaths in last 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): India reported 9,309 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of people infected with the virus in the country to 1,08,80,603, informed the Union Health Ministry and Family Welfare on Friday.
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WHO says COVID-19 fatalities in Africa surged amid new variants
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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WHO hails Gujarat for responding to second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): As Gujarat conducted the Intra-Action Review (IAR) in December 2020 for its COVID-19 preparedness and response, World Health Organisation (WHO) country representative to India, Dr Roderico Ofrin on Thursday lauded the efforts by the state government i
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India registers over 12,000 new COVID-19 cases, 108 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): India reported 12,923 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative count of people infected with the virus in the country to 1,08,71,294, informed the Union Health Ministry and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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WHO dismisses 'lab leak' theory of COVID-19 origin in China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 10 (ANI): Following a 12-day visit to China to probe the origins of COVID-19 in Wuhan, a team of World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday dismissed the theory of a 'lab leak' of the virus.
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Biomaterials and nanotechnology could help lead to virus-fighting surfaces
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists are working toward advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology that could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by making hospital beds or doorknobs naturall
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No case of South Africa variant of COVID-19 found in India so far: NITI Aa
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday.
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