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Omicron a serious issue, India has taken it very seriously: Dr Mohan Gupte
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Omicron is a differently mutated virus and India has taken the variant very seriously, said Dr Mohan Gupte (retd), the founder-director of ICMR Epidemiology Department in Chennai on Wednesday.
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Experts lay emphasis on being watchful against Omicron amid surge in cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Amid Omicron cases tally in the country rising to 49, the experts, though terming the variations in RNA viruses as common, lay emphasis on being watchful against the variant.
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Serum Institute working to develop COVID vaccine booster shot which is mor
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Chief Executive Officer of the Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said that they are working towards developing a vaccine booster shot which is more effective against Omicron virus.
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ILBS genome lab sequences almost 1,500 samples of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) COVID-19 sequencing lab in Delhi that was started in July this year has sequenced almost 1,500 samples of the virus so far, the majority are Delta.
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Sohail Khan's wife Seema Khan tests COVID positive
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13 (ANI): Seema Khan, the wife of actor-filmmaker Sohail Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, after it was reported earlier that Kareena Kapoor Khan and Amrita Arora had also contracted the virus.
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UK hikes virus alert level as Omicron variant surges
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 13 (ANI): UK COVID-19 alert level raised to second-highest tier amid increasing Omicron cases on Sunday.
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Chewing gum to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission developed by researchers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], December 11 (ANI): A chewing gum has been developed by a team of researchers that is laced with a plant-grown protein serving as a "trap" for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, hence it could reduce its transmission.
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ICMR designs kit to detect new COVID-19 variant Omicron in 2 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], December 11 (ANI): Amid rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Dibrugarh, Assam has designed a testing kit that will be able to detect the virus in two hours time.
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Nasal vaccine might help fight new COVID-19 variants: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], December 11 (ANI): In a new study by Yale's Akiko Iwasaki, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology, it was found that intranasal vaccination provided broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in mice.
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Infant immune system stronger than adult immune system: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 11 (ANI): According to a new study, the infant immune system is much stronger than thought and beats the adult immune system at fighting off new pathogens.
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Telangana witnessing cases of Covidengue
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 10 (ANI): Telangana is currently witnessing cases of Covidengue, which occurs when a COVID-19 patient is infected with the Dengue virus, according to doctors.
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Hong Kong scientists develop world's first anti-COVID steel: Report
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): Scientists from the University of Hong Kong have developed the world's first stainless steel capable of eliminating the SARS-Cov-2 virus on its surface, Russian media citing the university's press office reported on Thursday.
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