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While confirming that there are no signs of a second wave, senior public health officials have urged people to show no signs of slackness, as the virus is very much still there in the community
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Hyderabad: The Covid-19 pandemic has proved that the Indian scientific community can deliver and stand up to expectations when faced with an adversary like SARS-CoV-2. The pandemic has definitely prepared the community of Indian researchers, clinicians and scientists for a future pandemic, said Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary to Government of India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT). […]
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Respiratory infections such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads primarily by respiratory droplets (size > 10μm) of saliva or discharge from the nose of an infected person during coughing or sneezing.
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Urge people to wear masks, follow hand hygiene and physical distancing
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For the first time in India, four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one tested positive for the Brazil variant in the country, the health minister has said.
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South Africa strain has been detected in four returnees -- one from Angola, one from Tanzania and two from South Africa in January
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Until vaccine-induced population immunity is achieved, universal masking is a highly effective means to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
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The sero-prevalence at the national level went up 3.1 times between August and December but in Telangana, this went up by two times
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The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, suggest the possibility that evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can occur in immunosuppressed individuals when prolonged viral replication takes place.
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The AI-assisted method predicted 26 potential vaccines that would work against the coronavirus.
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"While these findings do not indicate the need for a new vaccine to address the emerging variants, the companies are prepared to respond if a variant of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates evidence of escaping immunity by the Covid-19 vaccine," Pfizer and BioNTech said in a statement on Wednesday.
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All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.
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The workshops will go a long way in rapid deployment of lab workforce for diagnostics, which has been the key in country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Experts cite herd immunity, masking, personal hygiene and physical distancing as reasons for decline in cases
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Scientists know that SARS-CoV-2 binds the ACE2 receptor on the surface of human cells, after which it enters the cell through a process known as endocytosis.
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According to a study, published in the journal Chemical Senses, the disease also often results in both the loss of taste and other senses in the mouth.
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We utilized the latest advances in materials and manufacturing such as nanoparticle 3D printing to create a device that rapidly detects Covid-19 antibodies," said researcher Rahul Panat, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon
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In a yet-to-be peer reviewed research, scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch, tested the ability of blood serum from 20 individuals immunised with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to neutralise coronavirus engineered to carry the new mutations
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South African strain called as ‘501.V2’ could not only be more infectious than the UK strain but has the potential to have more resistance to Covid vaccines being rolled-out
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Research organisations, including CCMB, to launch countrywide genome sequencing of Covid