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Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 444 new positive cases, 301973 recovered so far
The Government on Wednesday informed that 444 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 138 from Jammu division and 306 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
RedHill’s oral pill shows promise against Covid-related pneumonia
Israel-based biopharmaceutical company RedHill Biopharma's new oral pill called Opaganib has been found effective in patients hospitalised with Covid-related pneumonia, results from a clinical trial has shown.The oral opaganib is…
India to share latest US vaccine allocations through COVAX
India will get a share of the 16 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccines that US President Joe Biden is earmarking for Asia in the latest donations to COVAX, the international outfit for jab distribution to developing countries, according to…
AstraZeneca vax linked to rare neurological disorder in India, England
Eleven individuals who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine have developed a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome, clinicians in India and England have reported in two separate studies.The studies, published…
3rd Covid wave is in our hands, vaccine key solution: VK Paul
NITI Aayog member Dr V. K. Paul on Tuesday said thwarting the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic is in the hands of the people as "it can be stopped if Covid appropriate behaviour is followed, and majority of the people get vaccinated".Paul's…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 428 new positive cases, 301134 recovered so far
The Government on Tuesday informed that 428 newpositive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 148 from Jammu division and 280 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 362 new positive cases, 300135 recovered so far
The Government on Monday informed that 362 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 101 from Jammu division and 261 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Covid infections in US will surge if vax rates lag : Ex-FDA chief
The Delta variant, which currently accounts for at least 10 per cent of all the confirmed coronavirus cases in the US, could spur a surge of infections in the country during fall, if 75 per cent of the country's eligible population is not…
Alpha, Beta Covid infections less likely to be asymptomatic: Study
While Alpha and Beta Covid variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control group, a study led by Johns Hopkins…
Pfizer Covid vax provides higher antibody levels than Sinovac: Study
People who got Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine showed "substantially higher" levels of antibodies compared to those who received China's Sinovac shots, according to a new study.The study, led by University of Hong Kong (HKU), aims to estimate the…