SARS-CoV-2

Students wanting to go abroad for studies from Punjab will now be prioritised in the vaccination process for the 18-45 group, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced on Monday.At a high-level virtual Covid review meeting, the Chief…

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced a Group of specialists in Paediatrics to frame protocols and handhold private hospitals for enhancing paediatric beds and treatment protocols, while rolling out a detailed…

 GVK EMRI sets up a 50 bedded multi-specialty hospital at its 108 GVK EMRI Headquarters near Kompally in the city outskirts. This facility becomes functional from today onwards. Presently it will cater exclusively to COVID-19, GVK EMRI…

The Jammu & Kashmir Government received a fresh consignment of 9 Medical Oxygen Generation Plants at the Srinagar Airport, today.The state-of-the-art Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen Generation plants, manufactured in Europe, were…

The Government on Monday informed that 977 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),288 from Jammu division and 689 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…

A latest study has found that both vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin elicited good immune response after two doses, although seropositivity rates and median anti-spike antibody titre was significantly higher in Covishield as compared to…

US Researchers have found a connection between a person's ability to perceive certain bitter stimulants and the symptoms and severity of their Covid-19 infection. The study, led by Baton Rouge General Medical Center, in Louisiana, found…

 Italian researchers have identified a new coronavirus mutation, whose scientific name is T478K, that has been spreading mostly in Mexico over the past few weeks and has also been found in Europe. The team, from the Department of Pharmacy…

Amid the clamour for an in-depth investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi were reportedly the first to have flagged the lab-leak theory. A team of…

Can a vaccine insurance pool provide compensation to people who suffer from adverse effects of the Covid-19 jabs with manufacturers demanding immunity from liability claims? Experts are divided on this aspect. Even though product liability…