SARS-CoV-2

London : Reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against Covid-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home, suggests a research.The…

New Delhi : Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that it has started supplying Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D to the Centre."The company has started the supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D, to the Government…

New York : The dozens of mutations found in the spike protein of the Omicron variant help it to evade all four of the classes of antibodies that can target the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, suggests a study.This includes antibodies…

Washington : Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 381.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.68 million and vaccinations to over 9.95 billion, according to Johns Hopkins…

Geneva : The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries that are starting to lift Covid-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the…

Washington : The highly contagious Omicron variant accounted for 99.9 per cent of new weekly Covid-19 infections in the US, according to data updated by the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The Delta variant, which spiked…

London: The BA.2 Omicron subvariant is inherently more contagious than the original BA.1 strain among both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, according to a Danish study.The yet to be peer-reviewed study revealed fully vaccinated people…

Geneva: The Covid-19 pandemic has led to tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste, putting tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, as well as threatening human and environmental health,…

New York : Current Covid-19 vaccines provide robust protection against severe disease caused by both the Delta and Omicron variants, according to a study.Omicron variant has been shown to cause breakthrough infections among the vaccinated,…

Lucknow : The entire eligible population of Uttar Pradesh has received the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19, health officials have confirmed.The milestone was achieved at around 8.30 p.m. on Monday. The officials informed that while…