The free COVID vaccine will be provided to three billion people of frontline and healthcare workers in the first phase of vaccination, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday while providing an update on dry vaccination in the country conducted nationwide in…
read moreA new study has found immune system deviations and failures that appear to be the difference between severe and mild cases of Covid-19. The difference, the study suggests, may be due to how our evolving old innate immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2,…
read moreRussian Coronavirus (Covid-19) Vaccine Almost nine months after the Covid-19 outbreak, Russia became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed “Sputnik V” (an reference to the world’s first satellite) for civilian use, President Vladimir Putin said on…
read moreIt is well known that Covid-19 forced shutdowns in various countries have resulted in lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution. Now, in a study published in Nature Climate Change on August 6, researchers from the University of Leeds and the…
read moreThe Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the 6 main organs of the United Nations system created by the United Nations Charter in 1945. It is made up of 54 United Nations members elected by the General Assembly. ECOSOC coordinates…
read moreBihar, the state, where more than 25 lakh migrant workers have returned from other states due to lockdown, is the most backward among the 19 states in the country in terms of COVID-19 infection test, even lower than the neighboring states of…
read moreDelhi government will establish a plasma bank to fight the coronavirus and also urging those who have recovered from the infection to donate plasma to help other patients; The state government will arrange transportation to the plasma bank for those wishing to…
read moreThe use of dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, has been approved for patients who require oxygen and those who have an excessive inflammatory response. The government on Saturday authorized the use of dexamethasone, a…
read moreA serological survey by the ICMR reveals that 0.73% of the population in 83 districts of the country has evidence of previous exposure to the coronavirus, ICMR releases Sero-survey results, says no community transmission yet but large population at risk of Covid-19….
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