Tag: virus
Preparing Against COVID: Delhi Government To Set Up 57 Oxygen Plants
Having witnessed shortage of oxygen for Covid patients in and outside hospitals, during (mid-April to mid-May) the period when Delhi was registering over 20,000 new Coronavirus cases per day, the Delhi Government has planned to install 57 oxygen plants in the city. ....
Monoclonal Antibody Can Change Covid Scenario: Gangaram Hospital
At a time when the country is passing through the second wave of Covid-19, Delhi-based Sir Gangaram Hospital claims that monoclonal antibody can be a game changer with its better hold on the deadly pandemic. ....
The Emotional Cost Of Covid-19 On Infertile Couples
Our societies place great importance on conceiving and giving birth to a child. It is a societal norm that adults, especially married couples, start a family and hence, there is mounting pressure when complications in the process arise. ....
Single Dose Of Vaccine Sufficient For Those Already Infected By Covid: Study
A single dose of vaccine is sufficient for those already infected by Covid-19, revealed a study by Hyderabad's AIG Hospitals. ....
Vaccination Hesitation: A Bigger Evil Than The Virus
Take the example of Telangana, where health authorities recently stated that 37,332 children were infected with the virus between March and May 2021. This coupled with the fact that 19,824 children got infected from August-November 2020 tells us how we grossly underestimated the impact of Covid-19 on children.....
Human Behaviour Crucial To Break Covid Chain: AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria
s the second wave of Covid seems to have been brought under control in the last few days with a sharp dip in new cases across the country and several states gradually lifting lockdowns, AIIMS Director, Dr Randeep Guleria, on Tuesday stressed that human behaviour would be crucial to break spread of infection in any subsequent wave. ....
105-year-old Man Beats Covid In Assam
A centenarian in Assam has recovered from Covid-19 and was discharged from the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Sunday. ....
UK Reports Another 9,284 Coronavirus Cases
Britain has reported another 9,284 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,630,040, according to official figures released on Sunday. ....
India Reports Over 54K New Covid Cases In 24 Hours
India recorded 54,069 new Covid-19 cases and 1,321 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the country's total caseload to 3,00,82,778, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday. ....
Spike Protein Changes In Covid Variants Can Make Vaccine Ineffective
As SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, evolves it tends to mutate and bring new variants as well as cause changes to the spike protein -- a fact that can render the current vaccines targeting the protein ineffective. ....
