Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients
A pharma company in China is testing convalescent plasma therapy to treat critically sick COVID-19 patients. So far, 13 patients
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Year: 2020
WHO refuses to call novel coronavirus by official name
Three days after the novel coronavirus got an official name — SARS-CoV-2 — WHO will not mention the virus by
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Coronavirus: Saliva of COVID-19 patients contain virus, study finds
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can also be present in saliva, according to a study carried out on 12 patients admitted
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Explainer: How WHO names a new disease
WHO announced COVID-19 as the name for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The disease was named by following
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Explainer: When can people transmit the novel coronavirus?
Doctors at two independent labs in Munich in Germany isolated infectious virus from the pharynx of patients experiencing mild symptoms.
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NEJM study claiming novel coronavirus can be transmitted during incubation period flawed
Contrary to claims made in NEJM, the Chinese woman did not transmit the novel coronavirus to the German during the
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Coronavirus: India’s health system, preparedness under test
Since the novel coronavirus was declared public health emergency, the virus has been galloping and infecting hundreds and killing tens
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Novel coronavirus: Human-to-human transmission in Wuhan started in mid-December
Human-to-human transmission of novel coronavirus had occurred among close contacts since the middle of December 2019 and spread out gradually
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Extended chain of human-to-human spread seen in Germany
Germany has recorded the first case of fourth-generation transmission of the novel coronavirus. Ability to infect others during the incubation
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How bats harbour several viruses yet not get sick
Bats serve as natural hosts for numerous viruses including Ebola virus, Nipah virus, SARS, MERS and the novel coronavirus. Yet,
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Why WHO is very likely to announce novel coronavirus as public health emergency
There have been major developments since January 23 which makes it almost certain that the WHO after today’s meeting will
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Coronavirus: AYUSH Ministry’s dangerous prescription
When a passenger with symptoms suggestive of novel coronavirus infection is found at an airport, should he/she be quarantined and
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Novel coronavirus: WHO to reconvene Emergency Committee meeting today
The World Health Organization will be reconvening the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee today (January 30) to decide whether the
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