Over 50% coronavirus cases, deaths are from five Indian cities
Nearly 51% coronavirus cases and over 53% deaths in India were from just five cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai,
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Author: Prasad Ravindranath
Coronavirus: Fewer infected people account for larger virus spread
Three studies have found that a small percentage of people who have been infected with novel coronavirus account for a
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Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent deaths, RECOVERY trial finds
The RECOVERY trial, a large randomised controlled trial in the UK to test five drugs, found that hydroxychloroquine drug did
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‘Paper’ in predatory journal by health ministry claims COVID-19 in India will end by mid-September
A “paper” by two health ministry researchers claiming that COVID-19 in India will end by mid-September has been published in
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Remdesivir trial results: NEJM, NIAID and Gilead provide conflicting information
Information shared by the three stakeholders — NEJM, NIAID and Gilead — on critical issues about whether the drug’s ability
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Phase-1 trial: Adenovirus COVID-19 vaccine found safe, induces immune responses
A phase-1 trial using a single dose of a vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) that uses a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vector that carries
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Monkeys resist coronavirus reinfection; six DNA vaccines show promise in animal studies
Six rhesus macaque monkeys were resistant to reinfection following exposure to novel coronavirus. Compared with nose, the lungs had very
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Recovery Trial for COVID-19 to test five drugs
The Recovery Trial will test five already approved drugs — HIV drug Lopinavir-Ritonavir, anti-inflammatory corticosteroid (dexamethasone), anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and
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Faeces samples can harbour infectious coronavirus, study finds
Chinese researchers were able to isolate and culture novel coronavirus from faeces samples. Confirmation of infectious virus in faeces samples
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Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine is safe, interim results of phase-1 trial shows
Interim results of Moderna’s phase-1 human clinical trial of novel coronavirus vaccine (mRNA-1273) shows the vaccine is safe. The vaccine
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COVID-19: India surpasses China’s tally despite prolonged lockdown
On May 15, 106 days after the first novel coronavirus case was reported on January 30, with over 85,500 cases,
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WHO backs COVID-19 vaccine trials that deliberately infect participants
In new guidelines issued on May 6, WHO has backed human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines on the ground that
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COVID-19: Aiming to achieve herd immunity naturally is ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
It was mistakenly assumed that as this disease spreads across the world, only the severe cases become apparent while most
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