Explained: Being ready with Oxford University vaccine before trial ends
Serum Institute of India, Pune, will start manufacturing the vaccine the moment the Phase-3 trial begins. The company is confident
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Dead fragments of novel coronavirus led to false positives in recovered patients
By the end of April, 263 people in South Korea who had recovered from COVID-19 had again tested positive for
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Broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits novel coronavirus
A ribonucleoside analog (β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine or NHC) that was previously shown to be effective against influenza and Ebola is also potent
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Wait for trial results before using BCG vaccine for COVID-19, Tedros writes
Tedros and others caution that using BCG vaccine on health-care workers for COVID-19 should be only after safety and efficacy
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Remdesivir drug has no significant clinical benefits for COVID-19 patients: Lancet
Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the antiviral drug remdesivir does not quicken recovery, the first randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial found.
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One mutated coronavirus type dominates globally
NIBMG scientists have analysed 3,669 whole genome sequence data of novel coronavirus from across the world and found 10 types
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Can we rely on natural herd immunity to end COVID-19 pandemic?
All previous influenza pandemics — 1918 Spanish flu, 1957 Asian flu, 1968 Hong Kong influenza, and 2009 H1N1 — came
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Coronavirus: Lessons India should have learnt from Singapore’s dormitory spread
It took just 12 days for novel coronavirus cases to double to two million and another 12 days to cross
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Coronavirus spares no major organ
Lungs are just the ground zero for the virus while the novel coronavirus spreads its lethal tentacles to multiple organs
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Sewage surveillance can help know coronavirus spread in the community
Researchers have found that sewage surveillance can help in understanding the circulation of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the community. Sewage
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Coronavirus testing in India needs to be expanded exponentially, strategically, Lancet says
While acknowledging that India was “quick to close its international borders and enforce an immediate lockdown”, the editorial published in
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At last, legal protection for healthcare workers comes true
Symbolic gestures such as clapping hands and lighting candles in recognition of healthcare workers’ selfless service during these trying times
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Coronavirus: Phase-1 human trial of Oxford University vaccine to begin today
The Oxford University team that uses a recombinant viral vector vaccine that uses a chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine vector (ChAdOx1) that
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