Substantial coronavirus spread seen before symptoms show up
A study published in Nature Medicine found that people infected with novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) start shedding the virus two-three days
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Coronavirus: Randomised, control trial shows hydroxychloroquine does not reduce viral load
Results of a randomised, control trial using hydroxychloroquine drug in 150 COVID-19 patients show that the drug does not reduce
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Coronavirus: U.S. halting funding for WHO will have disastrous consequences
Faulting the WHO for imaginary failings cannot help Mr. Trump wash his hands of many administrative failures in containing the
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Why hospitals are hotbeds for coronavirus transmission
At 31.9%, the intensive care unit specialised for taking care of COVID-19 patients was the most contaminated in the hospital.
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COVID-19: Younger patients develop less neutralising antibodies
About 30% of patients with mild symptoms failed to develop high amounts of neutralising antibodies even after recovering from COVID-19
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India should pull out all the stops to halt coronavirus spread in the community
With community transmission now being confirmed in 36 districts, an expansion and change in testing strategy becomes imperative in the
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Coronavirus: Trump finds a scapegoat in WHO
After blaming coronavirus as democrats’ new hoax, and calling the microbe as “China virus”, WHO has now become Mr. Trump’s
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Coronavirus: Lifting the drug export ban is correct though done under pressure
Given the circumstances, it would be difficult to believe that the decision to lift the restriction was taken independent of
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Coronavirus: Community transmission was present by March third week, ICMR says in a study
In a paper published on April 9, ICMR says community transmission was seen by third week of March. The prevalence
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CCMB, IGIB start sequencing novel coronavirus genome
With CSIR labs now permitted to test samples of novel coronavirus, Hyderabad-based CCMB and Delhi-based IGIB have started sequencing the
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Hydroxychloroquine study: Publisher expresses ‘concerns’ about the paper
The journal that published a paper claiming that hydroxychloroquine had “significant” success in treating COVID-19 patients now has an expression
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Coronavirus: Correlation does not mean causation, doctors say about BCG vaccine study
Protection conferred by BCG vaccine against novel coronavirus is an interesting study and a plausible hypothesis but has been done
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Novel coronavirus can be transmitted even before symptoms show up
Even as WHO maintains that risk of getting infected from people not exhibiting any symptoms is low, a few studies
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