Variants do not always evolve to become less virulent
Since transmission begins before symptoms set in and the disease becomes severe, its characteristic is decoupled from disease
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Why Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1
A few studies are now discovering that BA.2 sub-lineage has even higher propensity than BA.1 to spread among people
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Human challenge study finds high viral shedding in asymptomatic people
The study first detected the virus in the throat and the nose two days before peak symptoms showed up
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IGIB develops future-proof primers, kits for RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
The pool of primers has been developed to target regions of the virus which are unlikely to undergo mutations
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Faster spread of Omicron is not due to higher viral load
Omicron has replaced the Delta variant, which was considered highly transmissible, in almost every country across the world
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COVID-19: The revised testing strategy of the ICMR
The story so far: With the highly transmissive Omicron variant now recorded in most States, and given the mild symptoms seen
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Will the pig-to-human heart operation lead to a new approach to organ transplantation?
The story so far: On January 7, David Bennett, a 57-year-old from Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. became the first person to receive a
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COVID-19: Covaxin booster increases neutralising antibodies, study finds
The control arm of the study had 93 participants and the intervention arm had 91 participants, but most of these people were under 55 years
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COVID-19: Booster doses only mitigate disease severity, do not fully prevent infection
Though 90.8 million people above 60 years, 9.7 million health-care workers and nearly 17 million frontline workers have received the
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COVID-19: Are there clinical trial data to support a homologous vaccine booster?
This means those who have received Covishield as their first and second dose will receive Covishield as their third dose.
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Conflicting signals from drug regulator, COVID-19 national task force
“Considering the emergency and unmet medical need in Covid-19, the SEC on December 27 recommended for grant of permission to
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COVID-19: Even if mild, Omicron variant can overwhelming health-care settings
Huge percentage of the population in India got infected when the Delta variant raged through the country. Studies from other
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Does Covaxin have WHO’s approval for use in children?
While clearly stating that teenagers aged 15 years or more (all those whose birth year is 2007 or before) will
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