Corona Updates

“The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently monitoring a new Covid-19 variant which has a lot of mutations. This variant, currently causing infections in Denmark, Israel and US is termed as BA2.86. The extent of spread and heavy…
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A new, highly mutated, lineage of the Covid-19 virus – BA.2.86 has been detected by public health authorities in some countries, sparking concerns of a renewed surge in infections. Since late July, one case each of BA.2.86 has been…
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An unusual case of a long Covid patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing has been reported in a study published in The Lancet journal. The study described the case of a 33-year-old man who developed a condition called…
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कोरोना वायरस का मामला भले ही दुनिया में थमता हुआ नजर आ रहा हो. लेकिन इसका स्वरूप लगातार बदल रहा है. इस बीच कोरोना वायरस का नया वेरिएंट एरिस व ईजी 5.1 सामने आया है. इस नए वेरिएंट को लेकर दुनिया भर में एक बार फिर माहामारी का खतरा मंडराने लगा…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday night confirmed a case of the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Abu Dhabi. According to the UN body, a 28-year-old man tested positive for the virus…
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The World Health Organization’s European office warned that the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying it was still responsible for nearly 1,000 deaths a week in the region. The global health body on May 5 announced that the Covid-19…
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The Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) study assessing a possible connection between the sudden rise in deaths due to cardiac arrest and Covid-19 vaccines should be out in the next two weeks, reported Moneycontrol citing…
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The current wave of Covid-19 infections in China, which could be as high as 65 million cases a week towards the end of June, should not worry India as the country has already been exposed to the Omicron subvariant causing the surge, experts…
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The National Institute of Virology has developed the first indigenous testing kit to detect three infections—Influenza A, B and SARS-CoV-2—through a single kit, and wants interested companies to take it to the mass market. The kit is what…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that Covid-related deaths have dropped by 95 percent this year but the virus was still on the move. Covid-19 is here to stay and countries would have to learn how to manage it, the body said. “We’re…
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