Flouting social distancing norms and crowding to nullify gains against Covid: Health Ministry

Flouting social distancing norms and crowding to nullify gains against Covid: Health Ministry

These districts are in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Puducherry and West Bengal. The health ministry has warned that all the gains made in the fight against the second wave of the pandemic in the country would be nullified if revenge travel to hill stations and … Read more

Covid 3rd wave: 70 % kids in PCMC sero survey show antibodies

Covid 3rd wave: 70 % kids in PCMC sero survey show antibodies

The presence of antibodies was found at 78.9 percent, 91.1 percent and 90.5 percent for the 18-44, 45-60 and above 60 age groups respectively. Even as the probable third wave of Coronavirus remains on the mind of most people in the country and its feared consequences for children, a sero survey conducted in the industrial … Read more

3rd wave: K’taka begins genome study of Covid-19 hit children

3rd wave: K’taka begins genome study of Covid-19 hit children

However, during the second wave the mortality among children increased by about 4 percent and 6 percent in the 0-9 age group and 10-19 group respectively. With a large number of studies predicting vulnerability of children in the event of the third wave of Coronavirus in future, scientists in Karnataka have started studying genome sequence … Read more