covid-19 hotspots

New COVID-19 test can identify all variants in hours

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New COVID-19 test can identify all variants in hours

Scientists in the US have developed a rapid COVID-19 test that can accurately detect all current variants of SARS-CoV-2 within hours. The test, CoVarScan, detects the signatures of eight hotspots on the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.The researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in the US tested CoVarScan on samples collected … Read more

After ITC Chola, Leela Palace in Chennai becomes Covid-19 hotspot; 20 staffers test positive

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After ITC Chola, Leela Palace in Chennai becomes Covid-19 hotspot; 20 staffers test positive

Twenty staff members at Leela Palance, Chennai tested Covid-19 positive. (Source: Leela Palace website) Luxury hotels in Chennai are becoming Covid-19 clusters. Fresh coronavirus case count in the metro has dropped below 900 mark on Sunday, for four days in a row no UK returnees to Tamil Nadu tested positive and yet two luxury hotels … Read more