Roorkee: Researchers at Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) in Roorkee have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model to predict the “transmission probability” of Covid-19 in a closed space in a building. The model uses an electronic device to detect the carbon dioxide concentration, temperature and humidity of a room. These and other input parameters are … Read more
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic (Reuters Photo) Endemic: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organisation, has said recently that COVID-19 may be entering a stage called endemic. Meaning, some people will contract the virus but the level at which it will … Read more
Owing to its infectious nature, many health experts have also said that double mutant and its descendant Delta variant may have been one of the major causes behind the ferocious second wave in the country. In a significant development, the Uttar Pradesh government revealed the results of a genome sequencing study conducted at Lucknow’s King … Read more
Researchers have developed a non-invasive and low-cost method that can accurately and rapidly detect Covid-19 using samples taken from the screens of smartphones. The researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK analysed swabs from mobile screens rather than directly from people using the method known as Phone Screen Testing (PoST). They found that … Read more
So many people around the world are either positive for covid-19 or they are affected by the pandemic in some way. (Photo source: AP) By Devina Kaur, Since Covid-19 has reared its head, our lives have been a rollercoaster of physical, emotional and mental health challenges. We might often find ourselves wondering if we will … Read more
oWIN Covid-19 Vaccine Registration Portal, CoWIN App Registration for 18+ Age (PTI Photo/File image) CoWIN Vaccine Registration Online for Above 18 Age: The phase 3 of Covid-19 vaccination drive — which will include inoculation of all above the age of 18 in the country — begins May 1, and the registration for that has kicked … Read more
Living through a pandemic has been difficult, but we know that some people, including older adults, are at a higher risk of developing severe illness from this virus. (Photo source: Reuters) Over a year has passed since the COVID-19 virus was first detected – its severity revealed through the nearly two million who have succumbed … Read more
The fear of the new strain of Coronavirus is raising the alarm bells in all the parts of the world including in countries which have already started the vaccination. Even as the Coronavirus vaccination has started in different countries around the world, the doubt over the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines on the new strain of … Read more
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and members of his government risk significant political damage for their decision on Saturday to introduce extremely tough restrictions on London and parts of the southeast England and withdraw a significant part of the social accommodations they had announced for Christmas gatherings. Yet as Johnson said in a widely watched … Read more
Poonawalla put out a tweet on Saturday, saying this is the amount the Indian government would need to buy and distribute the vaccine to everyone in the country. The government of India would need Rs 80,000 crore for vaccinating the entire population against the Covid-19 virus. This cost was put out by Adar Poonawalla, the … Read more