Centre asks states, UTs to allow relaxation of Covid curbs

Centre asks states, UTs to allow relaxation of Covid curbs

Issuing COVID-19 guidelines for March, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla also suggested the implementation of a risk assessment based approach on the opening of economic activities as suggested by the Union Health Ministry recently. The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment, academic … Read more

Coronavirus Omicron February 25 Live Updates: India records 13,166 new infections, 302 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus Omicron February 25 Live Updates: India records 13,166 new infections, 302 deaths in last 24 hours

Coronavirus Omicron Cases and Deaths in India Live, Covid-19 Omicron Latest Updates, Covid-19 curbs Latest News: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority will be conducting a meeting today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and discuss the lifting of remaining Covid-19 restrictions in the state. Omicron Coronavirus Live News, Coronavirus Statistics and Vaccine Registration … Read more

Coronavirus Omicron India Feb 26 Live: Third wave recedes in India – Odisha records lowest daily Covid cases in 2022

Coronavirus Omicron India Feb 26 Live: Third wave recedes in India – Odisha records lowest daily Covid cases in 2022

Coronavirus Omicron Cases and Deaths in India Live, Covid-19 Omicron Latest Updates, Covid-19 curbs Feb 26 Live: India registers 11,499 cases; Centre urges states and UTs to consider easing curbs Financial Express brings you the latest and verified Covid updates from India and around the globe. Check out here: India on Saturday reported 11,499 fresh … Read more

Science amazing, but no global coordination: WHO chief scientist on Covid-19 pandemic

Science amazing, but no global coordination: WHO chief scientist on Covid-19 pandemic

Speaking in a panel discussion as part of BioAsia 2022, she said though several high-end countries have completed vaccination to the extent of 90 per cent some of the nations in Africa have completed only 10 per cent inoculation even as there was ease on vaccine supply side globally. Though the scientific achievement with regards … Read more

High cases indicate Covid-19 Omicron wave in Singapore likely to peak soon, says expert

High cases indicate Covid-19 Omicron wave in Singapore likely to peak soon, says expert

The daily cases of Omicron in the city-state have gone beyond 20,000 expected earlier to 20,312 new infections on Wednesday and 26,032 on Tuesday. High number of Omicron cases in Singapore indicates that the coronavirus wave due to the variant is likely to peak soon in the country, an infectious disease experts here has said. … Read more

Coronavirus Omicron Feb 24 Live Updates: Declining number of Covid-19 cases may not be real as testing reduced substantially across countries, says WHO

Coronavirus Omicron Feb 24 Live Updates: Declining number of Covid-19 cases may not be real as testing reduced substantially across countries, says WHO

Coronavirus Omicron Cases and Deaths Live, Covid-19 Vaccine Registration in India Latest Update, Omicron Ba 2 latest news, Coronavirus Live Updates: The world has seen a reduction of almost 20 per cent in new Covid cases as compared to last week, WHO epidemiologist Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said. Omicron Coronavirus Live News, Covid-19 Cases and … Read more

Don’t lower guard despite flattening Covid curve: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

Don’t lower guard despite flattening Covid curve: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

Addressing the National WASH Conclave-2022 after inaugurating it virtually from Chennai, the vice president said children should grow up in an environment that is healthy –- physically and emotionally. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday underlined the importance of basic amenities such as safe drinking water and sanitation in preventing diseases and contributing towards … Read more

Zydus gets USFDA nod to market generic diabetes drug

Zydus gets USFDA nod to market generic diabetes drug

Dapagliflozin is used with a proper diet and exercise programme to control high blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes. The drug also lowers the risk of heart failure in adults with type 2 diabetes with heart disease. Zydus Group on Wednesday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator to … Read more

US based researchers develop new drug for heart patients derived from tick saliva

US based researchers develop new drug for heart patients derived from tick saliva

Researchers at University of Cincinnati inhibited an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva to form a new anticoagulant medication that cannot be used to treat patients with a variety of coronary issues including heart attacks. Blood thinners or anticoagulants that stop blood clots from getting bigger inside blood vessels are a necessary medication for … Read more

Study finds limited efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron

Study finds limited efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron

The research, recently published in the journal Allergy, found that only individuals vaccinated with a third or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine form antibodies that can partially block Omicron. People who are double-vaccinated and those who have recovered from infection by previous strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have virtually no antibody protection against the … Read more