Corona Updates

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is highly contagious and transmissible and now, according to a new study, the Omicron variant can survive up to eight days on plastic and 21 hours on the skin – a much longer time than other variants of…
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A top virologist has warned against treating the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as harmless “just because it will become endemic”, as is predicted by health experts around the world. The virologist, Aris Katzourakis, said in an article…
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German biotechnology company BioNTech and US company Pfizer have started clinical trials of an Omicron-based Covid-19 vaccine candidate in healthy adults from 18 through 55 years of age, the companies have said. The trials would evaluate…
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President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday formally withdrew the Covid vaccination-or-testing mandate for large businesses that was struck down by the Supreme Court. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that…
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India’s daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continued to see a downward trend on Tuesday after 255,874 infections were reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The total cases in the country are…
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Amid a surge in the Covid cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will virtually meet the health ministers of nine states and Union Territories over the situation at 10:30 am on Tuesday (January 25). According to ANI, these states…
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Testing people with Covid symptoms has been a pillar of the UK’s pandemic response, reducing transmission by identifying and isolating those with the virus. But to be effective, it relies on people with symptoms getting tested, which…
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As the world grapples with the surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that globally the conditions are ideal for more strains to emerge.…
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Covid-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, are expected to decline across the country by February 15, with a wide vaccination coverage having played a key role. An ANI report, quoting government sources, said vaccination helped…
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It seems that the Covid-19 surge in India is slowing down, with the infection curve in the country flattening each day. The daily Covid-19 numbers in India are decreasing each day, indicating that the third wave might be subsiding in the…
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