Tag: Coronavirus

India reports 1,134 fresh Covid cases, 5 deaths

India on Wednesday recorded 1,134 new Covid cases, a significant surge from the previous day's 699 infections, according to the Union health ministry data.

March 22, 2023

WHO accuses China of hiding data on coronavirus’ origin

The World Health Organisation rebuked Chinese officials for withholding scientific research that may reveal the origin of the coronavirus.

March 18, 2023

Babies remember faces despite face masks: Study

Oakes, an expert on cognitive development in infancy, said the study highlighted a remarkable ability of babies to adapt

March 5, 2023

Study provides insight into potential animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 omicron

The interactions between the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of coronavirus spike proteins and their host receptor are among the best systems for understanding coronavirus evolution.

October 19, 2022

Learning standards

Small wonder there are suggestions to invoke the Marshall Plan, the American initiative to help rebuild Europe after the Second World War.

September 6, 2022

Daily exercise may lower Covid infection, severity, death risk: Study

The maximum protective effect occurred at around 500 Metabolic Equivalent of Task (MET) minutes a week, after which there were no further improvements.

August 23, 2022

End job discrimination against Covid-19 patients

As for employers and recruitment platforms, they are barred from including any discriminatory information in their listings.

August 19, 2022

India records 20,044 new Covid cases, 56 deaths in last 24 hours

As many as 56 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 5,25,660.  

July 16, 2022

Speeding up vaccine production

 Seamless integration of automation solutions makes it possible to develop, optimize, and manage production processes efficiently.

July 9, 2022

Active cases in Odisha drop below 500-mark, two districts turn COVID-free zones

A total of 9 children were among the newly infected, the health department bulletin said, adding that 41,174 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 17 districts did not report any infection.

March 24, 2022

India registers nearly 6000 Covid cases

A total of 289 people died due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The death toll now stands at 5,14,878.

March 5, 2022

Neem tree may help in fighting coronavirus

In India, the Neem tree has been used for thousands of years for its anti-parasitic, anti-bacterial and antiviral properties. The bark extract is used to treat malaria, stomach and intestinal ulcers, skin diseases and many other ailments.

March 1, 2022

Odisha lifts night curfew in urban areas amid dip in Coronavirus cases

The government had earlier enforced night curfew restrictions from 10 pm to 5 am till February 28, 2022 in its revised guidelines for the month due to the rapid rise in Omicron-induced COVID-19 surge.

February 18, 2022

Sputnik V shows strong protection against Omicron: Joint Italian-Russian study

The Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated strong protection against Omicron variant, with over 2 times higher virus neutralising activity compared to the Pfizer vaccinea, ccording to a study conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Italy in collaboration with Russian Direct Investment Fund. The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Gamaleya Center) and the...

January 20, 2022

Centre says media reports calming under-reporting of COVID-19 deaths ill-informed, baseless, misleading

Many States had rural areas with very low infection rates for sustained periods of time. This has not been taken into account in projecting the estimates in the said study.

January 15, 2022

Shrinking spaces and expanding horizons

Concerns around disease transmission have restricted our physical space. Humans that once roamed free on Earth are not able to do so now. Students do not have the pleasure of attending schools, gym enthusiasts must lift weights at home and, increasingly, access to public places is being determined by vaccination or RT-PCR status.

January 13, 2022

Odisha logs 8,778 new COVID-19 cases, highest in seven months; positivity rate jumps to 11.77%

This is the biggest single-day spike since 3 June last year. The positivity rate increased to 11.77 per cent from 10.25 per cent on the previous day as 74,611 samples were tested.

January 12, 2022