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Has the frequency of washing hands decreased since the pandemic started? You need to go back to doing it more oftenThe first line of defense against the spread of the coronavirus is hand-washing.
COVID-19 Indian variant spreads to neighbouring countries; detected in Lanka, BangladeshThe B.1.617.2, classified as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on April 28, is now known as VOC-21APR-02 after it was found to be at leas...
Brazilian coronavirus variant may be more transmissible, evade immunity: Study"Our epidemiological model indicates that P.1 is likely to be more transmissible than previous strains of coronavirus and likely to be able...
'Indian strain' of coronavirus spreads faster, but little evidence of it being more lethal: ExpertsThe number of coronavirus cases has exploded in Delhi and Maharashtra over the last few weeks and crippled the healthcare sector. Several h...
Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?Deborah Fuller is a microbiologist at the University of Washington working on coronavirus vaccines. She explains what the science shows abo...
India is witnessing 'community transmission', admits Health Minister Harsh Vardhan“It is limited only to certain districts and states,” he said, in the backdrop of West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's admission ...
World Health Organization says COVID-19 pandemic is "one big wave", not seasonalThe World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, s...
WHO says airborne transmission of coronavirus can occur during medical proceduresThe agency said some outbreak reports related to indoor crowded spaces have suggested the possibility of aerosol transmission, combined wit...
Source of infection not known in nearly half of new cases reported in Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar JainWhen asked if Delhi has reached community transmission level as far as coronavirus infection is concerned, Delhi Health Minister said decla...
No evidence yet of coronavirus transmission onboard plane: IndiGo CEORonojoy Dutta's comments against the backdrop of instances of some passengers, who had taken flights after resumption of domestic air servi...
Wearing surgical masks may help slow COVID-19 pandemic: StudyWearing surgical face masks may help prevent the transmission of seasonal coronaviruses and influenza virus from symptomatic individuals, a...
No Community Transmission of Coronavirus infection yetHealth Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal reiterated on Monday said that there has been no community transmission and instead of panickin...
Community spread of coronavirus hasn't begun, says Maharashtra Deputy CM"We are still not in the third stage, also known as community transmission phase. People should make a resolution that they would not ventu...
17 states earmarking hospitals for dedicated treatment of COVID-19 patients: Health MinistryBriefing the press on the coronavirus situation, Health Ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said, "There is still no hard evidence to say ...
Local transmission of coronavirus rising, admits Maharashtra health minister5 of the ten people who tested positive in Maharashtra on Sunday got were infected through local transmission.
Coronavirus spreads quickly, before people show symptoms: StudyAccording to the researchers, including those from the University of Texas at Austin, the average serial interval for the novel coronavirus...
'Novel Chinese coronavirus may have transmitted to humans from snakes'According to the researchers, including Wei Ji from Peking University Health Science Centre in China, patients who became infected with the...