Probability of 4th COVID wave extremely low but need to be vigilant, cautions Virologist Jacob JohnDr John also said that he doesn't believe in predicting waves based on mathematical modelling.
20 Mar, 2022, 08.15 AM IST
No fourth wave of coronavirus will occur in India: Virologist T Jacob JohnThe third wave of COVID-19 had plateaued in India and the number of cases started declining after January 21 when 3,47,254 infections were ...
08 Mar, 2022, 01.33 PM IST
Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist Dr T Jacob John"When case numbers in a community are plotted on graphs, the pattern of rise, peak and fall represent epidemic (or outbreak) and case numbe...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Two years on, India's battle with COVID-19, its variants continues with no end in sightTill now, India has reported 4,10,92,522 cases and 4,94,091 fatalities due to COVID-19 and its variants. According to the Indian SARS-COV-2...
30 Jan, 2022, 10.44 AM IST
Omicron a 'deviant', two pandemics going on side by side now: Virologist T Jacob John"Since Omicron is illegitimate or 'deviant' from COVID-19 pandemic progression script, we must think of two pandemics going on side by side...
16 Jan, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
High temperature, drying can reduce infectivity of viruses, including coronavirus: Experts"A decrease in infectivity to approximately 10 per cent of the starting value was observable for SARS-CoV-2 over 20 minutes, with a large p...
13 Jan, 2022, 07.49 PM IST
Booster dose increases antibodies, improves protection against Omicron, say scientistsThe Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha last week that the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) and the Nat...
12 Dec, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
Covid-19: India’s Covid R-naught tops 1 again, up from 0.9 a month agoThe R-value is a tool epidemiologists and policy makers use to check if cases are growing faster or shrinking quickly. The reproduction fac...
07 Aug, 2021, 08.29 AM IST
What you should know about the Delta variant: It's more contagious, likely to defeat vaccine immunityStudies have shown that the available vaccines work against the delta variant.
25 Jun, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Covid: Tamil Nadu's numbers peak is around the corner, says virologist Jacob JohnWhen asked how cases were going up despite a complete lockdown in the State, John remained unfazed. He said that cases were going up due to...
26 May, 2021, 10.23 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccine to be supplied free of cost in govt health facilities: Punjab CMKeeping in view the limited supplies of vaccine expected initially, the chief minister constituted an expert group, comprising eminent viro...
22 Apr, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
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Hepatitis B vaccine’s efficacy in doubtThe vaccination aims to reduce the number of chronic carriers who could infect others and themselves develop liver cancers or cirrhosis lat...
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