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Threat of large severe Covid waves is on the wane in India: Experts“Endemicity requires that the virus stay with us, and that its behaviour is predictable even if there are periodic outbreaks,” said K Srina...- Long Covid: Over 144 million people suffered globally"The study suggests that a high proportion of persons, including young adults (20-29 years), suffer from a cluster of symptoms for a longer...
- Secretaries panel may meet today to review plan to tackle XE threatWhile India is yet to report a case of the XE variant - there were reports of a case in Mumbai but the government has denied it - experts s...
- Health mavens say Covid isn't endemic yet"India is moving towards endemicity but will have to watch out for new variants over the coming three-four months," said K Srinath Reddy, p...
- Covid cases may rise in rural India, but will fall just as fast, say health expertsThe cases will see a fast jump and a fast drop, said Anurag Agrawal, chair of the World Health Organization's (WHO) technical advisory grou...
- Omicron natural vaccine? Experts call notion dangerous, say doesn't take 'long Covid' into accountNoted virologist Shahid Jameel said the notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a dangerous idea spread by irresponsible people. "It br...
- Third wave may not be as severe as the ones before, say expertsWhile the Delta variant was responsible for causing major destruction, experts say that the coming weeks could see flare-ups but limited to...
- No third wave yet, surge in cases continuation of the second one, say expertsThe third wave of Covid-19 has not yet hit India and the ongoing surge in cases in certain regions such as Kerala and northeast India is pa...
- Prioritise vaccination for children to avoid third wave risk: ExpertsThe US and Canada have started vaccinating those above age 12 years, as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in use in those countries have rece...
- Karnataka inviting another wave of COVID by reducing testing, warns expertThe state had conducted 97,236 tests on Monday out of which 38,603 people were found to be positive whereas on Tuesday 93,247 tests were do...
- Bengaluru may see 6,000 Covid-19 cases daily: ExpertsEpidemiologist Dr Giridhara Babu warned that at the current rate, Bengaluru would see 6,500 cases every day by April 20. Even if 10 per cen...
- Over 470 children below 10 years infected with COVID in Bengaluru since Mar 1Over 470 children below the age of 10 have been infected with COVID-19, since the beginning of this month in Bengaluru, as the city is witn...
- Comorbidity list to qualify for a Covid jab too limiting: ExpertsAn expert committee under All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria which worked on a formula assessed the severity ...
- Government panel to meet today to examine widening dosage gap of CovishieldAt present, India is giving the second dose of Covishield after a gap of 28 days. However, new evidence suggests that efficacy is better wh...
- Do those who have recovered from Covid-19 need the vaccine?"In bald terms, vaccinating means administering the virus or parts of the virus to boost immunity," he said. "Those who have recovered are ...
- India tests record 15 Lakh people in a day, positivity rate falls to 5.8%A total of 1,492,409 tests were conducted as of 8 am on Friday, according to data on the health ministry website. Cumulatively, over 6.89 m...
- View: Beyond the lockdown, to reduce deaths prevent the clustersIn India with the country in lockdown, we only are made aware of few clusters, namely, in Nizamuddin, Chennai vegetable market, Nanded pilg...
- COVID-19 cases to peak in India in mid-July if lockdown lifted this month-end: EpidemiologistThe country at present is definitely at a lower trajectory in terms of COVID-19 deaths compared to anywhere in the world which means it has...
- States will see COVID-19 peak at different times, says epidemiologistProfessor and Head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, Giridhara R Babu said the coronavirus is in comple...
- New BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal must find a fix that can go viralIqbal Singh Chahal’s task as BMC chief will be to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control.
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