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Kerala remains India’s ground zero for the Nipah virus, but why?A new Nipah virus case in Kozhikode, Kerala, highlights the state's recurring outbreaks. Experts link these to fruit bats and human activit...- We can forget COVID-19, it's not a cause for concern, say health experts, as they explain the reason behind the surge in IndiaCOVID-19 is becoming milder, but occasional surges are expected. Experts say the virus is endemic and constantly evolving. Rising cases are...
- Health spend growth dips as Covid fadesAs a proportion of GDP, health spending has declined post-pandemic, dropping from 1.23% in 2020-21 to 1.19% in FY23 and is expected to slip...
- Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid surge in DelhiDelhi recorded 416 fresh Covid cases on Saturday, the highest in over seven months, with a positivity rate of 14.37 per cent, according to ...
- Delhi logs 970 new Covid cases, 1 death in a day; positivity rate 3.34 per centIt is for the first time since April 15 that the positivity rate in Delhi has gone down below four per cent. The city had recorded 366 fres...
- Covid: 1,118 new cases, one more death in Delhi; positivity rate 4.38%With the new cases, Delhi's overall COVID-19 infection tally rose to 18,96,171, while the death toll rose to 26,183, according to the lates...
- Spurt in cases doesn't suggest new Covid wave in Delhi, but do not let guard down: ExpertsEminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya said the test positivity rate is stagnant and it means the infection is spreading at the sam...
- Covid-19 infections spike: Experts agree on masking up and ventilation"It's important to be sensible and understand the risk factors -- if you're indoors, it's better to wear a mask. If it's crowded, even more...
- Covid among kids: Health experts say no need to panicThe health experts said consistent and appropriate use of masks, implementation of a standard protocol for sanitisation and hand washing ar...
- Experts say future Covid waves unlikely to have serious impact in India; some call for easing mask mandateIndia on Sunday recorded 1,761 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in around 688 days, and 127 deaths. T
- 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...
- Third wave to ebb by March: ICMR ADGAdditional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Samiran Panda on Friday said the third wave of Covid was li...
- A generation of children will be left behind if we do not reopen schools now: Manish SisodiaThe Delhi Disaster management Authority (DDMA) has called a meeting tomorrow to deliberate on easing curbs in the national capital in view ...
- Covid-19: India may need to rework 'test, trace, isolate and treat' strategy“We cannot depend on the test, trace, isolate and treat strategy anymore. It is more prudent to test individuals who have symptoms and prov...
- 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...
- 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...
- Virtual schooling not long term solution, must open schools: IAPSMThe advisory recognizes two major concerns of sending kids to school- firstly the children getting infected by the coronavirus risking seve...
- Kerala’s managed well so far, needs scientific approach to unlocking: ExpertsEven though Kerala’s high Covid numbers has prompted questions about the much-lauded Kerala model of Covid management, public health expert...
- For every single Covid case reported in India, 30 cases were missed or undetected: ExpertHe, however, clarified that it does not mean this was deliberate but simply reflects the performance of the disease surveillance system and...
- WHO calls upon Centre to finetune strategies to help peopleAccording to the WHO official, the Centre should play a major role and increase investment in the public health services, also covering dis...
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