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Red spots, red flags: Experts' warnings come true as missing vaccinations lead to measles outbreakFrom the time countries scrambled to protect their population — first through lockdowns and isolation and then through unprecedented, large...- Voluntary use of masks must be promoted in view of new XE variant: ExpertsThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning against XE, a new variant of Omicron first detected in the UK, and suggested that ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Two-thirds of Indians over age of 6 have Covid antibodies: Sero surveyIndian Council of Medical Research director general Balram Bhargava termed the finding a “silver lining” in the country’s fight against the...
- India's coronavirus death ratio rising even a month after cases peakedIn the week from May 10 to May 16, India’s death ratio was 1.05%. It increased to 1.1% in the May 17-23 week and then to 1.17% in the May 2...
- India's fatality rate rises to 1.2% from 1% in over 3 weeksThe national Covid-19 death ratio was 1% in the week ending May 7 and rose steadily through the month as the second wave peaked in mid-May....
- 55% of new cases from Karnataka, TN, Kerala, Andhra & TelanganaIn the last 24 hours, 186,364 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the country. Of this, 101,522, or 55%, were from the five southern states...
- 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...
- Vaccination drive: A better communication strategy, using social media and celebs, is needed to assuage young adults’ fearsBut not everyone is as keen. Jash Jain, 18, who is currently prepping for medical entrance exams, says, “My grandfather, who has taken his ...
- About 6,500 COVID cases per day in Bengaluru can't be ruled out if control measures are not strictly followed: Minister"Technical advisory committee in their report has said till May end...till May-end we have to take things seriously and together fight it (...
- 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...
- 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.
- Covid-19 spreadsheet: A tale of two statesMaharashtra has seen 16-fold jump in number of positive cases since March 26, whereas Kerala appears to be flattening the curve. In Kerala,...
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