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VIROLOGIST SHAHID JAMEEL
Covid unlikely to overwhelm hospitals: Experts"In fact, waste water surveillance in Bengaluru has shown that we went through a silent outbreak. Infections happened, but hospitals didn't...- Covid-19 could be entering endemic stage: Experts"If not immediately, Covid cases will go down in a week or so. It is following a similar cycle time as before," said Anurag Agrawal, former...
- Protein-based vaccines must be given a shot: ExpertsThe supply of protein subunit vaccines as the best booster choice should be increased, Anurag Agrawal, former head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2...
- Covid-19: XBB unlikely to cause severe illness in India, say experts"It's a sub-variant of Omicron that gets around pre-existing immunity rather well," said Virologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxfo...
- Experts urge caution after detection of BQ.1 strainThey said Covid-19 cases could rise in the coming days due to festivals including Diwali next week. BQ.1 is an offshoot of the Omicron vari...
- Covid waves will continue as sub-variants evolve: ExpertsVirologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxford said he would be worried if the hospitalisations go up as well.
- Current booster policy needs to be updated: ExpertsGiridhara Babu, senior epidemiologist said it is time to revise and ensure that every eligible person gets a booster shot if not got alread...
- 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...
- It’s not the time to be conservative with vaccinations: Virologist Shahid Jameel"With about 60% of the world’s population fully vaccinated and a large fraction also exposed to the virus, severe disease and hospitalizati...
- Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Dr Shahid Jameel, VirologistIndia is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...
- Omicron may have spread to other countries, says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan"It is likely that many other countries, if they start looking for this variant, would probably find it in the coming days," she said. She ...
- Congress targets govt over resignation of noted virologist Shahid Jameel"The resignation of Dr. Shahid Jameel, one of India's best virologists, is really sad. Modi Sarkar has no place for professionals who can s...
- Top Indian virologist quits government panel after airing differencesINSACOG, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium, warned government officials in early March of a new and more contagious variant of the ...
- Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won't end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel"The curve may have flattened but the other side of the peak is not going to be an easy climb down. It's possibly going to be a more prolon...
- The big question: Can India find a way out of its Covid nightmare?"To bring things under control, you want to vaccinate more people on a daily basis than the number of new infections. Remember that a perso...
- Covid-19: Of 15,000 virus sequences, 11% comprise of UK, SA and Brazil variants; UK strain dominant in IndiaLast year at the time when the virus broke its loose pan-India, Maharashtra was hit badly with most reported cases of which almost close to...
- Mutants, sluggish vaccine drive, carelessness: Add them and you get India's Covid surge, say top scientistsJust like there were no answers to why there was a slide in number of infections earlier this year, there is no clarity on why the numbers ...
- No proof COVID second wave due to virus variants, but it is possible: Virologist Shahid JameelVirologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...
- Vaccine hesitancy will slowly go away, says virologist Dr Shahid JameelWhat should come out in public in clear terms is that both the vaccines are proving to be safe. Even though the efficacy data is not out ye...
- Season of two viruses? Scientists worried that dengue outbreak may aggravate COVID-19 crisisWhile the number of COVID-19 cases races towards the 8,00,000 mark with 7,93,802 cases on Friday and 21,604 fatalities, the incidence of de...
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