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Can you be infected with Omicron twice? Check experts’ opinion here!

New Delhi: India on Wednesday (January 19) reported 2,82,970 new cases, which is 18% higher than yesterday’s 2.38 lakh daily cases, the health ministry data showed. The country also reported 441 coronavirus related deaths taking the total death count in the country due to the infection to 487,202. Currently, India’s total caseload stands at 3,79,01,241. […]

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Tips and Tricks to keep your home virus free

Image Source : FREEPIK Tips and Tricks to keep your home virus free  With yet another wave of the virus, we must start pulling up our safety barometer to keep us and our loved ones safe. While people are masking up and have started taking up sanitising seriously, we have observed that there is a […]

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EXCLUSIVE – With Omicron variant, COVID-19 pandemic may become endemic: Virologist

New Delhi: As India is in the midst of a third COVID-19 wave fuelled by the new Omicron variant, it has been observed that while the novel coronavirus cases are soaring, individuals are mostly experiencing mild symptoms with faster recovery. Omicron is termed by experts as more transmissible than the Delta variant but also less […]

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Are you languishing – feeling restless, apathetic or empty? Here’s what may help

New Delhi: If you’ve been feeling restless, apathetic or even emotionally empty since the pandemic began, you may be ‘languishing’. Languishing is described as an emotional state of limbo, aimlessness and low mood, which can last for a long time. But while languishing isn’t itself considered a mental health disorder, it could ultimately lead to […]

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Can a person be infected with Omicron twice? Here’s what experts have to say

New Delhi: While Omicron is known to cause Covid re-infection, there is no strong evidence yet in the favour of a person being affected with the vaccine dodging strain again, said Indian health experts here on Monday. However, they also did not rule out such a possibility. An individual’s immunity which has been primed by […]

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Covid: Some people remain infectious even after 10 days

London: One in 10 people may still be infectious and can potentially spread the Covid virus even after the 10 day quarantine period, according to new research. The study, led by the University of Exeter in the UK, used a newly-adapted test which can detect whether the virus was potentially still active. It was applied […]

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Vaping increases frequency of COVID-19 symptoms: Study

New Delhi: People who use electronic cigarettes and test positive for Covid-19 have a higher frequency of experiencing Covid symptoms, compared to people who don’t vape, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. The study, published in the Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, found that symptoms include headaches, muscle aches and pain, chest […]

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Molnupiravir benefits outweigh risk among Covid patients: Experts

New Delhi: With questions being raised on the safety of Molnupiravir – an oral antiviral pill approved for treating Covid-19, Indian health experts have pointed out that the benefits of the drug outweigh the potential risks it may have in the case of high-risk patients. Developed by US-based drug company Merck, Molnupiravir is approved by […]

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Omicron maybe ‘1st ray of light’ against Covid: UK scientist

London: The emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant could be “first ray of light” that in the future there may be a less severe coronavirus variant that is similar to the common cold, according to a UK scientist. According to Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) […]

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Fourth Covid booster enhances antibodies five-fold: Israeli study

Jerusalem: Amid rising cases of Omicron, a preliminary study by Israeli researchers has shown that the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold in just a week after the shot is administered, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday. Bennett spoke during a visit to the Sheba Medical Center, where Israel launched a trial […]