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Exclusive: Need to amp up vaccination in kids to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 – Experts

New Delhi: During the third wave of COVID-19 in India, we have witnessed a rise in the novel coronavirus cases among children. Opening up about the ordeal of her 11-month-old baby Sufi testing positive for COVID, Bade Acche Lagte Hain actor Nakuul Mehta’s wife wrote on Instagram, “While most of you may know that my […]

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COVID-19 in pregnancy linked to preterm births, stillbirths

London: Women who have Covid-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related complications, according to a study. They are more likely to have complications than those who get Covid-19 in the earlier stages of pregnancy or who haven`t had Covid-19 at all, said a team of researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh, […]

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Covid virus starts losing ability to infect within 5 minutes in air: Study

London: Coronavirus’ ability to infect people starts decreasing within five minutes of being airborne and the virus loses about 90 percent of its infectivity within 20 minutes of being in air, according to a new study. The yet to be peer-reviewed study is the first to explore how the virus survives in exhaled air, and […]

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Is Omicron or Delta behind the third COVID wave in India?

New Delhi: While the recent surge in Covid cases seen in India is largely due to Omicron, it does not mean that Delta has weakened, experts contend. India on Tuesday (January 11) recorded 1,68,063 new Covid cases, taking the total tally to 8,21,446. Although the fresh infections were 6.4 percent less than Monday when the […]

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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) […]