The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study, the BBC reported. Half will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus. The design of the trial […]
A total of 145 Indian crew members of a cruise ship ‘Marella Discovery’ finally disembarked at Mumbai Port after spending more than six weeks at sea, officials said here on Thursday. On March 7, the cruise ship disembarked all its passengers at Laem Chabang port in Thailand in view of the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. […]
When used correctly, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended alcohol-based hand disinfectants to be effective against the novel coronavirus, as confirmed by the international team of researchers. For the findings published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, the research team headed by Professor Stephanie Pfander from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) in Germany, exposed Sars-Cov-2 viruses for […]
The total number of novel coronavirus cases in the country surged past 9,000 on Monday and the death count reached 308, said Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare. “Total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus are 9,152,” the Health Ministry said in an 8 a.m. update. There are at least 938 new cases […]
Indian-American journalist Brahm Kanchibotla has died of COVID-19 that is ravaging New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US. The journalist died on Monday morning after nine days in a hospital, his son Sudama Kanchibotla said. Brahm Kanchibotla, 66, was a correspondent for United News of India. During his 28-year career in the […]
The deadly coronavirus outbreak has taken a huge toll over the mankind but it has also united the people of the country who are extending their helping hand to support those who are not able to feed themselves due to lack of work amid 21-day nationwide lockdown. Amid all the negativity, a small gesture of […]
As the number of deaths from coronavirus passed the grim milestone of the toll of 9/11, the US stared at questions about its preparedness and the stark prospects of more than 100,000 people dying in the pandemic. After the top doctors dealing with the crisis displayed their statistical model for the pandemic’s trajectory, President Donald […]
An unprecedented 60 per cent of Indians believe that the coronavirus threat is hyperbolized, even as the number of confirmed cases in the country surged past 400 on Monday. This startling finding came out in the IANS CVoter-Gallup International Association Corona Tracker I, based on interviews of over 20,000 people, both men and women, in […]
At the current speed at which COVID-19 is spreading in the country, India is at the threshold of a major medical calamity within a month, and the country must implement a ‘Janata Curfew’ for at least two weeks, warns a leading microbiologist. “We feel if asocial distancing’ is not implemented seriously, by end-April hospitals may […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday launched a Health Alert on WhatsApp where over 1.5 billion users can ask questions and they will be provided with reliable information about new coronavirus 24/7. This will also serve government decision-makers by providing the latest numbers and situation reports, WhatsApp said in a statement. To contact the […]