The committee’s estimate for the current spread of the virus is much higher than the Union government’s serological surveys, which showed that only around 14 per cent of the population had been infected, as of September. Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least half of India’s 1.3 billion people are likely to have been infected […]
Clinical trials have shown the drug cuts the duration of symptoms, but there’s previously been no data on survival. By Graeme Demianyk Antiviral drug remdesivir has “little or no effect” on a hospitalised Covid-19 patients’ chances of survival, a World Health Organisation (WHO) clinical trial has suggested. The potential coronavirus treatment option is one of […]
By The Visual and Data Journalism Team BBC News Coronavirus pandemic Tough restrictions are “absolutely necessary” to save lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned as Europe battles a second Covid-19 wave. It comes as millions of people in European capitals and other cities have been told they must live under strict new measures. […]
Union Health Minister also said that the Feluda paper strip test could be rolled out in the next few weeks. Press Trust of India NEW DELHI — Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said the government has not yet taken a view on granting emergency authorisation to COVID-19 vaccines in India, as and when they become […]
The staff at Hindu Rao Hospital threatened to stop working from Saturday unless they were paid salaries for last three months. By Akshita Jain Healthcare workers at Delhi’s Hindu Rao Hospital, a Covid dedicated hospital, on Friday continued their protest over non-payment of salaries and threatened to stop working unless they are paid salaries for last three […]
By Reuters Staff SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China is in talks to have its locally-produced COVID-19 vaccines assessed by the World Health Organization, as a step toward making them available for international use, a WHO official said on Tuesday. Hundreds of thousands of essential workers and other groups considered at high risk in China have been […]
A team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test. The BBC’s Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi unpack how it works. The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on a gene-editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that […]
By Alexandra Alper, Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said from his hospital room that the next few days will be the “real test” of his treatment for COVID-19, after a series of contradictory messages from the White House caused widespread confusion about his condition. In a four-minute video posted on Twitter on Saturday from […]
Coronavirus pandemic Amazon said that more than 19,816 of its frontline workers in the US have contracted Covid-19 since March. The number equates to 1.44% of its 1.37 million workers across Amazon and its subsidiary Whole Foods. Amazon had faced criticism from employees, unions and elected officials, who have accused the company of putting employees’ […]
By Alasdair Pal, Nivedita Bhattacharjee NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, India (Reuters) – India’s coronavirus infections surged again on Wednesday, a day after falling to their lowest figure in almost a month. In the last 24 hours, there were 83,347 new cases, with 1,085 deaths, federal health data showed. India, with a population of about 1.4 billion, has been consistently […]
