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China finds coronavirus on frozen beef, tripe from various countries
More than 7,500 people who may have had contact with the contaminated products and other related personnel have tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19, it said.
Chinese authorities last week found the coronavirus on the packaging of Saudi shrimp in Lanzhou city, Brazilian beef in Wuhan city and Argentinian beef in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces.
Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival
Revellers in the capital let off huge amounts of fireworks well into Sunday morning, prompting angry residents and environmentalists to complain on social media of breathing difficulties and stinging eyes.
Centre to provide 300 ICU beds to Delhi hospitals to tackle rising Covid-19 cases: Amit Shah
While India’s daily increase in cases has been under the 50,000 mark for eight straight days, around half its record peak, the city state of Delhi has recorded over 7,000 cases a day over the last five days – a record level.
“Delhi has witnessed a huge surge in daily active cases which is likely to worsen over next few weeks,” Harsh Vardhan said in a tweet on Sunday.
First batch of Sputnik V vaccine to reach Kanpur medical college for Phase 2, 3 trials
“As many as 180 volunteers have registered for the trials. Head of the research Saurabh Agarwal will determine the dosage of the vaccine to be administered. One dose will be administered and the condition of volunteers will be monitored to determine whether they need further doses or not,” R B Kamal,principal of Kanpur’s Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College said
Global COVID-19 cases top 54 million
According to the JHU, more than 34.7 million people have recovered from the disease, while the COVID-19 global death toll is nearing 1,313,000.
The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11.
Asian stocks hit record peak as vaccine hopes dampen virus fears
“There’s just mountains of cash sitting on the sidelines, waiting to be put to work and since we’ve got this vaccine news, as well as diminished risk around the U.S. elections, all of this is flying into equities,” said Kyle Rodda, analyst at IG Markets. “Everyone’s thinking now that it’s the cue to get in.”
Scientists decode why Covid-19 spares children
According to the researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in the US, children have lower levels of a receptor protein that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 needs to invade airway epithelial cells in the lung.
India’s COVID-19 caseload crosses 88-lakh mark
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 4,79,216, which comprise 5.44 per cent of the total caseload, according to the data.
The total recoveries have surged to 82,05,728, pushing the national recovery rate to 93.09 per cent, while the fatality rate stands at 1.47 per cent.
Indian drug firms recall various products in US market
As per the USFDA, the company is recalling the product due to deviation from the current good manufacturing practices (CGMP).
“FDA analysis detected N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) impurity above the acceptable intake level,” it noted.
Pfizer vaccine has ‘extraordinarily high degree of efficacy’: Fauci
“What I would hope is that even though there’s a degree of skepticism about vaccines in general, that when the general public sees how effective this vaccine is,” said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, “we might see a turnaround of the attitude toward vaccination.”