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RT-PCR test mandatory for arrivals from China, 4 other nations: Union Health Minister Mandaviya
"The RT-PCR test to be mandatory for international arrivals from...
India doesn’t need to ban int’l flights, impose lockdown right now: Experts
"Overall, there is no increase in Covid caseload and India...
AIIMS partners IIT-Delhi to launch app for patients needing plasma therapy
“This app will act as a bridge between patients seeking plasma therapy and are moderately and severely symptomatic and donors who have recovered from COVID-19 and have completed 28 days post recovery,” Dr Verma explained.
Musk says Tesla is building ‘RNA microfactories’ for CureVac
CureVac, an unlisted German company, has said it is developing transportable, automated mRNA production units that it calls printers. They will be designed to be shipped to remote locations, where they can churn out its vaccine candidate and other mRNA-based therapies depending on the recipe fed into the machine.
Goa opens to domestic tourists from July 2:state tourism minister
Moreover, tourists will either have to carry Covid-19 negative certificates to enter the state, or will have to get tested at the border and undergo quarantine at a state-run facility till their results arrive, he said.
India’s COVID-19 tally zooms past six lakh cases,5 days after crossing 5-lakh mark
New Delhi: India''s COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days after it crossed the five-lakh mark, while the death toll rose to 17,834, according to the Union...
China study warns of possible new ‘pandemic virus’ from pigs
The study highlights the risks of viruses crossing the species barrier into humans, especially in densely populated regions in China, where millions live close to farms, breeding facilities, slaughterhouses and wet markets.
No return to pre-pandemic job levels in 2020 – ILO
The figures cover people who are working shorter hours, who are furloughed, have lost their jobs, or withdrawn from the labour force.
They reflect “worsening conditions”, especially in developing countries, the report said.
Some 93 per cent of workers still live in countries with some sort of workplace closures, it said.
From Parkinson’s to peanut allergy, pandemic puts brakes on new drugs
Neurocrine Chief Executive Kevin Gorman said in an interview that many neurologists had been redirected to fighting the pandemic, leading to delaying Ongentys until later in 2020. The delay to Palforzia, Aimmune’s sole approved drug, means the company will not generate any revenue until later this year, prompting it to halt new hires in a bid to preserve its $370 million of cash.
Fauci, CDC chief raise concerns about full airline flights
The CEOs of American and United have said that even with middle seats empty, it is impossible to follow 6-foot social-distancing on a plane, so airlines rely on masks, deep cleaning and air-filtration systems on planes to prevent spreading the virus.
Brazil military hand out masks to protect isolated Amazon tribes
A gold rush that has brought an estimated 20,000 gold prospectors to invade the Brazil largest reservation has poisoned rivers and destroyed forest, and the Yanomami say the miners have brought the novel coronavirus.
Will office buildings ever be the same? Empire State offers clues
Global Brands Group, which licenses the likes of Calvin Klein, signed a 15-year lease for six floors of office space in 2011 but has already told employees based in New York that they will never be required to come back to the office.