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Refusal to waive IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights: UN Experts
Quoting the latest data from the UN World Health Organization...
With COVID-19 ‘here to stay’, new tools essential to continue fight: Tedros
“COVID-19 is here to stay, and the world will continue to need...
China COVID data shows no new variant but under-reports deaths, WHO says
Global unease has grown about the accuracy of China's reporting of an outbreak that has filled hospitals and overwhelmed some funeral homes since Beijing abruptly reversed its "zero COVID" policy Data from China shows no new coronavirus variant has been found there,...
Climate data can help model spread of Covid-19: Research
A rising number of studies indicate that the climate may have an effect on how Covid-19 spreads, however, it is unclear how much it alters risk and transmission According to a new study by a group of researchers from the Qatar Environment & Energy Research...
What is Omicron’s XBB.1.5 Sub-variant? Should India be worried?
"Immune evasiveness is the ability of the virus to infect people who had prior infection or vaccination or both. XBB.1.5 achieved this by creating a rare type of mutation called F486P, located in its RBD (receptor binding domain). It is not known whether it causes...
Second Covid booster unwarranted : Govt sources
"No discussion has been started even in the Immunisation panel National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) regarding the second booster dose. Our first priority is to complete the first booster drive in the country," said another official source to ANI....
RT-PCR test mandatory for passengers arriving from China, Singapore, Thailand
The ministry release issued by Lav Agarwal, additional secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said the ministry has decided to revise and update its existing guidelines for International arrivals in view of the rising COVID cases in the above-mentioned...
Smartwatch data shows Covid booster vaccine is safe: Lancet study
“We saw clear and significant changes after administration of the vaccine, such as an increase in heart rate compared to the pulse rate measured before vaccination, and then we saw a return to the participant’s baseline, i.e., the pulse levels after vaccination...
China’s economic activity at slowest since 2020 as Covid-19 spreads
“Manufacturing and consumption both declined as Covid situation brought relatively big impact to enterprises, personnel on duty and logistics,” the statistics bureau said in a statement accompanying the data release China’s abrupt reversal of its Covid Zero policy...
Year-ender 2022: Despite vaccine strides, India not out of Covid-19 shadow yet
"Currently, there are 10 different variants of Covid-19 in the country, with the latest being BF.7. The Delta variant of Covid-19 is also around in the country," a source told ANI. The sudden surge in Covid cases in the United States, China, Brazil and South Korea...
Covid-mutation risk drives rush to test travellers from China across world
The scenario echoes the pandemic’s early days, when China was criticized for not releasing key genetic data on the virus until weeks after news of the new illness became public. Keeping up with viral evolution has posed difficult challenges for drugmakers. For...
China could see as many as 25,000 deaths a day from Covid-19 in Jan
The jump in cases has fueled concern across the globe about the emergence of new Covid variants that could be more contagious, lethal, or both. That has prompted numerous countries to adopt mandatory testing and entry restrictions for travelers from China, which also...