by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
“No severe symptoms of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 reported so far. All Omicron related cases are found to have mild symptoms so far.In all such cases in the country and across the world so far, no severe symptom has been noted. WHO has said that its emerging...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
In a statement, the British drugmaker said that lab tests and a study on hamsters have demonstrated the sotrovimab antibody cocktail to work against viruses that were bio-engineered to carry a number of hallmark mutations of the Omicron variant. London:...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 1, 2021 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Under the new norms, RT-PCR tests are mandatory for passengers arriving from ‘at-risk’ countries and they will be allowed to leave the airport only after the test results come. Also, randomly 5 per cent of the passengers arriving in flights from other...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy, Workplace/Employee Benefits
While underlining that the new variant doesn’t escape RT-PCR and RAT tests, Bhushan asked states and UTs to ensure adequate infrastructure and supervised home isolation, according to a health ministry. Bhalla also said that the contacts of the international...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 30, 2021 | Health, International News, Pandemic, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Moderna Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel Bancel added that the high umber of mutations on the protein spike the virus uses to infect human cells meant it was likely the current crop of vaccines would need to be modified. Vaccine resistance could lead to more sickness...
