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Covid-19: Outlaws new source, NZ admits it cannot get rid of the coronavirus!

October 5, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: New Zealand, the country to have launched a “zero-tolerance” strategy last year to contain the pandemic, only to find itself embarrassed as the contagion returned, has admitted that it cannot get rid of the coronavirus which has mutated multiple times, the latest being its Delta variant. Interestingly, the disease is […]

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Effectiveness of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine reduces after six months: Study

October 5, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The US Health agency before deciding the need for booster shots, considered that the Effectiveness of the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine reducing after six months. Effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc-BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47 percent from 88 percent six months after the second dose. The data, which […]

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Covid Cases Dip but Experts Caution on Holiday Travelling

October 4, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 4: Even as the daily new infection cases continued to dip and India on Monday recorded just about 20,000 cases, the experts continued to caution on the carelessness in the coming festival season and stressed on “responsible travel.” The researchers have warned that a rise in population density driven by […]

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US scientists Julius, Patapoutin to share the Nobel Prize in medicine

October 4, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Nobel Committee on Monday announced that the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian. They were selected for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch. Thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the Nobel Committee, made the announcement. Julius used capsaicin, the active component […]

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Reliance opens Gujarat’s first paediatric Covid-19 hospital in Jamnagar

October 2, 2021 virendra pandit

Ahmedabad: The Reliance Foundation, a subsidiary of the Reliance Group, has built Gujarat’s first pediatric Covid-19 hospital in Jamnagar. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the facility at the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital through video-conferencing on Friday evening. In a statement, the Foundation said the 230-bed hospital comprises 30 infant intense care units (ICUs), with […]

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“Next 6-8 Weeks of Festival Season Crucial, Remain Vigilant:” AIIMS

October 1, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 1: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi director Dr Randeep Guleria on Friday asked people to remain “alert and vigilant” in the next six to eight weeks for the cumulative infection rates to come down in view of the coming festive season for which the union home ministry recently […]

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Covid-19: Centre to adopt reciprocal visa approach for foreign visitors

October 1, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Ahead of reopening the international borders, the Centre has decided upon a reciprocal approach to foreign tourist visa applicants. Under the revised policy, the visa facilitation will now be based on the visa policy of the applicant’s country towards Indian visitors. The decision came on Thursday after a meeting to address visa issues […]

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Vaccine for 12-18 Age Group may be Introduced on Gandhi Jayanti Day

September 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The first vaccine for the children in the age group of 12 to 18 years is ready for introduction in India. The government is learnt to be aiming to introduce the three-dose needle-free ZyCoV-D vaccine, manufactured by the Ahmedabad-based Zydus Cadila on October 2, the Gandhi Jayanti Day. Union health secretary […]

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Covid-19: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine fails to pick up in India; orders cancelled

September 29, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The erstwhile Soviet Union’s satellite Sputnik, launched in 1957, commenced the planet’s space-age and Moscow became a pioneer in scientific and technological innovations worldwide. In India, the word Sputnik became very popular and thrilled many. Some periodicals were also launched with the same name. But Sputnik V, the Russian-developed vaccine […]

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Corona: India reports less than 20 thousand cases

September 29, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that the nation has reported less than 20,000 Covid cases for the second day in a row. India reported 18,870 new cases which is just marginally higher than yesterday’s figures. The Health Ministry further added that “The country saw a jump in daily deaths over a […]