corona virus

GAVI signs Covid-19 vaccine supply deal with Johnson & Johnson

The GAVI Vaccine Alliance has signed an advanced purchase agreement with Johnson & Johnson for 200 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine…

3 years ago

BioNTech says vaccine likely to be effective against Indian variant

BioNTech SE said yesterday that the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer should be roughly as effective against the new…

3 years ago

Cipla launches polymerase chain reaction test kit ‘ViraGen’ for Covid-19

Drug major Cipla on Thursday announced the commercialisation of its RT-PCR test kit 'ViraGen' for COVID-19 in India, in partnership with Ubio…

3 years ago

Study explains reasons behind rare response to Covid-19 among Children

While many children infected with the virus are asymptomatic or go undiagnosed, about one in 1,000 children experience multi-system inflammatory…

3 years ago

Health Ministry releases clinical guidelines explaining the management of Covid-19 in adult patients

The Union health ministry on Wednesday issued an advisory prescribing the treatment protocol for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in adults, categorising…

3 years ago

Centre writes to states on Covid vaccine allocation

The Centre released a statement on Wednesday saying, “Union Health Ministry has again written to the States and UTs on…

3 years ago

Covid Case Update: 3.62 cases reported in last 24 hours

India reports 3,62,727 new cases, 3,52,181 discharges and 4,120 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.…

3 years ago

Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness

As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors -- even those who had mild cases…

3 years ago

SARS-CoV-2 research: Second possible effective mechanism of Remdesivir discovered

When a cell is infected, SARS-CoV-2 not only causes the host cell to produce new virus particles. The virus also…

3 years ago

India’s recovery rate at 83.04% today, says Health Ministry

India’s total active caseload of Covid-19 dipped to 37,04,099 on Wednesday and now comprises 15.87% of the country’s total positive…

3 years ago