Covid
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New Covid-19 guidelines for flyers effective from today, Check DETAILS
India | Feb 13, 2023, 11:21 AM ISTCovid-19: Indian government recently relaxed Covid-19 guidelines for travellers from China and 5 more countries to India. The new guidelines for flyers will be effective from today.
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COVID has a significant impact on liver, study at Mumbai civic hospital finds
Health | Feb 12, 2023, 09:53 AM ISTCOVID-19 was known to affect respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and other systems, but there were very few studies describing liver involvement and liver function test (LFT) abnormalities, he said.
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No new Covid variants emerged during China's recent outbreak: Lancet study
Health | Feb 10, 2023, 11:25 AM ISTAccording to the Lancet study, analysis of the 413 new sequences revealed they all belong to existing, known COVID-19 strains.
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COVID-19: 3 lakh doses of intranasal vaccine 'iNCOVACC' sent to hospitals, informs Bharat Biotech
India | Feb 05, 2023, 06:29 PM ISTCOVID-19 vaccine: iNCOVACC, the world's first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine, was launched on January 26 (Thursday). The vaccine is now available on CoWIN and priced at Rs 800 for private markets and Rs 325 for the government of India and state governments.
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Hong Kong opens gates for tourists, sends 500,000 free air tickets under 'Hello Hong Kong' campaign
World | Feb 03, 2023, 12:43 PM ISTHong Kong's tourism industry has suffered since 2019 after months of political strife that at times turned into violent clashes between protesters and police, as well as harsh entry restrictions implemented during the pandemic.
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Tuberculosis vaccine does not protect elderly against COVID, says a research
Health | Feb 03, 2023, 12:37 PM ISTThe BCG vaccine has the additional advantage of inducing a defence through the innate immune system that is broader than just against Tuberculosis.
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Young Indian scientist develops biosensor that can detect Covid from sweat
Health | Feb 01, 2023, 11:47 AM ISTCOVID19: The biosensors would be a one-step identification or sensing technique.
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Children's 'rushed' immune response makes them susceptible to Covid reinfection: Study
Health | Jan 31, 2023, 12:30 PM ISTAs children haven't been exposed to many viruses, their immune system is still 'naive'. And because they don't develop memory T cells, they are at risk of getting sick when they become reinfected
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Though an emergency, COVID nearing 'inflection' point: WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World | Jan 30, 2023, 05:31 PM IST"We remain hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase in which we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level,” said Ghebreyesus.
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Deaths from heart diseases went up during COVID pandemic, says a study
Health | Jan 29, 2023, 03:00 PM ISTSeveral people who had new or existing heart disease and stroke symptoms were reluctant to seek medical care, particularly in the early days of the COVID pandemic.
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Chinese govt forces doctors to hide Covid-related deaths: Reports
World | Jan 28, 2023, 02:49 PM ISTCovid19 in China: China revealed that the country had recorded close to 60,000 Covid-related deaths in early and mid-December, 2022.
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Covid immunity strengthens over time in vaccinated people, claims a study
Health | Jan 28, 2023, 09:11 AM ISTThe researchers found that developing hybrid immunity was no different if someone was vaccinated after contracting Covid-19 or after contracting the disease after vaccination. Both groups developed an equally potent immune response.
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'Coldspots' discovered in Covid virus, may help antibodies fight future variants: Study
World | Jan 27, 2023, 12:59 PM ISTBy analysing samples from COVID-19 convalescent individuals, the researchers found that some had antibodies specific for the coldspots, the study said.
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COVID: China faces challenge due to flawed containment policies, ineffective vaccines, says Report
World | Jan 26, 2023, 06:11 PM ISTChina COVID-19 updates: China's COVID-19 containment strategy has affected Chinese people and has caused major discontent among people in the country, as per the GeoPolitica.info report.
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COVID-19: Mansukh Mandaviya launches world's 1st Made-in-India nasal vaccine iNCOVACC
India | Jan 27, 2023, 12:02 AM ISTCOVID-19 nasal vaccine launch: According to the sources, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's Intranasal heterologous booster dose is likely to be available in the market by February first week.
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Covid infection could damage foetuses of pregnant women, claims a study
Health | Jan 26, 2023, 01:37 PM ISTOxygen, nutrients and metabolic products are exchanged between mother and child in the placenta. Attached to the uterine wall, this organ forms such a strong barrier against the coronavirus that only 3 per cent or fewer of foetuses whose mothers test positive for SARS-CoV-2 are also infected.
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Hybrid immunity offers more protection against severe Covid than infection alone, says study
Health | Jan 23, 2023, 02:00 PM ISTCOVID: Against reinfection, the effectiveness of hybrid immunity following primary series vaccination waned to 41.8 per cent at 12 months, while the effectiveness of hybrid immunity following first booster vaccination waned to 46.5 per cent at 6 months, the study said.
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Does COVID really damage your immune system and make you more vulnerable to infections? The evidence
Health | Jan 23, 2023, 11:34 AM ISTEmerging evidence suggests the most marked and persistent differences in immune cells after a COVID infection occur in people who have developed long COVID.
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Does COVID really damage your immune system and make you more vulnerable to infections? READ
Health | Jan 23, 2023, 10:30 AM ISTOur knowledge of the immune response to COVID is rapidly expanding. The most consistent findings show how well vaccines are protecting us from the very worst effects of SARS-CoV-2 and that, post-vaccination, our immune system is working exactly as it should.
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Older adults with asthma are at high risk of depression during Covid, claims a study
Health | Jan 21, 2023, 10:25 AM ISTRespondents with asthma who experienced an increase in family conflict during the pandemic were found to be more likely to develop depression by the autumn of 2020.