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14 Jun

No more containment zone in Bengaluru, affected house to be sealed

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With Bengaluru recording an uptick in number of Covid positive cases, the state government is all set to scrap the Standard Operating Procedure of declaring an entire ward as a containment zone. Instead, it will seal only the house or apartment of the infected person. This will change now. “There have been discussions on containing only a Single home (of the COVID Patient) and spare the rest of the road and ward.Unlike other cities, the situation in Bengaluru is different as civic agency has controlled the spread of infection.Kumar said blocking the entire ward or sealing an entire road for…

13 Jun

Health Ministry Adds Two New Symptoms To COVID-19

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In a major update on Saturday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has added two new symptoms of COVID-19 to the list of those identified earlier. These include Anosmia - Loss of Smell, and Ageusia - Loss of taste. The Health Ministry added that these symptoms have been reported preceding the onset of respiratory symptoms in several cases. Other symptoms of the COVID-19 include: FeverCough Fatigue Shortness of breath Expectoration Myalgia Rhinorrhea, sore throat, diarrhoea

13 Jun

UGC asks colleges to go back 100 years to rate Covid-19 handling

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June 13, 2020: The University Grants Commission has asked campuses to do comparative studies of India’s handling of the Covid-19 and Spanish flu pandemics, triggering charges the Centre is seeking kudos by pitting its performance against a 102-year-old benchmark from medically backward times. Academics, one of whom derided the exercise as “moronic”, also slammed the higher education regulator’s increasing tendency to issue diktats to universities and colleges despite being an advisory body. In a letter on Thursday, the commission asked every university and college to conduct two studies each, one by asking villagers how they were handling the Covid-19 challenge…

12 Jun

Covid-19 patients treated worse than animals, bodies found in garbage

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NEW DELHI, Jun 12, 2020: The Supreme Court on Friday took a strong view of the treatment meted out to Covid-19 patients and dead bodies in government hospitals across the country, describing the situation as deplorable and worse than what animals would have to suffer. Taking cognisance of media reports, a three-judge bench sought detailed status reports from four states - Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal - regarding the conditions in hospitals. “Covid-19 patients are treated worse than animals. In one case, a dead body was found in garbage,” the bench headed by justice Ashok Bhushan remarked. The…

12 Jun

Lockdown will not be extended in Delhi, says, health minister

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Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain has reiterated that the lockdown will not be extended in the national capital despite spiking COVID-19 cases. The statement from the State health minister has come in the backdrop of several speculations that the govt will extend the lockdown as the number of cases close in on 35,000. He further questioned MCD's narrative that Delhi's official COVID-19 death toll was only half of the number of people who have died in the city because of the illness. "Why don’t they send those details to us? Names, age and reports... all details are needed. Ask them…

12 Jun

Johnson & Johnson to start trials of the vaccine in July

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London: Johnson & Johnson said it would start human trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in the second half of July, two months earlier than planned, as drugmakers race to develop a shot for the deadly respiratory disease. There are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus that has killed more than 400,000 people globally. J&J's study will test the vaccine against a placebo and assess the shot's safety and immune response in 1,045 healthy people aged 18 to 55 years, as well as those 65 years and older. The trial will…

10 Jun

Explained: New study suggests Covid-19 may have been circulating in Wuhan since August last year

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The authors of the study say that they observed an upward trend in hospital traffic and search volume for disease-related terms beginning in late summer and early fall of 2019, implying that the virus may have already been circulating before the identification of the Huanan market cluster in Wuhan late November, early December. China has maintained that there was no delay or cover-up in the Chinese government’s response to the outbreak of the disease and has rebutted all other accusations suggesting the virus may have originated from the lab, saying that it’s a “smear” campaign. A new study carried out…

10 Jun

Coronavirus News Latest Updates

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Cases Rise In Odisha And Maharashtra As India's Tally Crosses 2.76 Lakh New Delhi 10 june: As the government on Monday eased the restrictions for the opening up of religious places, shopping malls, restaurants on Monday under the Unlock 1.0, the cases in the country witnessed a sharp rise. The novel coronavirus has affected 2,76,583 people and claimed the lives of 7,745 in India so far. According to the health ministry there are 1,33,632 active COVID-19 cases in India while 1,35,206 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

09 Jun

Elderly people with diabetes are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

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In Kolkata, up to 12% of the population is known to have diabetes and theaverage level of HbA1C was as high as 8.07% during January to March 2020 according to a report by India Diabetes Care Index. These findings clearly indicate that people with diabetes should be more vigilant about their glucose level and take proper medication to manage their condition. The risk of Coronavirus among people with diabetes is up to 50% higher and they are more likely to experience severe symptoms and complications when diagnosed with COVID-19. Diabetes patients should focus on a healthy diet and monitor their…

09 Jun

China may come with emergency vaccine withing months for Covid-19

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Chinas top respiratory experts have claimed that the country may get Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use within the month. Dr Zhong Nanshan said during a live event with China’s search engine Baidu on Saturday that a coronavirus vaccine could be available as early as this autumn. Dr Antony Fauci, the head of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made similar comments, saying that we might have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this year, even before the end of clinical trials. WHO says more than 120 COVID-19 vaccines are being developed across the world, with 10…