The research addresses a crucial question whether people who have Covid-19, especially milder forms, develop antibodies capable of protecting them against reinfection.
Armed with antibody tests, ICMR teams are going around the country to assess Covid exposure, and understand the role of asymptomatic patients in transmission.
ICMR will conduct sero-survey in 16 red zone districts, 31 orange zone districts and 22 green zone districts using new ELISA test kits being developed by NIV, Pune.
According to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, this is the first time such a test kit has been developed in India based on the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA).
In episode 463 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses about the potential Covid treatment a lab, meant to protect Israel against biological weapons, claims to have developed.
The govt, it is learnt, has also issued show-cause notices to the importers licensed to procure the rapid antibody testing kits from two Chinese firms that were found to be 'faulty'.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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