From potent antiviral proteins, a low-cost antibody test to a new scoring method of predicting death risks in patients, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.
Global survey finds 41% people are optimistic there will be a Covid-19 vaccine before the end of 2020, and 74% adults would be willing to get vaccinated.
The study focused on 91 paediatric Covid patients from 22 hospitals. The children were tested every 3 days on an average to understand how long virus shedding continues.
While lingering lung issues might be expected given the nature of the virus, some of the most common & surprising problems recovered Covid patients face involve the nervous system.
IMA general secretary R.V. Asokan has told ThePrint that it had written to PM Modi 2 weeks ago about the fatalities among doctors but is yet to receive a response.
Drug hyperimmune globulin is manufactured by pooling plasma from recovered Covid patients. Unlike plasma transfusions, the benefit of the drug is it doesn't require blood type matching.
US approves emergency use of convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19, but studies conducted so far don't hold enough evidence to prove it works effectively and without risk.
Dr Bhushan Patwardhan, chairman of AYUSH R&D Task Force on Covid-19, advocates integrating measures from Ayurveda & Yoga in the standard of care to prevent & treat Covid.
The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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