Virologists suggest China's heightened surveillance and stricter measures post-Covid may be behind the rise in reported cases of Human Metapneumovirus.
The fever, which doctors describe as more severe than is usual in this season, mostly affecting children & adults with comorbidities. No life-threatening case so far, doctors say.
Reinfections appear to be very rare. Out of over 40 million Covid cases worldwide, there have been only 5 documented reinfections. That’s a rate of 1.25 per 10 million infections.
Covid-19 is very likely to be epidemic that co-exists with humans for long time, becomes seasonal & is sustained within human bodies, top Chinese scientists say.
While vaccine for coronavirus will take another year to be developed, India needs to do more to prevent seasonal flu that kills despite having a vaccine, say health experts.
The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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