Here’s why the Delta variant makes contact tracing so much harder Delta is the most contagious of all variants known. The original Wuhan strain was overtaken by the more contagious D614G strain by March 2020, and that virus was responsible for the Victorian second wave. Representational image. AP The Greater Sydney lockdown began on… Read More »
COVID-19 vaccine for children in India may be available by September, says AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria Guleria said that there are a few vaccine candidates available that have been deemed safe for children. These include Pfizer, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Zydus Cadilla’s ZyCoV-D shots. Representational image. AP Children in India can start receiving coronavirus… Read More »
Why vaccination gives better protection against COVID-10 rather than herd immunity Compared to the uncertain strength and duration of immunity conferred by natural infection, the immunity conferred by the vaccine is stronger and will probably last longer The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has just released the findings of its national survey, estimating the… Read More »
Why a twin blow of two COVID-19 variants may prove fatal? What difference does cvaccination make? While this is new territory for India, similar instances have occurred before in the UK, Brazil and Portugal A visualisation of the COVID-19 virus. Image courtesy Fusion Medical Animation A woman doctor in Assam emerged as the country’s first case… Read More »
Why this change was made and travel situation with other countries The United States’ travel advisory comes as India recorded just 30,093 new coronavirus infections, its lowest in 125 days The US on Tuesday lowered its travel advisory for India from the highest Level 4 (meaning no travel) to Level 3 which urges citizens to… Read More »
What do you need to know about the Guillain-Barré disease and Johnson and Johnson vaccines-Health News , Justnewsday This is not the first vaccine that has been linked to Guillain-Barré, although the risk appears to be tiny. The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site inside the Albanian Islamic… Read More »
Can ‘viral shedding’ after the COVID vaccine infect others? That’s a big ‘no’ Fears of ‘viral shedding’ and other concerns after the COVID vaccine has led some businesses to ban vaccinated customers from the premises, believing vaccination poses a health risk to others. Here’s the science to put the myth of viral shedding after the… Read More »
From crowd control to drug distribution, what legal shortcomings are cropping up in India’s fight against COVID-19 The Maharashtra chief minister made this suggestion in a virtual meeting held by the prime minister on Friday during which he took stock of the coronavirus situation Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to… Read More »
Wearing a mask! Where do WHO and CDC differ and why a San Francisco organisation opposed masks during Spanish flu The World Health Organisation in no uncertain terms makes it clear that masks should be used as part of a comprehensive strategy of measures to suppress transmission and save lives. When the COVID-19 pandemic is… Read More »
What is R-number, why you should know about it, and what it says about COVID-19 situation in India-India News , Justnewsday According to some estimates, India’s R-value has increased slightly to 0.88 in the first week of July after being at its lowest-ever value of 0.78 in June-end Representational image. Shutterstock New Delhi: From CFR… Read More »