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Some recovered Covid-19 patients may still carry virus, says study

According to the WHO criteria, the patients must also test negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus twice, at least 24 hours apart, with reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) testing.

Updated on Oct 29, 2020, 4:23 PM IST

Lockdowns set to return as global Covid-19 cases top 44 million

Empty tables of a restaurant are pictured as the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak continues, in Berlin's Mitte district, Germany on October 28, 2020.

Updated on Oct 29, 2020, 1:24 AM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke of pandemic fatigue.

Updated on Oct 28, 2020, 3:27 AM IST

Genes may decide the coronavirus disease path | Opinion

Elucidating host genetics of Covid-19 holds the potential for understanding both susceptibility to Sars-CoV-2 infection as well as heterogeneity in clinical presentation and severity in disease outcome

Published on Oct 27, 2020, 8:10 PM IST

WHO says Europe can still avert national lockdowns

French President Emmanuel Macron will convene a defense cabinet meeting Tuesday to discuss the worsening situation.

Updated on Oct 27, 2020, 6:29 PM IST

Covid-19: Why Delhi needs to ramp up testing again

The average positivity rate over time dropped to as low as 5.3% for the week ending October 8.

Updated on Oct 27, 2020, 9:02 AM IST

Global Covid-19 cases near 43 million, India with highest recoveries

As per the Johns Hopkins University tracker, India has the highest number of recovered patients in the world with the number of recovered patients in the country crossing the 7 million recoveries mark at 7,078,123.

Updated on Oct 26, 2020, 11:39 AM IST

WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a news conference in Geneva.

Updated on Oct 26, 2020, 7:11 AM IST

3rd day of 4k+ cases in Delhi; Positivity rate past 8%

Delhi has never dropped below this threshold.

Published on Oct 26, 2020, 1:30 AM IST

Covid-19 rages as Asia, US record grim milestones

A visitor walks past painted art depicting John Lennon during an exhibition in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Updated on Oct 25, 2020, 6:56 AM IST

Nations mulling Gilead’s Covid-19 drug should consider trial flop, too: WHO

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead’s antiviral drug for treating patients hospitalized with Covid-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States.

Updated on Oct 24, 2020, 5:40 PM IST

US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000

The US surge mirrors a similarly widespread spike in Europe, where Rome, Paris and other major cities are reining in nightlife as part of the increasingly drastic measures undertaken to slow the spread of the pandemic.

Updated on Oct 24, 2020, 5:14 PM IST

US Covid deaths projected to double by February end

The EU’s disease control agency on Friday joined frantic health workers across Europe in sounding the alarm about the surge in coronavirus infections.

Updated on Oct 24, 2020, 5:02 AM IST

Covid-19: Gilead’s Remdesivir is first virus drug to get FDA approval

A bottle containing the drug Remdesivir is shown by a health worker at the Institute of Infectology of Kenezy Gyula Teaching Hospital of the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary.

Updated on Oct 23, 2020, 4:22 AM IST

National chemist association writes to PM Modi; offers to help with Covid-19 vaccine delivery

Over a 100 vaccine candidates are currently under various stages of trial across the globe. In India, at least three vaccine candidates, including two indigenously developed ones, are in the advanced stages of clinical trials.

Published on Oct 22, 2020, 9:37 AM IST

Melinda Gates: ‘Life will change forever… we will build back in a better way’

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Updated on Oct 21, 2020, 5:07 PM IST

Airlines working with WHO on testing to replace quarantine

IATA, which represents about 290 airlines globally, is working with the International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Health Organization to put in place scalable, affordable and fast testing systems.

Updated on Oct 19, 2020, 2:26 PM IST

Learnings from polio on how to vaccinate 50 million

A major learning from polio is to be prepared to rapidly dispel misinformation and rumours that may lead to people refusing to get vaccinated.

Updated on Oct 19, 2020, 1:58 AM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

Morning rush hour commuters wear protective face masks while passing a poster showing the Eiffel Tower and city skyline at Champs-Elysees–Clemenceau metro station in Paris, France.

Updated on Oct 19, 2020, 6:22 AM IST

Vaccine nationalism: WHO backs India, South Africa’s proposal to ease patent rules

World Health Organization supports India’s appeal to WTO to relax patent rules so that every nation can get vaccine.

Updated on Oct 18, 2020, 6:17 PM IST

Coronavirus survives on human skin for nine hours: Study

A child washes her hands at a day care center in Connecticut.

Updated on Oct 18, 2020, 10:40 AM IST

Vaccines against Covid-19 may not need to be administered annually: WHO Official

Three vaccine producers - AstraZeneca, Johnson&Johnson, and Novavax - are currently conducting trials of candidate vaccines in South Africa, the WHO official outlined.

Published on Oct 17, 2020, 3:03 PM IST

WHO study finds remdesivir didn’t help Covid-19 patients

A bottle containing the drug Remdesivir is shown by a health worker at the Institute of Infectology of Kenezy Gyula Teaching Hospital of the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary.

Published on Oct 16, 2020, 9:07 PM IST

Study finds 4 drugs have little to no effect on Covid: WHO

Martin Landray, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Oxford University, said the WHO trial results for hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir were in line with a previous British study he co-led.

Published on Oct 16, 2020, 6:23 PM IST

Gilead questions WHO study that cast doubts on drug’s Covid-19 benefits

The WHO trial was conducted in 11,266 adult patients in more than 30 countries. The evidence was conclusive, the WHO said.

Published on Oct 16, 2020, 2:35 PM IST

Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine did not cut hospital stay or mortality in Covid-19 patients: WHO

A bottle containing the drug Remdesivir is shown by a health worker at the Institute of Infectology of Kenezy Gyula Teaching Hospital of the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary on Thursday.

Updated on Oct 16, 2020, 8:47 AM IST

With rising cases, WHO’s Europe office calls Covid-19 restrictions ‘absolutely necessary’

Commuters walk over London Bridge toward the City of London during morning rush hour

Updated on Oct 16, 2020, 10:43 AM IST

Covid-19 vaccine: Healthy young people may have to wait till 2022, says WHO

WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan says the first Covid-19 vaccine will be available in limited quantities.

Updated on Oct 15, 2020, 3:59 PM IST

Aarogya Setu is among ‘tried-and-tested public health tools’: WHO’s praise for app

A police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir displays the Aarogya sSetu aap after installing on their mobile phone in Reasi in this file photo.

Updated on Oct 13, 2020, 5:26 PM IST

Health ministry issues guidelines to manage seasonal epidemic infections with Covid-19

A high index of suspicion must be maintained for these epidemic-prone diseases prevalent in a particular geographic region during monsoon and post-monsoon seasons. Bacterial co-infections must also be suspected in moderate or severe cases of Covid-19 not responding to treatment.

Updated on Oct 13, 2020, 7:13 PM IST

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