News and Research on Coronavirus

Sinovac Covid Vaccine to Be Reviewed by EMA

Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinovac is under review by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) to win approval for usage in the bloc. In a press statement on Tuesday, the EMA announced that the application for the vaccine was ...

Covid-19 in Nepal: Cases and Deaths on Rise for 3rd Straight Day

In Nepal, Covid-19 cases and deaths have surged for a third consecutive day. This was the first time that the country's daily cases surpassed 8,000. As per the data released by the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday, a total of 58 ...

Global Covid-19 Cases Reach 154.7 Million

Johns Hopkins University said that the Covid-19 cases have reached 154.7 million globally and deaths surged to more than 3.23 million. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) ...

Nano-Niclosamide Has Potential to Treat COVID-19

Long-acting injectable therapy has potential to treat COVID-19. In a paper published in the journal Nanoscale , researchers of the University's Centre of Excellence for Long-acting Therapeutics (CELT) demonstrate nanoparticle-based niclosamide as ...

Men Worried About Job Security During Pandemic

The Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s mental health helpline clocked over 72,000 calls, with a majority from men, related to job security and fear of contracting COVID to depression during the pandemic, said an official. A whopping ...

COVID Deaths and Cases Shoot Up in Maharashtra

COVID-19 fatalities and new cases recorded a sharp hike in Maharashtra though the Mumbai situation improved while the state death toll shot past the 71,000 mark, said health officials. Against 567 deaths on Monday, the state saw 891 deaths of ...

COVID: Roche Gets Emergency Use Nod for Antibody Cocktail Vaccine

Roche India has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) for its antibody cocktail jab of Casirivimab and Imdevimab. The antibody cocktail jab can be administered for the ...

AP COVID Strain N440K Not New, Diminishing in India, Says CSIR

In South India, coronavirus variant N440K is prevalent since last year and it is diminishing, say scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). Various reports have emerged suspecting the role of the variant ...

Stress Levels in Mothers of Preschoolers Increased During Pandemic

Twice as many of the mothers reported loss of sleep and increased stress levels during the COVID-19 outbreak, reveals a new study. "Moms of young children are already less likely to get the recommended amount of sleep and physical activity ...

Covid in India: 3,780 Deaths and 3.82L Cases In 24 Hours

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that India recorded 3,780 deaths and 3,82,315 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The total caseload in the country has now risen to 2,06,65,148. It is the 14th straight day when ...

New 3D 'Lung-On-A-Chip' Model Helps Test New Therapies for Covid-19

Novel 3D lung-on-a-chip model has been designed, which helps in testing new therapies for Covid-19 and other lung conditions, reveals a new study. The model will help study how Covid viral particles travel through airways and impact pulmonary ...

Coronavirus's Spike Protein Plays Vital Role in Disease

Coronavirus's "spike" proteins play a key role in the illness. The paper, published in the journal Circulation Research , concluded that COVID-19 is a vascular disease, demonstrating how the virus damages and attacks the vascular system on a ...

Previous COVID-19 Enhance Protection Offered by Vaccine

Single dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines may enhance immunity against novel coronavirus variants in people who were COVID-19 positive previously, as per the study. In people who have not previously been infected and have so far only received one ...

COVID Third Wave may Hit Kids

The third wave of COVID-19 is expected to hit kids. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Maharashtra government are gearing up by setting up Pediatric Covid Care Wards in the city and elsewhere, officials said here on Tuesday. ...

COVID-19 Delays Treatment of Other Ailments

A new survey has found that high concern for COVID-19 infections resulted in delay in treatment of people with non-COVID ailments. The survey has been conducted by NATHEALTH, a healthcare industry body. The survey "Impact of Covid-19 on ...