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Worrying spikes in cases reported Thursday in France, Italy, Spain and Germany showed the pandemic was rebounding across the continent — often due to travel, summer holidays and parties. While Italy registered 845 new cases on Thursday, its highest daily tally since May, France reported 4,700 fresh infections — a ... Read More »

Also, the situation in some Africa countries had deteriorated after local authorities relaxed their coronavirus restrictions. The number of confirmed cases in Gambia had jumped from 78 to 1,623, showing a trend of massive outbreak. The Gambian Ministry of Health believed the rise was caused by reopening of flight borders ... Read More »

The findings, published in the journal Nature Microbiology, have implications for the prevention of future pandemics stemming from this lineage. “Coronaviruses have genetic material that is highly recombinant, meaning different regions of the virus’s genome can be derived from multiple sources,” said study researcher Maciej Boni from Penn State University ... Read More »

A Yale research team has revealed how cells in different parts of the human airway vary in their response to the common cold virus. Their finding, published in Cell Reports, could help solve the mystery of why some people exposed to the cold virus get ill while others don’t, said ... Read More »

NEW DELHI:  In the wake of Nipah virus cases in Kerala, the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has written to the Queensland government in Australia asking it to provide an antibody developed there to test if it can “neutralise” the virus in humans. The antibody has not been tested on ... Read More »

The outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala claimed 2 lives on Tuesday. It is suspected that they were infected by the virus. their samples have been sent for lab testing. So far the virus has claimed ten lives in Mallapuram and Kozikode. Two persons are still in critical condition. Health ... Read More »

The outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala has so far claimed at least ten lives while two persons are still in critical condition.  Union Health Minister JP Nadda is closely monitoring the situation. He has directed for all support to be extended to Kerala in its prevention and management. Following ... Read More »

The outbreak of Nipah virus in Kerala has so far claimed at least ten lives while two persons are still in critical condition.  Union Health Minister JP Nadda is closely monitoring the situation. He has directed for all support to be extended to Kerala in its prevention and management. Following ... Read More »

The Union Health Ministry has sent a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala’s Kozhikode district to probe the rising number of cases and reported deaths due to the Nipah virus. The high-level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been asked to assist the Kerala government and closely ... Read More »

A central team will be visiting the state to monitor the situation post the Union Health Minister’s direction. “Reviewed the situation of deaths related to nipah virus in Kerala with Secreatry Health. I have directed Director NCDC to visit the district and initiate required steps as warranted by the protocol ... Read More »