Coronavirus
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India vaccination drive administered 1.4 million doses in the last 24 hours
India vaccination drive on Day-48 (4th March 2021), nearly 14 lakh (13,88,170) vaccine doses were given. Of these, 10.5 lakh…
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Science
Coronavirus: what happens when a person is simultaneously infected with two variants?
Scientists in Brazil recently reported that two people were simultaneously infected with two different variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.…
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Less than a year to develop a COVID vaccine – here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash Mark Toshner, University of Cambridge I’m a clinical trials geek. I keep hearing people talk about the…
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Art & Culture
Masks do block coronavirus, but not completely: Study finds
Mask Representational Image Source: Markus Winkler on Unsplash Japanese researchers have shown that masks can offer protection from airborne coronavirus particles, but…
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Art & Culture
Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: Study
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The Covid-19 virus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery…
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Art & Culture
CDC says the virus can spread beyond six feet in Indoor air
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The novel coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than 6 feet away from…
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Donald Trump has COVID-19. How might this affect his chances of re-election?
AAP/Ap/Julio Cortez Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election,…
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Art & Culture
Is wearing glasses can protect you from COVID-19?
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower…
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