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Australian scientists have recently reported that the virus which causes novel Coronavirus can last up to 28 days on surfaces such as stainless steel, the glass on the mobile phones, vinyl, and paper banknotes when kept at 20 ºC (68 ºF), which is about room temperature, and in the dark. This indirectly highlights the need […]

First Death Victim in Dharavi As the coronavirus is expanding its footprint across the whole world, it has started to spread in India also. Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi which is located near Mumbai has reported the first case of coronavirus. The 56-year old, who died of the COVID complication had no travel history and owned

The ‘Deeply Concerned’ WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared the disease caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19, a pandemic. The health officials have recorded more than 120,000 cases across the world and more than 4000 deaths. “WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by

India has been fighting the deadly coronavirus pandemic for quite some time now. India has not only launched the world’s biggest vaccination campaign but has also initiated the production of affordable and easy-to-handle vaccines. Moreover, the demand has been pouring from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and some east European countries. India is known as the

The World Health Organization leads an international team of scientists who arrived in China’s central city of Wuhan for COVID-19 origins investigation. They are expected to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus that sparked the pandemic.  The team arrived late in the morning from Singapore and was likely to head into two weeks of

Pfizer BioNTech have assured us that their COVID-19 vaccine is effective against all the new mutants of the coronavirus. These new variations of the coronavirus have been known to be highly transmissible as it has been discovered all over South Africa and the UK. The scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch along with students

India will begin the exporting of the locally made COVID-19 vaccine after the immediate launch of the vaccines. If there is a shortage of vaccines to meet local demand, the country will ban exporting the same.  India is about to make 60% of the vaccine produces and many countries are eagerly waiting for the vaccine

Up to 20 people who had recently returned from the UK have been detected to be carrying the mutant strain of the new COVID-19 variant (SARS-CoV-2). The new covid-19 variant has caused a surge of panic across countries with its 70% higher transmission rate. Countries have closed their borders in anticipation of the mutated COVID-19

Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine: Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine Applied for the emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine in India. It is the first company to do so as India is the second-highest number of infections in the world. The recently approved Britain vaccine approached Indian authorities on Saturday. VK Paul said on Saturday, “We welcome interest from