Tag: COVID-19

The 4-hour, free online course offers practical, demonstration-based, and immediately applicable support in the areas of infection prevention and control in the COVID-19 crisis....................

The vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis...................

TataMD CHECK is powered by FELUDA, a CRISPR Cas-9 technology that was developed in India by CSIR- IGIB for COVID testing. It is the world’s first CRISPR Cas-9 based diagnostic tool to be launched globally..................

In this exclusive 'CHAT WITH BIOVOICE', Mr Divya Prakash Joshi, Senior Director and Site Leader, Medtronic Engineering and Innovation Center, Hyderabad takes us through the medical technology related research and development initiatives launched by his company in India.........................

Comparing the COVID trajectory of Delhi with that of the country, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan pointed out that as against the national case fatality rate of 1.49%, Delhi continues to have a fatality rate of 1.71%...................

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many researchers to study airborne droplet transmission in different conditions and environments.....................

On average, nearly 11 lakh tests conducted daily during the past 6 weeks. Consistent fall in cumulative positivity rate as testing increases...........................

The expert panel of leading Gastroenterologists says 50% COVID-19 cases show gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea and others, far preceding those showing respiratory symptoms...................

As part of this collaborative effort, Cipla will be responsible for the marketing and distribution of the SARS CoV-2-IgG antibody detection ELISA that will be manufactured by KARWA...............

Dr Gagandeep Kang, the first woman from India to be elected Fellow of the Royal Society, delivers IIMB’s 47th Foundation Day lecture and emphasizes the need to reimagine the healthcare system in the country with a strong research ecosystem and better collaboration between state and non-state actors...........................