WHO launches CoViNet The network currently includes 36 laboratories from 21 countries in all 6 WHO regions
COVID ‘unmasked’ interstitial lung disease: Pulmonologists Dr Arindam Mukherjee, another pulmonologist, highlighted the need for tailored treatment plans for different ILD patients and…
CrisprBits’ OmiCrisp tracks JN.1 variant in sewage samples in Bengaluru The test is currently being used to monitor sewage samples in 14 localities in Bengaluru
JN.1 represents ‘very serious evolution’ of COVID virus, say global experts It was first detected in Luxembourg in August. The WHO expects JN.1 to increase the burden of respiratory infections in many…
New AI model could be used to predict COVID-variant waves The model can detect around 73 per cent of the variants in each country that will cause at least 1,000 cases per 10 lakh people in…
COVID impairs brain health, but not more than pneumonia, cardiac arrest or critical illness: Study Researchers found that patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 had worse cognitive, neurological and psychiatric effects than…
India sees single-day rise of 529 COVID cases The number of daily cases had dropped to double-digits till December 5, but infections have again gone up after emergence of a new…
COVID spike: Delhi government to send COVID samples for RT-PCR test India on Thursday recorded 594 fresh COVID-19 infections, which took the number of active cases from 2,311 the previous day, to…
It is important to be on alert and be prepared against new strains of COVID-19:Health Minister States/UTs advised to send samples of all COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG labs to facilitate tracking of new variants
Centre issues advisory to States in view of a recent upsurge in COVID-19 cases States advised to ensure adequate testing including higher number of RT-PCR tests; and send positive samples for genome sequencing…