Majority of nations currently have high immunity and protection against severe disease and death from COVID, in contrast to China at the beginning of this wave China is currently in the midst of a severe wave of COVID infections and deaths. Although vaccination is the safest way to protect against COVID, emerging research shows protection against severe disease is sustained …
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say. In South Africa, experts worried that the sheer volume of new infections would overwhelm the country’s hospitals, even though omicron appears to cause milder disease, with significantly less hospitalizations, patients needing oxygen …
South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts say. In South Africa, experts worried that the sheer volume of new infections would overwhelm the country’s hospitals, even though omicron appears to cause milder disease, with significantly less hospitalizations, patients needing oxygen and deaths. …
As the ongoing second wave of coronavirus infections in India peaks, there is little clarity on what its economic fallout is and will be. Two assessments from official sources—one from the Reserve Bank of India, titled The State of the Economy and the other from the Ministry of Finance, titled Month Economic Report for May—seem to suggest that economic trends …
Science students would know about Newton's three laws of motion. Consolidating Hindu votes, taking along the backward and Dalits, and poaching commanders from the TMC's army to dub it a sinking ship --- the BJP's strategy was based on these calculations. The result was: the BJP could pull 50-55 per cent of Hindu votes, while 75 per cent of Muslim …
ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava on Monday said that there is no difference in percent of deaths between the first and the second wave and added that higher requirement of oxygen was found in this wave. Dr Bhargava while speaking at a virtual meet said that the country is witnessing more cases of breathlessness while in the last wave, symptoms …
In hopeful news, BioNTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin has said that deliveries of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccines could come as early as Christmas this year, if 'all goes well'. AstraZeneca vaccine candidate shows promise among elderly in trials Meanwhile, in another promising news, a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and Oxford University has produced a strong immune response in older …
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