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Covid-19 review meet: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted that Covid in India is 'far from over' and there is a need to monitor the status of cases across the country regularly

Researchers have identified a protein found in superbugs that enhances SARS-CoV-2 replication by 10- to 15-fold

Common symptoms of seasonal influenza include a sudden fever, a cough (usually dry), a headache, muscle and joint pain, a sore throat, and a runny nose

An international investigation found that during the height of the pandemic, breastfeeding and skin-to-skin contact rates were low

After almost two years, Germany has lifted the mandate to use protective face masks on long-distance trains and buses as the Covid-19 pandemic loosened its grip on the country

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Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country's last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the health minister said on Friday. The mandate will be dropped on February 2, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced in Berlin. Other European countries already have scrapped mask mandates in public transport, and Lauterbach faced increasing pressure to follow suit in recent weeks. Masks remain mandatory in doctors' practices, while masks and negative tests are still required to enter hospitals and nursing homes. Rules for local transportation are a matter for Germany's 16 state governments, and an increasing number have dropped or are dropping their mask mandates. Some also have scrapped rules requiring infected people to isolate at home. The long-distance transportation rules were scheduled to end on April 7, though legislation allows for them to be suspended earlier if the situation is better than expected. After one of Germany's top virologis

The government said it is fully geared up to tackle any possible threat due to COVID virus and the basic health infrastructure is being strengthened in all health institutions

Doctors say that most people have some form of immunity against the virus already

Zenara Pharma, a fully-owned subsidiary of the city-based Biophore India Pharmaceuticals, on Friday announced that it has launched generic Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir and Ritonavir) tablets in a combi pack as a treatment option for patients with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19. A press release from the drug maker said Zenara Pharma has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture and market this product last month. The product, which will be sold under the brand name 'Paxzen,' is being manufactured at Zenara's US FDA and EU approved state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad, it said. Pfizer's Paxlovid has been approved by US FDA for COVID treatment. The product will be sold at a Maximum Retail Price of Rs 5,200 per box, equivalent to one full course of treatment per patient, and contains 20 tablets of Nirmatrelvir 150ml and 10 Tablets of Ritonavir 100mg. Jagadeesh Babu Rangisetty, Co-founder and Managing Director at Zenara Pharma, s

While the common symptoms of Covid, include headache, fever, cough, cold, throat irritation and body ache, experts have now warned of newer symptoms

A recent investigation published by the British Medical Journal revealed that long COVID patients are travelling abroad to seek expensive blood washing treatment

Reviews Covid-19 situation in nine states where test positivity rates have been rising

States start compiling need for additional doses, Centre seeks 50 mn doses from GAVI

Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo on Saturday informed he has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the third time the minister, who returned from Delhi on Friday night, has contracted the infection. "After returning from Delhi, I got my COVID-19 test done here in which I tested positive for the coronavirus. Right now I am fine and as per suggestions of doctors, I am complying with the home isolation protocols," Singh Deo tweeted. Earlier, Singh Deo had tested positive in January this year and March last year. As on Friday, Chhattisgarh has a COVID-19 caseload of 11,53,552, including 14,036 deaths, while the active tally is 643.

However, experts say that Covaxin induces a wider immune response and thus antibody production against the spike protein may be less intense

The US Food and Drug administration's (FDA) advisory committee has recommended that regulators authorise Novavax's protein-based Covid shot.

With the count of daily new coronavirus cases in Delhi fluctuating over the last few days, experts on Thursday said the city will keep witnessing such trends for fairly long

Delhi reported 1,422 fresh COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the viral disease on Sunday, while the positivity rate was recorded ta 5.34 per cent, according to the health department.

Social media platforms have falsely linked the Covid vaccine with the recent spike in unexplained hepatitis in children across several countries, including the UK, the US and many others.