Status in India
Last updated:
Jun 05, 2020 05:30 am
Jun 05, 2020 05:30 am
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Active
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Cured
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Deaths
6075
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to predict whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to become severely ill with the disease.
Jun 04, 2020
The World Health Organisation on June 3 said that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will return to the solidarity trial for the potential treatment of coronavirus disease.
Jun 04, 2020
Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection to help prevent COVID-19: The La...
A comprehensive review of existing evidence supports physical distancing of two meters or more to prevent person-to-person transmission of COVID-19, says an international team led by McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.
Jun 04, 2020
As the new coronavirus was rapidly spreading in February and March 2020, many governments introduced stringent lockdown measures. Through a massive public effort, these countries have been successful at slowing the pandemic.
Jun 04, 2020
As stay-at-home orders are lifted around the country and public life begins to return, health experts continue to emphasize the importance of testing for COVID-19 to prevent a second—and potentially worse—wave of infections.
Jun 03, 2020
Two Yale emergency physicians have designed a tool to help clinicians better identify COVID-19 patients whose condition is likely to worsen rapidly and who will need intensive care within 24 hours.
Jun 03, 2020
Variation in false-negative rate of RT PCR–based SARS-CoV-2 tests by time since exposure: Dr. Sud...
Dr. Sudhir Mehta, comments on a recent analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine, which reported on how the predictive value of RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction) test varies and why it should not be the sole test used to rule out SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Jun 02, 2020
There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus has changed both in terms of the transmissibility and the severity of the disease, the COVID-19 technical lead at the World Health Organization (WHO), told on June 1 in a virtual briefing.
Jun 02, 2020
The first large observational study of nearly 1,000 cancer patients who contracted COVID-19 was published by The Lancet and simultaneously announced at a virtual ASCO 2020, the large annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Jun 02, 2020
Health experts around the world are looking into the use of cytokine therapy as the next big treatment to aid those who have contracted coronavirus disease.
Jun 01, 2020
Study reveals COVID-19 patients who undergo surgery are at increased risk of postoperative death:...
A global study reveals that the patients undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at a greater risk of postoperative death.
Jun 01, 2020
Managing levels of calcium in the blood and the protein albumin early on in COVID-19 may prevent patients from progressing to severe illness and death, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the journal Gastroenterology found.
Jun 01, 2020
