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Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: WHO’s Global Blood Test to Assess the Real Picture of Infection Spread
03 Apr 2020
‘Even in an asymptomatic case, the body will build an antibody against the virus after exposure. This is expected to put forth a clearer picture that represents a good approximation of those infected…
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: Why Does it Affect Different People Differently? Scientists Aim to Find Out
01 Apr 2020
Scientists aim to collect DNA samples from those that have suffered from COVID-19 with no chronic diseases and compare them with those that have mild disease or no disease at all.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: How India Manages Testing Kits is a Cause for Concern
30 Mar 2020
Newly designated centres, which were to validate testing kits, were reported to have not done any evaluation. This is because the NIV is handling positive samples and it has not been able to send…
Sandipan Talukdar
Diamond Princess Offered Scientists with Opportunity to Research on Coronavirus
28 Mar 2020
Over 18% of the infected people among the passengers in the cruise ship did not have any symptoms, reported a team of Japanese and UK-based researchers who had conducted extensive research on the…
Sandipan Talukdar
Can Antiviral, Antimalarial Drugs Cure COVID-19? WHO Launches Mega Trial
25 Mar 2020
Instead of finding new medication for the infection, which would take months or years to develop, scientists and medical practitioners are looking at the relevance and efficacy of the already…
Sandipan Talukdar
Expansive Testing and Extensive Isolation Helped South Korea Contain COVID-19
20 Mar 2020
As opposed to 5,200 tests per million in South Korea, India’s number of tests per million population was equal to somewhere between an abysmally low 4 and 5 as of early March.
Sandipan Talukdar
Can COVID-19 Wane with Season?
18 Mar 2020
The two earlier coronaviruses that caused worldwide panic, the SARS and MERS, provide no clues.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: First Clinical Trial of Vaccine in US
17 Mar 2020
But the vaccine will still take 12-18 months before it could be made available on a mass level even if it clears the safety review.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19 Is Now a Pandemic: Exponential Growth Rate of Coronavirus Dangerous
12 Mar 2020
The SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has infected over 1,18,000 people around the globe and killed more than 4,000.
Sandipan Talukdar
Chinese Scientists May Have Found Two Strains of Coronavirus
06 Mar 2020
The two strains, called the S and L type, differ in prevalence and strength