Monkeypox & Corona Updates

Germany’s expert panel on vaccine use (STIKO) is preparing to recommend a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose, the committee’s head, Thomas Mertens, told media group Funke on Thursday. “We have data from Israel that shows a fourth dose…
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The world's first human challenge trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, one of the companies running the study said on Wednesday.…
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A sub-variant of the fast-spreading and heavily mutated Omicron strain of the coronavirus has now been detected in as many as 57 countries, warned the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday. In what comes as a key cause for concern,…
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Pfizer on Wednesday asked the US to authorize extra-low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March. In an extraordinary move,…
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Despite the detection of positive Covid-19 cases, the infection situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within “expected controllable range”, a senior pandemic control official for the Games said on Tuesday. Overall, the Beijing 2022…
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New studies are emerging that suggest the latest version of the highly-infectious omicron variant is transmitting even faster than the original, and mild cases of the first may not offer much protection against future infections. The…
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India on Sunday reported 2,09,918 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 4.13 crore. According to the Health Ministry country's Covid active cases stand at 18,31,268, now comprising 4.43 per cent of total cases.…
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As the world stands vexed over whether an Omicron-specific vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is needed, several public health professionals and infectious diseases experts interviewed by Nature magazine have presented different…
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A South African woman suffering from inadequately treated HIV, and who harbored Covid-19 for nine months saw the respiratory virus develop at least 21 mutations while in her body, according to a study. Once the 22-year-old adhered to the…
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A Hong Kong cabinet minister resigned on Monday for attending a birthday party alongside dozens of officials and lawmakers just days after the city's government had called on people to avoid large gatherings to fight a coronavirus outbreak.…
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