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Six local vaccine candidates for COVID-19 are ready from India. Let us look at the current state of vaccine and drug development across the world. New Delhi: As the novel coronavirus pandemic persists across the world, researchers are working rapidly to produce a safe vaccine, which can help combat the COVID-19 disease caused by the …

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An international team led by University of British Columbia researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. DETAIL STUDY An international team has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. A trial drug …

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Recently the government had allowed two private companies – Indian company MyLab and German firm Altona Diagnostics – to supply COVID-19 test kits to both governments as well as private testing laboratories in India Two South Korean firms, Seegene and SD Biosensor have received government approval to supply RT-PCR based Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic kits …

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The Covid-19 culprit are not from pangolins! Pangolins can harbor coronaviruses related to the new coronavirus, a study finds. Scientists studied viruses in pangolins (Manis javanica) captured in anti-smuggling activities in southern China. The identified coronaviruses, however, are different enough from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to hint that pangolins were not directly responsible …

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Doctors at George Washington University Hospital are using virtual reality to uncover the damage caused by COVID-19. Coronavirus cases in India crossed 700 in the country. The number of deaths around the world from the novel coronavirus cases has crossed 21,000 and 50,000 new cases are reported as of 27th march, 2020. This deadly virus is like …

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