Tag: Coronavirus Transmission

Bhubaneswar: The cases of Covid-19 in India are rising fast. Seeing the pace of escalation, PM Narendra Modi in his address to the Nation gave a clarion call to all citizens for Janata Curfew the coming Sunday. The message was clear – Social distancing, not socialising, is the need of the hour. The transmission speed […]

New Delhi: A senior scientist of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) warned people against conducting COVID-19 tests on suspicion and using hydroxychloroquine against coronavirus without medical prescription. Speaking to the media at a press conference, Raman Gangakhedkar (scientist) said, “Do not go for COVID-19 test just on suspicion or consume hydroxychloroquine medicine without […]

New York: In the wake of COVID-19 transmission across communities, a team of US researchers is utilizing special aerosols in a closed environment to simulate coughing to help determine how different mucins carry Coronavirus through the air. Mucus is a “slimy” material that coats many epithelial surfaces and is secreted into fluids such as saliva. […]

New Delhi: Though many experts have expressed optimism towards the onset of summer in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday said high temperature would not finish the COVID-19 virus and contain Coronavirus transmission. The WHO, in a series of tweets, busted several myths about coronavirus, especially regarding rise […]

London: Using paper towels to dry your hands is substantially more effective than hand dryers for removing viruses including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a new study. According to the researchers, hand drying is important to minimise the spread of dangerous microbes – including the novel coronavirus – since failure to remove them increases […]

London: Researchers have discovered that goblet and ciliated cells in the nose have high levels of the entry proteins that the coronavirus (COVID-19) uses to get into our cells. The identification of these cells could help explain the high transmission rate of the virus. Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the finding shows that cells […]

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar on Saturday informed that the source of transmission of Covid19 virus, SARS-nCoV in Odisha could be attributed mostly to South East Asia and Europe. ILS Director, Ajay Parida informed about the same while sharing the details of the genome sequencing of as many as 1062 viral genomes […]