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Fighting Coronavirus: How To Disinfect Your House? Here’s A Quick Guide
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Fighting Coronavirus: How To Disinfect Your House? Here’s A Quick Guide

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May 21, 2020
Experts believe that simply cleaning your home may not be enough to protect yourself from the Coronavirus infection, sanitisation is the key ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is A Pulse Oximeter And Why Is It Becoming A Tool Against COVID-19?
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is A Pulse Oximeter And Why Is It Becoming A Tool Against COVID-19?

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May 18, 2020
According to medical experts, COVID19 patients are found with lower oxygen rate and that’s where a small device called pulse oximeter plays an important role ...
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Coronavirus Explained: What Is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus?
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Coronavirus Explained: What Is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus?

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May 12, 2020
Middle East respiratory syndrome is a coronavirus identified in 2012 and is said to be transmitted to humans from camels ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is A Coronavirus And COVID-19?
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is A Coronavirus And COVID-19?

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May 12, 2020
The Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), a new strain of Coronavirus which was detected only after the outbreak was reported in China’s Wuhan in the end of 2019 ...
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Coronavirus Explained: All You Need To Know About The SARS Epidemic Of 2002
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Coronavirus Explained: All You Need To Know About The SARS Epidemic Of 2002

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May 7, 2020
According to WHO, the main reason behind the outbreak of SARS in 2002 were chains of human-to-human transmission ...
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Coronavirus Lockdown 3.0 Explained: What Are Red, Orange, Green And Containment Zones?
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Coronavirus Lockdown 3.0 Explained: What Are Red, Orange, Green And Containment Zones?

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May 4, 2020
As India extends the nation-wide lockdown till May 17, the ministry of health and family welfare revised its guidelines for classifying 733 districts into zones - red, orange, green and containment zone. Here’s all you need to know ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Are The Four Types Of Vaccines Being Worked On To Fight Coronavirus?
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Are The Four Types Of Vaccines Being Worked On To Fight Coronavirus?

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May 4, 2020
There are about 100 active project to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, here are the different methods being used to develop the vaccine of the hour ...
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Tripura teacher makes robot that can deliver food, medicines to COVID patients
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: Different Types Of Tests For COVID-19 And Their Efficacy

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April 30, 2020
There are two types of tests for COVID-19 – tests for antibodies and tests directly for the virus. Currently, in India, RT-PCR test is being followed for the diagnosis of COVID-19 ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is Pool Testing And Can It Expedite COVID-19 Detection In The Country?
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is Pool Testing And Can It Expedite COVID-19 Detection In The Country?

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April 28, 2020
In pool testing, samples of throat swabs from two to five people are mixed together and tested in a single unit and individuals are screened individually only when the pool test result is positive ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: Are Air Conditioners Safe To Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: Are Air Conditioners Safe To Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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April 27, 2020
NDTV speaks with doctors to know if Air Conditioners can spread the coronavirus ...
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In the modern day the swine flu circulates as a seasonal flu virus, which can be transmitted through human-to-human contact
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is The Post-Pandemic Stage? 

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April 24, 2020
The last pandemic to transit to post-pandemic stage was H1N1 or swine flu in 2010, here’s all you need to know about how a pandemic disease enters the post pandemic phase ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is Personal Protective Equipment?
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Coronavirus Outbreak Explained: What Is Personal Protective Equipment? 

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April 23, 2020
A COVID-19 PPE kit ideally includes gloves, laboratory coats, gowns, goggles, glasses with side shields, shoe covers, face shields and masks, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines ...
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