As India’s coronavirus caseload increases and various sero survey results indicate, the bulk of COVID-19 cases in India are asymptomatic and this is making containing the spread a challenge
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As per the experts, there are two pathways to herd immunity - natural infection, when a large number of people have had a disease and recovered; or vaccination, which can provide widespread immunity faster and more reliably ...
According to experts, COVID-19 has been acknowledged as airborne by WHO which implies that such air conditioning systems that are recirculating the indoor air may spread coronavirus among users even when they are practising social distancing ...
The 'R' or the Reproduction Rate is a measure of how many people are infected by one infected person; where a declining R rate means the spread of COVID-19 is reducing and an upward trend in the R rate means the spread is increasing ...
NDTV speaks with director of AIIMS, Dr Randeep Guleria about India's surging covid numbers, dos and don'ts of different coronavirus tests and the long term effect of COVID on recovered patients ...
In the context of a human-borne illness, like COVID-19, a super spreader is an individual who is more likely to infect others, compared with other typically infected people ...
NDTV speaks Dr Rajinder K Dhamija, Head of Neurology Department, Lady Hardinge Medical College to understand if children and young adults are less vulnerable to COVID-19 ...
According to experts, T-cells play an essential role in supporting immune system and are responsible for defending the body against pathogens like the SARS-CoV-2 from re-invading, by identifying and killing the infected cells which suggest that these may also provide guard to COVID-19 survivor from the second attack of the virus ...
Currently, a team from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is in China to initiate modalities for investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic ...
While the medical community and the rest of the world have been scrambling for the past seven months to learn more about the novel coronavirus and fight COVID-19 pandemic, new trends show that the infection could have long term effects on the body, here is what experts have to say ...
Plasma Therapy is the transfusion of antibodies from a recovered coronavirus patient to a critical patient and is being looked upon as one of the potential treatments to minimise the COVID-19 deaths ...
Antibody test also known as a serology test determines whether the human body had contracted the COVID-19 in the past and now have antibodies to fight against the virus ...
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is no evidence that the Novel Coronavirus can be spread through contact with food or food packaging ...
“With the MDM Scheme in its current form, schools have been the focal points of nutrition delivery for children, especially children from vulnerable communities. Now with the schools closed and uncertainty about the future,” Akshaya Patra CEO, Shridhar Venkat tells NDTV how they are helping children meet their nutritional needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic ...
National Nutrition Month 2020: Food fortification is considered one of the best ways to add micronutrients in staple food items without changing its taste, aroma or texture ...
The study, which was published in the online edition of JAMA was conducted by the researchers from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California Los Angeles ...
As leaders gather at the United Nations General Assembly to forge recovery from this pandemic, they have the opportunity and duty to simultaneously tackle the deadly pollution and work to achieve everyone's right to breathe clean air ...
Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra is an interactive experience centre in New Delhi, where the installations will introduce future generations to the journey of the world's largest behaviour change campaign, the Swachh Bharat Mission ...
Access to proper handwashing facilities as well as water needed for handwashing and exposure to messages regarding effective handwashing is critical during times like COVID-19 pandemic, say experts ...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that nations need to massively expand new and existing tools that can respond to new COVID-19 cases and provide vital treatment to suppress transmission and save lives ...
The researchers found that all fully recovered individuals had measurable antibody, helper and killer T cell responses against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 ...
According to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, there are chances that a vaccine against COVID-19 could come in the country early next year but till then it is necessary for people to follow social distancing and wear masks ...
Mai Handique, called Aita (grandma) by all at the hospital, told reporters that she enjoyed her stay and the food while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 ...
Coronavirus has spread to 188 countries. The total confirmed cases worldwide are 3,07,76,433 and 9,56,974 have died; 88,03,048 are active cases and 2,10,16,411 have recovered as on September 20, 2020 at 4:10 am.
India
54,00,619 92605Cases
10,10,824 -3140Active
43,03,043 94612Recovered
86,752 1133Deaths
In India, there are 54,00,619 confirmed cases including 86,752 deaths. The number of active cases is 10,10,824 and 43,03,043 have recovered as on September 20, 2020 at 2:30 am.
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