Covid

On March 2, President Xi Jinping inspected Beijing for epidemic control and scientific prevention. Cheng gave a 20-minute report on the application of the new technology in epidemic prevention and the research achievements of the virus detection kits. … [Read more...] about Scientist who helped fight SARS aids COVID-19 battle

“We believe that combining an antiviral with an immune modulator could potentially be an effective approach to treating patients with severe disease,” Levi Garraway, Roche’s chief medical officer and head of global product development, said in a statement. … [Read more...] about Roche, Gilead to test drug cocktail against severe Covid-19

Reacting to the research, Tatsuhiko Kodama of the University of Tokyo told Japanese media that preliminary studies show that Japanese people’s immune systems tend to react to the novel coronavirus “as though they had previous exposure”. He also noted that there are centuries of history of coronaviruses emerging from East Asia. … [Read more...] about Why US, Europe were hit harder by Covid-19? Scientists look at regional disparities, immune system

Like many other countries, Pakistan had also imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus but it started easing it in phases earlier this month, which Khan had said is being done because the country’s cash-strapped economy cannot bear the burden anymore. … [Read more...] about Pakistan records 2,636 Covid-19 cases, highest single-day fatalities; tally crosses 64,000-mark

In Tripura, with the latest 10 cases of Covid-19, the total tally rose to 242, including 162 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, officers, and their family members. However, the state’s active cases are 72 and three cases migrated to other states. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 lockdown: First commercial flight arrives in Tripura after two months