COVID-19 infection News

The study reveals blood group A cells were more likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 when compared with blood group O cells. 

The study introduced the novel concept of immune resilience, which looks at the balance between immunocompetence and inflammation as a critical contributor to health outcomes, regardless of age.

The study reveals the two regions of the brain react differently to Covid and points to the human cerebellum which might be more vulnerable to Covid-19 infection. 

Most children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus develop a mild illness or show no symptoms at all. But for a small percentage, serious complications may develop, said the study. 

Covid-19 has changed the life of a US model. Doctors were forced to amputate both her legs due to life-threatening infection. 21-year-old caught the virus despite being fully vaccinated.

The state health minister has directed officials to closely monitor the Delta Plus variant cases as the information about these cases needs to be collected and recorded for study. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has ordered the officials to focus on seven districts in the state, where the infection rate is higher.

The process of taking samples for the next phase began on June 8, officials said SARS-CoV2 does not survive outside the host for a long time and so it is unlikely that the virus will stay in the river

Khattar said he had appealed to farmers' leaders even a month earlier to suspend their dharnas so that the disease does not spread He also expressed exasperation over farmer leaders' reluctance to ask agitating farmers to get themselves tested for COVID-19 and treated against the infection

The 34-year-old patient was diagnosed with a COVID-19 infection on October 29 Even after the optimal treatment, his condition continued to worsen and he was initially put on a ventilator and later on ECMO support The investigations showed that the patient's lung had suffered severe damage due to covid and had become fibrosed

The Rajasthan Epidemic (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was passed by voice vote The Bill has made the new provision by seeking to add a new clause in section 4 of the Act The new clause proposes to prohibit the movement of any person in public without properly covering his mouth and nose with a face mask

225 patients were examined from three London Hyper-Acute Stroke Units. The emergency stroke scan consisted of computed tomography (CT) of the head and neck blood vessels Dr Booth said the results show that when the team saw these changes in the top of the lungs during the emergency scan, they were able to reliably and accurately diagnose COVID-19 "This is particularly relevant given the limitations of currently available SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction testing as it takes time to complete the test and sometimes it is inaccurate," Dr Booth said

In a move that is expected to adversely impact thousands of Indian students, the US immigration authority has announced that foreign students will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only classes in this fall semester due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The result of this exhaustion can be seen across the world as people in large numbers are moving out as lockdown conditions are eased. 

The President has often appeared in public to shake hands with supporters and mingle with crowds, at times without a mask. He has said that his history as an athlete would protect him from the virus, and that it would be nothing more than a "little flu" were he to contract it.

The report cites new research that has come has emphasised upon the fact that bald men are more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 symptoms.

Tennessee-based Dr Indranill Basu Ray, in a letter to Banerjee, said that India, including West Bengal, may be lucky because of a different viral strain not having such a severe infection.