The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of China's State Council holds a news conference on COVID-19 containment of the latest outbreak fueled by Delta variant in the country. Officials from the National Health Commission, experts of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ...
COVID-19CLINICAL trialsIn India, Omicron (B1.1.529), a variant of concern of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has challenged the existing drug treatments options and available vaccines. Extensive search has been done to review updated information...
This B.1.617.2 variant is also responsible for the deadly second wave of COVID-19 infections in many countries, particularly India. The B.1.617.2 variant carries 10 different mutations such as T19R, Δ156-157deletion, L452R, T614G, P781R, R158G, L452R, D950 N, and G142D in the...
The world has now had two years to learn how to mitigate the risk of the infection; scientific understanding of the virus has greatly improved; vaccination programmes have had significant success; and the recent Omicron strain is a less severe variant. The latest update of our Covid-19 HSE ...
In response to rapid spread of Omicron variant, COVID-19 RT-PCR test reports required for inbound passengers must be issued within two days which is based on specimen collection date. Beginning May 9, mandatory quarantine for arrivals to be shortened to 7 days; 7-day self-health management ...
There has been exponential growth in the number of scientific publications related to COVID-19. The genome sequence of the virus appeared online on January 10, and within weeks, the structures of several viral proteins were determined. Within months, clinical trials of vaccines and therapeutics ...
Sera from individuals who received two doses of the current COVID-19 vaccine did exhibit, on average, more than a 25-fold reduction in neutralization titers against the Omicron variant compared to wild-type, indicating that two doses of BNT162b2 may not be sufficient to protect against infect...
It was noted early in the COVID-19 pandemic that the disease was peculiar — not only was it a respiratory disease, but it created hyper-immune responses.
When COVID-19 first came about, we were finding that less than 1% of our children were being hospitalized for COVID. But as COVID has mutated over time into different variants, we are seeing that more children are being hospitalized. Since the delta variant came in, I've had more ...
Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in millions of cases worldwide. As the pandemic has progressed, the understanding of this disease has evolved. Its impact on the health and welfare of the human population is significant; its impact on the delivery of healthcare is also con...