Covid-19 Current Affairs

Low Vitamin D Linked to Increased COVID-19 Risk

Israeli researchers have found that low levels of Vitamin D in the blood are associated…

SARS-CoV-2 circulated unnoticed in bats for decades

A recent study found that the novel coronavirus appears to have circulated unnoticed in bats…

BioNTech and Fosun Pharma to start clinical trial of COVID-19 Vaccine in China

Germany's Biotechnology Company BioNTech and China's Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical have announced the start of another…

Singapore to have the first right to Arcturus’ covid vaccine

Singapore has sought out U.S. Covid-19 vaccine developer Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. and is funding…

Russia’s second covid vaccine goes into human trial

A Russian state virology institute has started human trials of the country's second potential COVID-19…

DIAT develops medical bed isolation system for covid-19 patients

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, (DIAT), Pune has developed a Medical Bed Isolation System named…

India develops Covid 19 detecting mobile app Lyfas

A government supported IT company in Bengaluru has developed an application named Lyfas which is…

PM to launch High Throughput COVID-19 testing facilities

Prime Minister Modi has launched high throughput COVID-19 testing facilities on 27th July via video…

Covid-19 changes shape in human body and decoys immunity

The spike protein of the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 has been found to change its form once…

mRNA based vaccine manufacturing platform in India

DBT-BIRAC has facilitated the establishment of ‘first-of-its-kind’ mRNA-based vaccine manufacturing platform in India. DBT has…