Covid-19 Current Affairs

NIDHI4COVID 2.0 initiative and devised rapid response

NIDHI4COVID 2.0 initiative has been devised as a rapid response to support startup driven solutions, which would be helpful in tackling the current challenging COVID-19 situation in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Inducted as a special drive of the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST) […]

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Global output of COVID-19 vaccines

The five member states of WTO alone will account for three-quarters of the entire global output of COVID-19 vaccines this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The production remains highly centralised as about 75 per cent of this year’s vaccines appear set to come from five WTO members – India, Germany, US, France and China.

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Centre rushes teams for COVID-19 control and containment measures

The Central Government of India deputed multi-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur for COVID-19 control and containment measures. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The teams will be supporting them in their efforts for targeted COVID response and management, and effectively tackling the pandemic. The two-member high level team to these

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Delta variant led to most post-vaccine infections in Delhi

The B.1.617.2 variant of Covid-19 also known as Delta Variant according to WHO nomenclature, constituted nearly three in four breakthrough infections in Delhi, according to a research study by scientists in Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Breakthrough infections are instances of people testing positive for the virus after getting vaccinated. The study also reports

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Reading government advisory on airborne transmission

The Government of India warned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be transported through air as well in the form of aerosols, and infect people up to 10 metres away. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The warning, included in an updated general advisory on Covid-19 issued by the office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, is in

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Remdesivir may be dropped soon for treatment of Covid patients

Ganga Ram hospital Chairperson Dr. DS Rana said that Remdesivir is also being considered to be dropped from COVID-19 treatment soon as there is no evidence of its effectiveness in treating COVID-19 patients. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Though a trial by the ICMR on 400 patients last year — called the PLACID trial —

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NTPC Vindhyachal charts way forward to contain the spread of COVID-19

Considering the huge surge in COVID-19 cases in India, NTPC Vindhyachal, Central Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Power is taking several steps to fight against the spread of the virus. NTPC Vindhya hospital is being used for treating COVID-19 infected employees. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is located

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Covid 19 symptoms and CT scan

A Jalandhar’s scan center recently reported that the demand for Covid CT scans has increased manifolds in past one month. Several Covid positive patients with mild to moderate Covid symptoms, and some with negative RT-PCR reports but Covid symptoms are coming for CT scans. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A CT scan is also known

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Scientists could not predict the exact nature of Covid second wave

A group of scientists could not predict the exact trajectory of the devastating second wave as the virus dynamics and its transmissibility changed substantially over time. Scientists working on the SUTRA model have rejected media reports claiming that they had cautioned the Government regarding the second wave of the corona pandemic in March this year.

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Treatment of asymptomatic, mild, and moderate COVID-19 infection

Scientists have found that AYUSH 64 is useful in the treatment of asymptomatic, mild, and moderate COVID-19 infection as an adjunct to standard care. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 AYUSH 64 is a polyherbal formulation developed by the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences. Initially, the drug was developed for Malaria in the year

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