A unique “double mutant” coronavirus variant with a combination of mutations not seen anywhere else in the world has been found in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 However, it is still to be established if this has any role to play in increased infectivity or in making COVID-19 more severe. Genome sequencing of a […]
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The Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) test, powered by CSIR-IGIB (Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology) FELUDA, received regulatory approvals today from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for commercial launch, as per ICMR guidelines, meeting high quality benchmarks with 96% sensitivity and 98% specificity for detecting the novel coronavirus. Daily
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Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has launched country’s first airport Covid-19 testing facility at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi for arriving international passengers. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The facility at the Terminal-3 of the airport offers a walk-in option and ensures a safe journey to all the passengers entering
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of United State has recently announced an emergency authorization for doctors to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The plasma is believed to contain powerful antibodies that can help fight off the disease faster and help protect
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Keeping to its promise of exponentially increasing the daily COVID-19 tests to 10 lakhs, India has crossed the significant milestone in its fight against COVID. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In a testament to the determined, focussed, consistent and coordinated efforts of the Centre and the State/UT governments, India has conducted 1 million tests
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Government of India has set up an National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19. The purpose of the group is to keep India in the forefront of any ongoing effort worldwide to innovate, prepare, produce and launch candidate vaccines to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, for India and for the world. Daily Current Affairs
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Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry has launched an interactive first-of-its-kind game on COVID-19, The Corona Fighter and two new videos urging adherence to key COVID Appropriate Behaviours. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The game presents a new and extremely creative way to teach people the right tools and behaviours to fight the Covid-19
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On a continuous positive path of slide in its COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate, India has one of the lowest mortality globally. This is a result of coordinated efforts of the Centre and State/UT governments which has led to a continuous decline in the Mortality Rate. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points USA crossed 50,000 deaths
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Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. The registration of the vaccine lays ground for mass inoculation even as the final stages of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The announcement came in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has infected more
UN has recently released a report on the Impact of Covid-19 on Children. According to the report almost 24 million children could drop out or not have access to school next year due to the economic impact of Covid-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points About 188 countries have imposed countrywide school closures, affecting more
