Covid-19: Safe UV light could be used to sterilise high-risk indoor environments, says study

London: Using computer simulations, scientists have shown that the relatively safer far-ultraviolet C (UVC) light can be used to disinfect in-room air, an advance that may pave the way for a new solution to kill aerosolised novel coronavirus in enclosed environments such as hospitals. According to the research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, low dose of UVC can increase disinfection rates by 50-85 per cent compared to a rooms ventilation alone. The scientists, including those from Cranfield University in the UK, noted that unlike typical UVC -- which has been used to kill microorganisms for decades but is extremely harmful to humans, potentially causing skin cancer -- far-UVC is safe to use around people. ....read more

"COVID-19: Swedens Experience"

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CMAAO Coronavirus Facts and Myth Buster: Antibodies in Newborn

With input from Dr Monica Vasudev1179: Singaporean woman who had COVID-19 gives birth to baby with coronavirus antibodies The baby of a woman from Singapore who contracted the coronavirus infection in March, when she was 10 weeks pregnant, was born with antibodies but no disease. Celine Ng-Chan, aged 31, contracted COVID-19, along with her mother, 58-year-old Choy Wai Chee, and 2-year-old daughter, while they were on holiday in Europe in March. Her mother spent 29 days on life support. Ng-Chan and her daughter, Aldrina, had mild infection. Her husband and son did not get infected. ....read more

World COVID Meter 2nd December: Acute manageable immunogenic thrombogenic inflammatory viral disease pandemic

Cases: 1M April 2, 2M April 15, 3M April 27, 4M May 8, 5M May 20, 6M May 30, 7M June 7, 8M June 15, 9M June 22, 10M June 29th, 11M July 4, 12M July 8, 13M July 13, 14M July 17, 15M July 23, 16M July 25, 17M July 29, 18M August 1, 19M August 6, 20M August 10, 21M August 16, 22M August 19, 23M August 21, 24M August 27, 25M August 30, 26M September 3, 27M September 7, 28M September 10, 29M September 14, 30M September 18, 31M September 21, 32M September 23, 33M September 28, 34M October 1, 35M October 4, 36M October 8, 37M October 11, 38M October 14, 39M October 17, 40M October 19, 41M October 22, 42M October 24, 43M October 26, 44M October 28, 45M October 30, 46M November 2, 47M November 4, 48M November 6, 49M November 7, 50M November 8, 51M November 10, 52M November 12, 53M November 14, 54M November 15, 55M November 17, 56M November 19, 57M November 20, 58M November 22, 59M November 24, 60M November 25, 61M November 27, 62M November 29, 63M December 1 Ground Zero: Wuhan - in live animal market or cafeteria for animal pathogens: 10th January; Total cases are based on RT PCR, 67% sensitivity Coronavirus Cases: 64,177,313,Deaths: 1,485,743,Recovered: 44,428,956,ACTIVE CASES 18,262,614,Currently Infected Patients 18,156,587 (99.4%) in ....read more

Top Characters of Mahabharata

To be in harmony with the body (five elements represented by Draupadi), one must acquire five qualities, or in other terms, live a focused life, full of strength and not being disturbed with loss or gain and finally working for the welfare of the society without having any partiality towards anyone.Balanced mind: Yudhishthir ("sthir" or balanced in "yudh" or disturbed state of mind) ....read more

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Pfizer asks Europe to OK vaccine for emergency use

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Berlin: US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech say they have submitted an application for conditional approval of their Covid vaccine with the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The firms said on Tuesday the submission occurred on Monday. The move comes a day after Moderna said it was asking US and European regulators to allow emergency use of its vaccine. Meanwhile, the EMA plans to convene a meeting by December 29 to decide if there is enough safety and efficacy data about the Pfizer vaccine for it to be approved, the agency said. It also said it could decide by January 12 whether to approve Moderna’s shot.

Glenmark Pharma gets tentative nod from USFDA for cancer treatment drug

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NEW DELHI: Drug major Glenmark Pharma on Tuesday said it has received tentative approval from the US health regulator for Axitinib tablets, used in the treatment of kidney cancer. The tentatively approved product is the generic version of Inlyta tablets of PF Prism CV. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc, USA has received tentative approval by the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for Axitinib tablets in the strength of 1 mg and 5 mg, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Vaccines not the only solution to Covid, past viral infections are key too

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he question India is asking right now is who to give the Covid-19 vaccine to first, and the obvious answer is to all — and that is the root of the lack of knowledge on the coronavirus issue. Have you ever seen a beam of sunlight cutting across an apparently dust-free room? Then you would have seen the innumerable floating dust particles that were not visible until then. This is a reflection of our experience with Covid — we are not looking for what we should but are engrossed in serologic testing statistics instead. It was estimated by the West that India would have several deaths on the street, our hospitals would be flooded, and doctors would be dying by the dozens. In fact, it was surmised that the combination of air pollution with Covid-19 would lead to almost two lakh cases per day by August. That is not happening, as is obvious. Yes, some hospitals are only seeing Covid-19 cases, and hence the doctors do not handle routine non-Covid cases. In such hospitals, doctors have 14-day shifts and then get one month off. So, they would be really unlucky to get Covid-19. But there are some hospitals, mainly central government hospitals, such as Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in New Delhi where we have been handling routine non-Covid as well as Covid-19 cases day in and day out, and doctor haven’t died by the dozens. If we had no immunity, how would this be possible?

Doctor killed, 6 others injured after vehicle ploughs into wedding procession in Uttarakhand

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A 25-year-old ayurvedic doctor died and six others were persons injured after a pick up vehicle rammed into a wedding procession in Rampur Road in Haldwani area on Monday night, said police Tuesday. The incident happened when the guests were dancing on the road. Sanjay Kumar, inspector at Haldwani police station said, “Property dealer Amit Upreti was getting married on Monday in Haldwani.The wedding was being held at a banquet hall at Rampur Road in Haldwani. His relatives had come from Meerut to attend his marriage. When his friends and family members were dancing in the wedding procession, a speeding pick up vehicle suddenly rammed into the procession”.