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Japanese researchers find presence of COVID-19 in sewage plants, proves to be an early warning signal for transmission
• 5 years agoPublic health experts say such sampling of sewage could be used to estimate the number of infected people in a region without testing every individual.
German biotech company CureVac to launch human trials for an experimental Coronavirus vaccine
• 5 years agoThe WHO lists 11 experimental coronavirus vaccines is currently being tested on humans, according to a table posted on its website.
FDA rescinds approval for use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients, says risks outweighs the benefits
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoIn a separate announcement, the FDA has warned doctors against prescribing the HCQ in combination with remdesivir, the other drug shown to help COVID-19 patients.
Health ministry recommends tocilizumab, HCQ, plasma therapy for patients in the moderate stage of COVID-19
• 5 years agoHCQ has demonstrated in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2 and shown to be clinically beneficial in several small single-centre studies with significant limitations.
ICMR denies claims that it published a study saying India's coronavirus cases could peak by mid-November
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe news reports attributing this study to ICMR are misleading. This refers to a non peer reviewed modelling, not carried out by ICMR and does not reflect the official position of ICMR, said the agency
Certain underlying conditions in patients could indicate when a person is more severely affected with COVID-19
• 5 years agoSouth Korean doctors wrote that diabetes, high body temperature, low oxygen saturation and pre-existing cardiac injury were the prognostic factors for severe COVID-19.
PPE's are effective in preventing Coronavirus infection in healthcare workers that are working in hospitals
• 5 years agoHealthcare professionals working away from home had limited social interactions after work, which probably contributed to the absence of infection.
WHO takes back statement saying asymptomatic patients spreading COVID-19 is rare, says they can cause 40 percent of transmissions
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoMaria van Kerkhove said, “Some estimates of around 40 percent of transmission may be due to asymptomatic (cases), but those are from models."
Ridiculous: Beijing dismisses Harvard study that suggests COVID-19 was already spreading in China, in August
• 5 years agoThe research uses satellite images of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search engines for things like “cough” and “diarrhoea”.
Gilead's Remdesivir prevented lung disease in macaque monkeys infected with coronavirus: Study
• 5 years agoThe antiviral drug, Remdesivir is the first drug shown to be effective against COVID-19 in human trials.