viral infection

TN records 2,405 COVID-19 cases, 49 fatalities

11:47 pm July 15, 2021

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Thursday registered 2,405 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally to 25,28,806. As many as 49 people succumbed to the viral infection, pushing the toll to 33,606. According to a government bulletin, Coimbatore clocked 256 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, while Thanjavur 163, followed by Erode with 159 new […]

COVID: India grieves 200,000 dead with many more probably uncounted

Maharashtra: 8 bodies of COVID-19 victims cremated on one pyre

3:28 pm April 7, 2021

Aurangabad: Eight bodies of COVID-19 victims were cremated on one pyre due to shortage of space at a makeshift crematorium in Maharashtra’s Beed district, a civic official said on Wednesday. Since residents had opposed the cremation of bodies of COVID-19 patients at crematoriums in Ambajogai town, local authorities had to identify another place away from […]

Doctor who had received one shot of vaccine contracts infection, recovers

6:40 pm February 19, 2021

Mumbai: A doctor attached to a civic-run hospital who had received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine contracted the viral infection some days ago and has now recovered, a BMC official said on Friday. An expert from the Maharashtra government’s task force said this was not unusual as a recipient of COVID-19 vaccine does not […]

Gujarat records 910 new coronavirus cases, six deaths

11:48 pm December 25, 2020

Ahmedabad: As many as 910 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 2,40,105, the state health department said on Friday evening. Six patients with viral infection died during this period, taking the death toll to 4,268, it said in a release. With 56,970 tests […]

Scientists detect long-lived antibodies in blood, saliva samples from COVID-19 patients

12:31 pm October 9, 2020

Boston: Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have documented the persistence of antibodies that target the novel coronavirus in the blood and saliva of patients with COVID-19 at least three months after symptom onset, a finding that may lead to alternative methods of testing for the viral infection. The study, published in the journal Science, points to […]

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