Coronavirus

A new strain of COVID-19 known as Stratus is now spreading globally – with predominant cases across several US states, including New York. According to experts, this variant – first detected in Southeast Asia earlier this year – is currently predominant in at least nine US states. Stratus evades the immune system better than the previous Nimbus…

The number of total active Covid-19 patients reached 311, with 87 persons testing positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, the Health and Family Welfare department said on Monday. Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare Department has said in an official statement that the number of active Covid-19 cases crossed the 300-mark in the state. As…

Kerala accounted for the highest number cases with 1,336 active infections, while Maharashtra came second with 467 cases. Four deaths have been reported so far. The total number of active Covid-19 cases in India has breached the 3,000-mark, along with four deaths reported in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, according to the latest data from the…

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reported that there are 727 active Covid cases in the state. He added that the Omicron JN variant LF7, which has been reported in South-East Asian countries, has been found in the state. Vijayan urged vigilance against infectious diseases during the rainy season, particularly leptospirosis, advising precautions for those in relief operations.…

Covid-19: Currently, 52 patients are undergoing treatment for mild symptoms, while 16 are being treated at hospitals, said the department. Maharashtra has reported two COVID-19-related deaths since January this year, the state health department said on Tuesday. In a release, the department said both fatalities were reported from Mumbai and involved patients with comorbidities (simultaneous presence of…

No need to panic, stay at home if you have any respiratory infection so that you do not transmit it to others Asian countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong have noted a surge in Covid-19 cases over the last few weeks. Health authorities in these countries have said that the increase may be because of waning…

A 45-year-old woman in Kolkata has been diagnosed with human coronavirus HKU1 on Monday. The woman has been suffering from persistent fever, cough, and cold for the past 15 days. She is presently being treated at a private hospital in South Kolkata and her condition is stable for now. According to hospital authorities, it is an isolated…

A NEWLY discovered bat coronavirus found in China has raised pandemic fears, experts warn. Named HKU5-CoV-2, the virus was identified by scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has been at the centre of the theory that Covid-19 leaked from a lab. Research published in Cell journal revealed the bug can enter cells using human ACE2…

Scientists in China have reported that they have identified a new coronavirus—HKU5-CoV-2—in bats, capable of infecting human cells through a mechanism similar to SARS-CoV-2 that triggered the Covid-19 pandemic five years ago. The discovery, reported in the journal Cell last week, has since triggered worries across the world. The latest findings have been reported by a team…