Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, The truth?
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Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, The truth?

Some media channels on Sunday (12th July) reported that Russia’s Sechenov University had completed clinical trials of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), claiming it as the ‘first vaccine in the world to complete human trials for Covid-19.’ We are here to tell you that it’s not true and they misstated it. Sputnik News was one of the media channels…

Zydus’s ZyCov-D | Covid-19 Vaccine candidate Explained
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Zydus’s ZyCov-D | Covid-19 Vaccine candidate Explained

Covid-19 is still spreading at an unprecedented rate. Scientists all around the world are working day and night to develop a vaccine for it. The vaccine candidate was found to be safe and immunogenic in clinical trials.  Antibodies produced after injection was able to completely neutralize the virus. ZyCoV-D uses a non-replicative and non-integrative plasmid….

India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate, COVAXIN Explained
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India’s Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate, COVAXIN Explained

The covid-19 crisis is still going on throughout the world. It has affected over 11 Million people and leaving 527,835 people globally dead as per WHO reports on 5th July 2020. Amid Covid-19 crisis researchers have been working tirelessly for Covid-19 vaccine production. There are more than 200 candidates and only 15 have entered clinical trials globally. In India, there are two…

Your smartphones can detect coronavirus too, here’s how?
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Your smartphones can detect coronavirus too, here’s how?

Scientists from the University of Utah in the U.S. developed a sensor that could be paired with a smartphone and can detect coronavirus. Massood Tabib-Azar, a professor at the University of Utah, electrical and computer engineering, has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to develop a portable and reusable coronavirus sensor. The quarter-sized sensor could…

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NOVEL CORONAVIRUS

In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China but the cause was unknown. Scientists suspected something novel, this was not due to the bacteria as previously thought but a novel virus.  WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS? Corona in Latin means crown. Under the electron microscope, the virus capsid or outer layer looks like a…

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HOW LONG DOES THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS SURVIVES ON SURFACES?

Covid-19 normally spreads from a person to person. When an infected person sneezes or coughs, droplets containing the virus spread in the surrounding area. Any healthy person could come in contact with these and get infected. One can get infected even when they get into contact with the things or artifacts contaminated with the virus particles. There were…