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Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

With hasty approval, India squanders an opportunity to build trust in COVID-19 vaccine

Transparency in the approval process is vital for gaining the trust of people so that they don’t hesitate to take the vaccine. If there is already some degree of anxiety…

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Posted on December 2, 2020

Why working alongside China to uncover the virus’s origin is important

Knowing the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts and the events that permitted the virus to jump across the species barrier is important to prevent future outbreaks. Soon after the virus…

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Posted on August 12, 2020August 14, 2020

Why Russia’s rushed-up coronavirus vaccine is mired in ethical, safety landmine

Russia registering a vaccine for novel coronavirus even before beginning a Phase-3 trial and promising to  begin full-scale production of the vaccine in September to make it available by November…

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Posted on August 1, 2020

An asymptomatic superspreader in China transmits coronavirus to 71 people

One more instance of a superspreader spreading coronavirus to 71 people in China has been documented. The superspreader continued to remain asymptomatic for over a month after arriving in China…

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Posted on July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

Phase-2 trial: Adenovirus COVID-19 vaccine Ad5-nCoV found safe, immunogenic

Phase-2 trial using a single dose of recombinant adenovirus vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) vector carries the genetic material that codes for spike glycoprotein of novel coronavirus was found to be safe, well-tolerated,…

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Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020

U.S. withdrawal from WHO is a lose-lose proposition for all

The capricious decision to withdraw from WHO will have dire consequences for global public health. The departure of the U.S. will be a significant blow to the WHO in terms…

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Posted on July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

COVID-19: China’s dangerous obsession with secrecy a serious threat to global public health

Contrary to what was earlier reported, China confirmed to the WHO of the cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia of unknown cause’ on January 3 only after the global body…

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Posted on May 19, 2020May 23, 2020

Faeces samples can harbour infectious coronavirus, study finds

Chinese researchers were able to isolate and culture novel coronavirus from faeces samples. Confirmation of infectious virus in faeces samples raises the potential for faecal-oral or faecal-respiratory transmission. During 2002…

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