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While conventional human clinical trials of novel coronavirus vaccine will take 12-18 months to complete, the human challenge studies can speed up the process and help complete the trial by…
In an unprecedented measure, India on March 25 began a country-wide shutdown for 21 days to cut the transmission chain of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Can mitigation measures without tracking…
On January 20, both South Korea and the U.S. reported their first case of novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Two months later, the U.S. has surpassed China and has the most number…
Based on weak evidence, ICMR has recommended hydroxychloroquine as prophylaxis by healthcare workers taking care of COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic household contacts of confirmed cases. No other drug approving agency…
China had zero cases on March 18-20, but one local transmission on March 21. The turnaround in China comes at a time when the virus is galloping in Europe and…
One of the inhibitors that showed good antiviral activity against other coronaviruses was modified for enhanced antiviral activity. The inhibitor was found in the lungs even after 24 hours when…
Moderna’s mRNA-1273 is the first vaccine for novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to enter human trials. This is a novel lipid nanoparticle-encapsulated mRNA vaccine that codes for the full-length prefusion stabilised spike…
A letter published in The Lancet claimed that ibuprofen increases the number of ACE2 receptors that novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) uses to infect cells. On March 19, WHO tweeted saying based…
