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Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

Explained: Probing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus

As per WHO, the field visits included the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Huanan market, Wuhan CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) laboratory. According to WHO, the team was “limited by visits…

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Posted on February 11, 2021

Conspiracy theories about SARS-CoV-2 virus origin put to rest

Genome sequence data and lab origin While many scientists had dismissed the lab-origin theory, in mid-February 2020, a group of 27 prominent scientists from outside China went a step ahead and “strongly…

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Posted on August 29, 2020August 29, 2020

Second case of confirmed coronavirus reinfection reported

Using genome sequencing researchers at Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada have confirmed a case of coronavirus reinfection. Unlike the first reported case of confirmed reinfection in Hong Kong…

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Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

Results of coronavirus vaccine trials call for cautious optimism

Never before have candidate vaccines been developed from scratch, tested on animals and completed early stages of human clinical trials all under six months. This is an acid test for…

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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 June 20, 2020

Antibodies from convalescent plasma protects against COVID-19

The researchers found passive transfer of neutralising antibodies isolated from convalescent plasma into Syrian hamsters protect the animals against the disease when exposed to the virus and also protects hamsters…

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Posted on June 20, 2020

Antibodies against coronavirus start to decrease in 2-3 months, study finds

The study found IgG levels and neutralizing antibodies started to decrease within two-three months after infection with novel coronavirus. The reduction was more (40%) in the case asymptomatic individuals than…

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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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