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WHO has postponed making a decision on January 22 whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan city of China constitutes Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The committee will meet…
It is surprising that the WHO does not considering sharing on its website, which was finally updated on January 21 after four days, the information it tweets considering that the…
In a fast developing scenario such as the novel coronavirus outbreak, is it unfair to expect the WHO to keep its Disease Outbreak News page on its website updated, the…
From 41 till a few days ago, the number of novel coronavirus cases has risen to 205. A woman travelling from China’s Wuhan city was found infected with coronavirus in…
IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated a carbon-based nanostructure that is capable of simultaneously adsorbing with very high efficiency four heavy metals — arsenic, chromium, cadmium and mercury — from wastewater.…
Japanese man who returned from Wuhan with the novel virus infection did not visit the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market or any other live animal markets in Wuhan. This raises the…
India has changed the name of the TB control programme. It is no longer known as the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) but as National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP).…
Truenat, a molecular test to diagnose pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB and rifampicin-resistant TB, has high diagnostic accuracy, says WHO. Truenat was developed in India. It can be used as an…
