Virology

Introduction Paxlovid, the pill that has become the go-to treatment for COVID-19 treatment, was granted full approval in May by the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults at high risk for severe disease, including hospitalization and death. The drug also remains available to everyone 12 and older (weighing at…

Before we get into understanding the possible links between autoimmunity and COVID-19, it is imperative that we understand what autoantibodies are and how they affect our body. These self-attacking antibodies are produced by the immune system and are pathogenic in nature as they can destroy the antigens and other substances such as carbohydrate,proteins, etc. made by…

With a daily count of over 30,000 cases for the fourth consecutive day, Kerala accounts for around 70% of he total COVID-19 cases in the country. Active cases are over 2 lakhs and the latest positivity rate recorded on a day was 18.67%. “Since the relaxations in lockdown, there has been surge in cases. It was further increased after Onam,” says Vijayan…

The vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech is the first vaccine that has been lincensed for COVID-19. The mRNA vaccine has shown to prevent 95 percent of COVID-19 during the clinical trials and can be administered in people aged 16 and older. It has also been given emergency use authorisation for use in adolescents in December last year. The two dose vaccine can be given…

Zydus Cadila’s DNA based vaccine ZyCoV-D becomes the first vaccine to receive emergency use authorization for children above 12 years of age. The three-dose vaccine has an efficacy rate of 66.6 per cent as per the trials conducted across the nation. Zydus’ needle free vaccine is only the second vaccine that is being produced in…

Lambda, a new coronavirus variant has been declared as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization (WHO). 31 countries including United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland etc., have reported the cases of this variant. Originated in Peru in December 2020, now this particular variant accounts for almost 82% of the total…

Health ministry on Monday informed that as many as 32.8 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered since the start of the vaccination drive that began from January 16. Out of these, one crore healthcare workers took the first dose and 72 lakh got the second dose as well. Following a new policy, India has…

European countries including, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Estonia, Iceland, Ireland and Spain, and Switzerland have approved the Covishield COVID-19 vaccine for ‘Green Pass’. This comes after India has asked the European countries to allow entry to Indians vaccinated with Covishield or Covaxin. The Green Pass has been rolled out on July 1 to facilitate free…

Highlights: Fifth vaccine to be authorized in India. Now effective with two doses. Company to manufacture 120M doses a year. If approved, it could be World’s first plasmid DNA shot. Zydus Cadila, a leading Indian Pharmaceutical company is seeking approval from the DCGI for the EUA of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, ZyCoV-D. It is the…

The Maryland based company, Novavax’s covid-19 vaccine candiate, named Covavax in India is all set to be launched in August-September this year in association with the Pune based Serum Institute of India. The vaccine has shown 90% efficacy in the clinical trials conducted in the U.S. With U.S. easing the availability of the key raw…





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