Since last year, several studies have found that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spreads mainly through the air. Yet there have also been other studies, including a recent one funded by the World Health Organization, that have found the evidence inconclusive. Now, a team of experts has looked at available research and published their assessment in The Lancet: that there is strong, consistent evidence that the primary transmission route of SARS-CoV-2 is indeed airborne. What are the implications of the assessment? If transmission is airborne, public health measures would need to take that into account. Measures that focus solely on large-droplet-borne transmission, but fail to treat the virus as predominantly airborne, would leave people unprotected.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Manishi Chandra said while gangster Virender Pratap alias Kala Rana is suspected to be operating from Thailand, Satenderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar is controlling his gang from Canada.
Haffkine can manufacture 228.8 million doses annually, starting with 20 million per month in the initial phase.
Though Munshi is new to electoral politics, she belongs to a family with a political pedigree. Her husband Debraj Chakraborty is a councillor in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, and years ago was Purnendu Basu’s assistant.
PCMC has also decided to provide free plasma bags to private hospitals.
The decision came by a government resolution dated April 12.
All marriages on Saturday and Sunday with restrictions of 50 people inside closed spaces and 100 persons in open spaces with masks, social distancing and use of sanitizers and other precautions as per SOP will be allowed.
The private hospital in Chennai, where Vivek, 59, is being treated, said he suffered “an acute coronary syndrome with cardiogenic shock. This is a separate cardiac event. It may not be due to Covid vaccination”.
Data shows a rise in the percentage of infections in the age group 51-60 years, 61-70 years, and also in 71-80 years.
Among voters from all the three segments, over 11.37 lakh are men and over 11.22 lakh are women. A total of 30 candidates are in the fray from all the three constituencies. While, Belgaum has 10 candidates, Basavakalyan and Maski have 12 and eight respectively.
Instagram for Kids will give access only to those under 13.
Deepak Chahar produced a superb opening spell to help Chennai Super Kings beat Punjab Kings by six wickets to register their first victory in Indian Premier League 2021.
IIT-D Director V Ramgopal Rao told The Indian Express around 25 students on the campus have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last one month, and that the quarantine facility inside the campus was “small” and could accommodate “10 people at best”.
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