Tag: Covid
First COVID-19 Case Emerges In Olympic Games Village
Six days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a "non-athlete person" tested positive for COVID-19 in the Games Village. The organising committee confirmed on Saturday that a case had been detected in the Village. ....
Olympics: 80,000 Covid Tests Planned Daily For Tokyo 2020
With 11,500 athletes and around 79,000 administrators, support staff and media personnel reaching Japan in the next few days, the Tokyo Olympic Games will also see a massive operation to ensure everyone involved is healthy. ....
3D 'assembloid' Shows How SARS-CoV-2 Infects Brain Cells
A team of researchers has produced a stem cell model that demonstrates a potential route of entry of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, into the human brain. ....
Covid Casualty: Global Cues, Profit Booking Subdue Equity Markets
Profit booking subdued India's equity markets during the morning trade session on Monday. ....
Many Covid Patients Died Of O2 Shortage In Delhi, Need An Inquiry: Manish Sisodia
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said many people died due to the oxygen shortage during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. ....
Chinese City Launches Nucleic Acid Testing After New Covid Cases
Nanjing, capital of China's Jiangsu province, launched an all-inclusive nucleic acid testing campaign after 17 airport workers tested positive for Covid-19. ....
West Indies-Australia 2nd ODI Suspended After Covid Positive Case
The second One-day International between West Indies and Australia was postponed minutes before the start at the Kensington Oval after a non-playing staff of the home side tested positive for Covid-19. ....
Fireworks soared above Tokyo's new Olympic Stadium Friday as the delayed Summer Games finally held its opening ceremony — an event that culminates in lighting the Olympic cauldron. Nineteen Indians took part in the ceremony and were marshalled by 2012 London Olympics bronze-medallist Mary Kom and the Indian men’s hockey team’s captain Manpreet Singh.There was no cheering, screaming, and clapping by the huge crowd that usually fills the stadium for ceremonies of this magnitude and stature because the fans are banned from the entire Olympic....
Covid-19 May Bring A New Wave Of Diabetes: Study
While diabetes is known to be a risk factor for severe Covid outcomes, researchers are now observing a new long-term health concern in patients hospitalised with Covid-19 -- an increase in new-onset hyperglycemia, or high levels of blood sugar lasting months after the infection. ....
Only 5.35% Fully Vaccinated In Punjab
Just 5.35 per cent people in Punjab have got both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said on Monday. ....
