Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have been working to identify the origin of the virus. One theory is that it may have come from an animal, and a recent study suggests that raccoon dogs may have played a role in the virus’s spread. COVID-19 genome linked to raccoon dogs Raccoon dogs are … Read more
Doctors in Florida are now being instructed to warn recipients of the Covid vaccine that the vaccine could cause adverse effects, including heart attacks, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo told the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a letter. Among them was a massive increase in life-threatening conditions linked to vaccines, including heart attacks and … Read more
The arrival of the BA.5 variant of the coronavirus in China threatens economically damaging lockdowns across the country, including in Shanghai, where many residents recently emerged from a gruelling two months of home confinement. Over the weekend, the country’s most populous city confirmed that the increasingly dominant sub-variant of omicron had arrived just weeks after … Read more
North Korea, which has always been in the headlines, is once again in the news due to the explosion of Covid-19. This explosive outbreak of Covid-19 has killed about 6 people in the country and more than 350,000 people have been reported infected, according to state media. North Korea is calling the situation a ‘major … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that 47 lakh people have died of Covid in India so far. The number is almost 10 times higher than the official figures. However, the Government of India has raised questions about his claim. WHO estimates that about 15 million people have died in the world so far … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about a new mutant strain of the omicron variant of the Covid XE, which could be more transmissible than any lineage of SARS-CoV-2 detected so far. XE is a “recombinant” that is a mutation of the Omicron BA’1 and BA.2 strains. … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Pollution kills more than covid; One in six deaths in the world is related to diseases caused by pollution, which kills many more people than pandemics such as covid-19, according to a report by a special rapporteur of the United Nations system. “Pollution and toxic substances cause at least nine … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: No Night Curfew in Assam; As the COVID 19 cases are decreasing rapidly so all the restrictions will be withdrawn from the next month in Assam. On Monday, the chief minister of Assam Himanta Biswa informed that, “there will be no curfew in Assam from February 15th and all COVID-19 … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Lockdowns only reduced COVID mortality; An investigation carried out by members of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA) concludes that lockdowns and mobility restrictions have had little or no effect on public health, and low effectiveness in terms of reducing mortality by Covid. However, these measures have entailed enormous economic and social costs wherever … Read more
Ground Report | New Delhi: Which states have opened schools; Many states will resume physical classes from today as COVID-19 cases are likely to stabilize in the ongoing third wave. Several state governments earlier issued COVID-related restrictions which included the closure of all educational institutions. Which states have opened schools Rajasthan The Government of Rajasthan … Read more
