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The tribal dominated regions of India including Central India largely remain untouched from the global outbreak of COVID-19 Not a single case has spawned in the tribal habitations of Chattisgarh and Odisha per se, according to health officials. Although the number of tests conducted is less, almost all the confirmed cases include tribesmen belonging exclusively …

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Can Dexamethasone, a low-cost and widely used anti-inflammatory drug improve the survival in patients with COVID-19 and become a global warrior in fighting this Pandemic? It reduced deaths by a third among patients on ventilators and by a fifth of those receiving oxygen only. However there was no benefit among patients who didn’t need breathing …

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Almost everyone is fed up with the COVID-19 pandemic and asking “is it over yet”. The answer to this question, as we all know, is NO. It is pretty frustrating to think that we will soon have to adapt to the new normal. So, how stressful it’s gonna be, and would we be able to …

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It is “very rare” that asymptomatic or pre symptomatic patients can transmit COVID-19 to others, says the world health organisation. “It still appears to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said basing her comment on detailed reports …

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Genetic-testing Giant 23andme Inc. in one of its research found that a person’s blood type is somehow related to person’s susceptibility to COVID-19 infection. Preliminary results suggest that type O blood group is especially protective against Coronavirus. A study conducted on 1600 patients in Italy and Spain found that blood type A was linked with …

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Visit the link below to know the standard operating procedures for shopping malls, religious places, and restaurants. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/lockdown-5-unlock-1-health-ministry-releases-new-sops-for-religious-places-restaurants-offices-malls-6442959/

University of John Hopkins has released a data that ranked India number sixth for average daily positivity. Brazil tops the list with almost 30000 new positives everyday. https://indianexpress.com/article/coronavirus/covid-19-average-daily-positivity-rate-brazil-india-us-johns-hopkins-university-data-6449139/

Go through this interesting article to understand why the growth rate in India is slowing down despite the rise in number of COVID-19 cases. Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/coronavirus-numbers-explained-india-cases-growth-rate/

You can go through this interesting article to learn more about how to boost your immune system. Link: https://www.narayanahealth.org/blog/boost-immune-system-against-coronavirus-covid-19-infection/