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World's First Trial With Voluntary Covid Exposure Found Safe In Young Adults: Study
The world's first human challenge trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, one of the companies running the study said on Wednesday.
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Faith in the Metaverse: A VR Quest for Community, Fellowship Amid Quarantine
Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So, he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to worship in the metaverse.
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Why Home Isolation Is Set At 7 Days: Health Agency Chief Explains
The Centre on Wednesday said lateral flow tests, which includes rapid-antigen and home-antigen tests, can detect Covid from the third day after exposure to the virus to day eight while the RT-PCR test can diagnose the infection for up to 20 days.
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New Zealand Logs First Community Exposure, Remains Omicron-Free
New Zealand said on Wednesday that a person who tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had briefly been active in the community in Auckland.
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Finland PM Caught Clubbing After Covid Exposure, Apologises
Finland's prime minister came under sustained criticism on Tuesday after it was revealed she stayed out dancing until the early hours on the weekend despite knowing she had been exposed to Covid-19.
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US Committee Challenges Pfizer's Covid Booster Authorisation For High-Risk Adults
A committee of US health experts on Thursday declined to approve Pfizer booster shots for individuals at high risk of Covid exposure due to their jobs, despite authorization from a different agency just the night before.
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Roadblocks Erected In Sydney As Australia Battles Delta Outbreak
Hundreds of unarmed defence personnel joined thousands of extra police to set up roadblocks and enforce COVID-19 lockdown rules in parts of Sydney on Monday, while dozens of new venues were added to a list of exposure sites in Melbourne.
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UK's Boris Johnson Reverses Plan To Skip Quarantine After Covid Exposure
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working.
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US University Developing Face Masks That Can Detect Covid Infection
Tiny sensors incorporated into wearable fabrics like masks and jackets could provide instant information on exposure to disease-causing pathogens such as the coronavirus, according to research published on Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
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Vaccines Ok For Pregnant Women: Government Changes Earlier Stand
Pregnant women "can and should" be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said Friday evening, signalling a policy change that follows growing concern over exposure of expectant mothers (and their children) to the deadly virus.
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S Jaishankar To Join G7 Summit Virtually After Possible Covid Exposure
Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Britain for G7 meetings, said on Wednesday he would hold his talks virtually after being exposed to possible coronavirus cases.
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Airport Exposure, Outside Food Delivery: How The IPL Bio-Bubble Was Breached
IPL 2021: With players in the bio-bubble contracting COVID-19, the ongoing season of the IPL was postponed.
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Two Masks, Snug Fit Reduces COVID-19 Spread, US Study Shows
Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory experiments described by U.S. health officials on Wednesday showed.
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Long-Term Exposure To Air Pollution May Increase Covid Death Risk: Scientists
A new analysis of more than 3,000 counties in the US has found that people with long-term exposure to fine-particle pollutants may be more likely to die from COVID-19, findings which may make policymakers reexamine the harms of air pollution and help reduce deaths during the pandemic.
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Prolonged Exposure To Air Pollution May Be Behind 17% Of India's COVID Deaths
Seventeen per cent of India's COVID deaths can be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution, higher than the global average of 15 per cent, a study conducted by six researchers from different European institutes has found.
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World's First Trial With Voluntary Covid Exposure Found Safe In Young Adults: Study
The world's first human challenge trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, one of the companies running the study said on Wednesday.
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Faith in the Metaverse: A VR Quest for Community, Fellowship Amid Quarantine
Under quarantine for COVID-19 exposure, Garret Bernal and his family missed a recent Sunday church service. So, he strapped on a virtual reality headset and explored what it would be like to worship in the metaverse.
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Why Home Isolation Is Set At 7 Days: Health Agency Chief Explains
The Centre on Wednesday said lateral flow tests, which includes rapid-antigen and home-antigen tests, can detect Covid from the third day after exposure to the virus to day eight while the RT-PCR test can diagnose the infection for up to 20 days.
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New Zealand Logs First Community Exposure, Remains Omicron-Free
New Zealand said on Wednesday that a person who tested positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had briefly been active in the community in Auckland.
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Finland PM Caught Clubbing After Covid Exposure, Apologises
Finland's prime minister came under sustained criticism on Tuesday after it was revealed she stayed out dancing until the early hours on the weekend despite knowing she had been exposed to Covid-19.
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US Committee Challenges Pfizer's Covid Booster Authorisation For High-Risk Adults
A committee of US health experts on Thursday declined to approve Pfizer booster shots for individuals at high risk of Covid exposure due to their jobs, despite authorization from a different agency just the night before.
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Roadblocks Erected In Sydney As Australia Battles Delta Outbreak
Hundreds of unarmed defence personnel joined thousands of extra police to set up roadblocks and enforce COVID-19 lockdown rules in parts of Sydney on Monday, while dozens of new venues were added to a list of exposure sites in Melbourne.
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UK's Boris Johnson Reverses Plan To Skip Quarantine After Covid Exposure
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily criticised plans to take part in a pilot scheme that would have allowed them to continue working.
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US University Developing Face Masks That Can Detect Covid Infection
Tiny sensors incorporated into wearable fabrics like masks and jackets could provide instant information on exposure to disease-causing pathogens such as the coronavirus, according to research published on Monday in the journal Nature Biotechnology.
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Vaccines Ok For Pregnant Women: Government Changes Earlier Stand
Pregnant women "can and should" be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said Friday evening, signalling a policy change that follows growing concern over exposure of expectant mothers (and their children) to the deadly virus.
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S Jaishankar To Join G7 Summit Virtually After Possible Covid Exposure
Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Britain for G7 meetings, said on Wednesday he would hold his talks virtually after being exposed to possible coronavirus cases.
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Airport Exposure, Outside Food Delivery: How The IPL Bio-Bubble Was Breached
IPL 2021: With players in the bio-bubble contracting COVID-19, the ongoing season of the IPL was postponed.
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Two Masks, Snug Fit Reduces COVID-19 Spread, US Study Shows
Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person's exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory experiments described by U.S. health officials on Wednesday showed.
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Long-Term Exposure To Air Pollution May Increase Covid Death Risk: Scientists
A new analysis of more than 3,000 counties in the US has found that people with long-term exposure to fine-particle pollutants may be more likely to die from COVID-19, findings which may make policymakers reexamine the harms of air pollution and help reduce deaths during the pandemic.
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Prolonged Exposure To Air Pollution May Be Behind 17% Of India's COVID Deaths
Seventeen per cent of India's COVID deaths can be linked to long-term exposure to air pollution, higher than the global average of 15 per cent, a study conducted by six researchers from different European institutes has found.
