Bacterial pneumonia caused Covid deaths, not ‘cytokine storm’: Study
Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study.
Secondary bacterial pneumonia that does not resolve was a key driver of death in patients with Covid, according to a study.
The State has been consistently logging above 300 cases on a daily basis in the past one week.
The country's active caseload stands at 0.13 per cent, which was 0.14 per cent on Wednesday.
The State clocked 382 freshactive Covid-19 cases at a high7.1 percent test positivity TPR in the last 24 hours,said officials on Monday.
Fresh 11,692 covid-19 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours in the country, marking a dip from Thursday's tally of 12,591 cases.
The findings showed that it induced robust antibody responses against the wildtype D614G Covid-19 strain and against important variants of concern including Gamma (P1); Beta (B1351); and Delta (B16172), the US pharmaceutical major said in a statement.
"Even as hundreds of millions of people are still waiting for their first dose, some rich countries are moving towards booster doses," said WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He also called the G20 countries to "make concrete commitments to support WHO's global vaccination targets".
The study, published in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology, examined 1,377 patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. About 11 per cent of patients reported flares after vaccination that required treatment, and there were no reports of severe flares.
In addition, analyses of PCR test results also suggest that fully vaccinated people may be less likely than unvaccinated people to pass the virus on to others. This is due to having a smaller viral load on average and therefore, likely spreading less virus.
The team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that a combination of antiviral molnupiravir and anti-inflammatory baricitinib can be effective against the Beta and Delta variants of the virus
