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.
"Our findings show that the SARS-CoV2 spike protein causes lung injury even without the presence of intact virus," said Pavel Solopov, Assistant Professor at the varsity.
The dry swab-direct RT-PCR method involves collecting and transporting the nasal swab in dry state (as opposed to using the viral transport medium VTM) which makes the transportation and handling of the samples easy and less prone to spillage and spread of infection.
More than 1 crore COVID Vaccine doses (1,06,08,207) are still available with the States/UTs to be administered, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
More than 1.55 crore people have registered themselves on the first day of registration for the third phase of Covid vaccination starting Saturday. In the third phase, everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible to get a vaccine against Covid-19.
In the third phase of Covid vaccination, everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
