1] First study: 3790 positive samples with known CT values were checked to see if they had viable virus, indicating they were infectious. Virus could be cultured in 70% samples with CT values ≤ 25. 3% samples with CT .
Category Archives: COVID-19
Recovery of infectious SARS-CoV-2 from the surfaces. Looks like we are back to square one. 1] We had many papers in the last few months which had reassured us about the lack of virus persistence on the surfaces. 2] .
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is highly infectious and there is a lot that needs to be understood and studied. What we do know is that COVID spreads primarily due to droplets that are discharged from the nose and mouth via .
1. CDC guidelines on “How COVID-19 Spreads” (Update Sept. 21, 2020)COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close contact from person-to-person. Some people without symptoms may be able to spread the virus. We are still learning about how the .
Herd immunity is a key concept for epidemic control, which states that only a proportion of a population needs to be immune to an infectious agent for it to stop generating large outbreaks. We can achieve herd immunity through .
One rinse will reduce the virus load in the mouth for 2 hours A new study published by Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea on 25th May 2020 in the Journal of Korean Medical Science has concluded that .
Faster vaccines likely if Moderna effort succeeds 20th May 2020: Moderna’s experimental vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has emerged the front-runner in the global effort to stop the pandemic after an early trial showed it produced virus-neutralising antibodies .
Harvard and MIT researchers are developing a face mask that lights up when it detects the coronavirus 13th May 2020: For many years the team of bioengineers at Harvard and MIT have been developing sensors that can detect viruses .
Tata Sons to help make ‘Feluda’, CSIR’s Satyajit Ray-inspired Covid paper test kit 7th May 2020: Tata Sons has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for the ‘licencing of knowhow’ of a .
