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Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?

13Aug

By Kino6 Comments

Health

Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?

Delta Variant is 40-60% more transmissible than Alpha and almost twice as transmissible as the original Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant is the variant of concern that WHO is tracking and monitoring around the world. All viruses – including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – evolve over time. When a virus replicates itself, it x=changes its DNA structure in such a way as to alter the physical composition of that DNA gene. These changes are called “Mutations”. A virus with one or more new mutations is called a “Variant” of the original virus. Evolution B.1.617.2 is another name of Delta Variant. This was first identified in India in December 2020 and led to major outbreaks in the country. Now 96 countries have reported Delta Variant cases and delta variant will c...

China Should Cooperate with Information and Data, Says WHO

23Jul

By AbdullahNo Comments

Opinion

China Should Cooperate with Information and Data, Says WHO

WHO is pleading China to cooperate in the second round of investigations for the pandemic outbreak It has been over a year since pandemic hit the world in the end of 2019. Since then, WHO has been trying its best to find a source and data of this medical catastrophe. The virus began in Wuhan, China and then spread throughout the world as an airborne contaminated disease. However, there are speculations of how it all began ranging from it was transmitted through bats or was an outcome of a lab failure at the Wuhan Institute of Virology - one of China's top virus research labs. Though WHO has stated that there are possibilities that it might have emerged from a bat and other reasons still stand. According to them it is highly unlikely that it occurred from a lab mistake. WHO St...

Italy enters White Zone, face mask not compulsory

5Jul

By Maru J1 Comment

Latest

Italy enters White Zone, face mask not compulsory

Italy is now labelled as a ‘'White Zone’ for the COVID-19 virus, thus allowing its residents to take off their face masks. ITALY - The number of COVID-19 cases are significantly decreasing in Italy with just 7 COVID-19 cases reported per 100,000 people. Just last year, Italy was in the list of countries that had the most number of COVID cases. However this year, on the 28th of June, the country announced that people no longer will coerce face masks when outdoors. The tremendous decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country was impressive. Medical experts analyzed the country’s situation and labelled Italy as a COVID 19 ‘'White Zone'’. The places which are labelled as COVID-19 white zones have low restrictions and the chances of contracting the virus in those particular places...

COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

30Jun

By Maru J1 Comment

Health

COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

Since the 3rd wave, The number of deaths are high. This is the first time the country faced 20 fatalities in a day. Country recorded the lowest death rate in recent times. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The start of 2021 wasn’t a very pleasant start for Pakistan. The country recorded an increasing number of cases with each passing day. Things got worse when the third wave of COVID 19 started to spread throughout Pakistan. During 3rd wave, hospitals and health centers in country started noticing a hike in number of daily cases. Things got a little out of hand for a country when 3rd wave picked up its pace in April. The spread of the third wave of COVID-19 in April proved to be devastating for the country. With thousands of cases being recorded daily, a death toll of around 100 deaths each day...

COVID-19: Pakistan made PakVac Vaccine to be launched soon

27May

By Maru JNo Comments

Sci-Tech

COVID-19: Pakistan made PakVac Vaccine to be launched soon

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The first batch of single-dose CanSino Vaccine has been successfully produced in National Institute of Health (NIH) and is ready to be launched by the end of this month this year. Locally made Chinese vaccine has been given the name Pakvac Vaccine. The first batch of the vaccine will be available for administration. The vaccine has gone through rigorous testing. It has been made sure that pakvac vaccine will be effective for general populace. Negating the common side-effects-conspiracy theories circulating among the community via social and digital media. The first batch will include up to 124, 000 jabs of the vaccine. The vaccine will be officially approved after final testing. After that production of almost 3 Million doses per month will be made possible. Me...