WHO launches CoViNet The network currently includes 36 laboratories from 21 countries in all 6 WHO regions
New air monitor can detect COVID variants in about 5 minutes The device can be used in hospitals and health care facilities, schools and public places to help detect SARS-CoV-2 and…
WHO meets with Chinese officials on current COVID-19 situation WHO called on China to strengthen viral sequencing, clinical management and impact assessment
Roche launches Elecsys IGRA SARS-CoV-2 test Elecsys IGRA SARS-CoV-2 test supports the better understanding of immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination
New COVID-like rapid test to spot cancers, heart disease more easily The new test, called CrisprZyme, works by detecting molecular signals in the body called biomarkers, which are already used in…
Strand Life Sciences launches report on genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bengaluru Strand Life Sciences has sequenced a total of 12800 samples from July, 2021 to June, 2022, and identified more than a 100…
Scientists develop novel mechanism to inactivate SARS-CoV-2 by blocking their entry to cells &… The rapid emergence of new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has diminished the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines calling for…
Majority of patients who have recovered from COVID experienced stigma: Study The study also assessed the knowledge of cause, modes of transmission, risk perception, preventive methods of COVID-19 and…
Oral COVID vaccine can protect against disease transmission: Study The research, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, demonstrates the potential of the vaccine to work through…
Why hunting, tracking, analysing and studying SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens must continue Regardless of the pandemic moving into the endemic phase in certain regions, Mary Rodgers, principal research scientist at Abbott…