UK scientists probe new coronavirus variant’s spread in children

LONDON: Scientists in the UK are investigating the impact of a new mutant variant of coronavirus, named VUI-202012/01, on children and whether its faster transmission in parts of England is down to the younger segment of the population. The government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) is monitoring the data to analyse this

COVID-19 Vaccine Is Coming, So Who Will Get It First?

After nine months of chaos and the death of more than 1 million people worldwide, we may soon have a vaccine for the deadly coronavirus. With the development of as many as 150 vaccines (nearly 40 are in late-stage clinical trials), a coronavirus vaccine is expected to be launched by the end of this year, however, most experts believe

Covid-19-Important points

​​The four symptoms of COVID-19 that may appear before a cough and fever We are well into the 10th month of the ‘year of the pandemic’, as the novel coronavirus continues to claim lives and spread at an alarming rate across the globe. While initially it was thought of as a pneumonia-like illness as it

Work from home is burning out Indians—but they still don’t want to go back to the office

While working from home in a country like India can have big advantages, the trend, which picked up due to the Covid-19 outbreak, is “negatively impacting wellbeing.” Around one-third of Indians have been feeling more burnt out over the last six months, according to Microsoft’s Work Trend index. “India had the second-highest percentage of workers facing increased