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July 02, 2021 An Indian doctor examines patients inside a Covid-19 care centre. Reuters Close on the heels of the "black fungus" infection that appeared in patients who had recovered from Covid-19, Indian doctors are seeing another serious coronavirus-related complication -cytomegalovirus infections (CMV), which are normally present in post-transplant patients or those whose immune systems have been weakened by cancer or Aids. Seven cases have been detected in Mumbai, where former Covid-19 pati...

How ICMR and Others Spun Covaxins Phase 1 Trial Results Out of Context Even though ICMR chief Balram Bhargava is one of the papers authors, he has attempted to hype up its results. A medic fills a syringe with Covaxin in Ahmedabad, November 26, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave A paper published in The Lancet on January 21, 2021, describes the results of Covaxin’s phase 1 clinical trial. Much of its contents were known already – but as disinformation campaigns go, this one takes the biscui...