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Shobha Shukla - CNS   Covid-19 has posed innumerable health, economic, and social challenges for all, including people living with HIV. It has exposed the fragility of health systems around the globe and has diverted political attention and funding from other infectious diseases like TB and HIV. The opening session of the 11th International IAS Conference on HIV Science (#IAS2021) held virtually from Berlin, saw a lively panel discussing the tale of the two most horrendous recent pandemics in the history of our civilisation: Covid-19 and HIV/AIDS.       Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, USA, said that we cannot forget HIV just because we happen to be in the middle of Covid-19. Decades of investment and science in HIV research, albeit as yet unsuccessful in developing an HIV vaccine, has played a major role in the development of highly successful Covid-19 vaccines in a very short period of time. But the fact that we have a

Wise to re-open primary schools first before secondary schools, says ICMR Chief

Highlights ICMR Chief on July 20 said that it would be wise to reopen primary schools first before secondary schools in India. Balram Bhargava said that antibody exposure is also similar in children as adults. He informed that some Scandinavian countries didn t shut their primary schools in any COVID-19 waves. New Delhi: As several states plan to reopen schools after the COVID-19 hiatus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Chief Balram Bhargava on Tuesday (July 20, 2021) said that it would be wise to reopen primary schools first before secondary schools in India.  During a media briefing on the COVID-19 situation, Bhargava said, We know clearly that children can handle viral infections much better than adults. Antibody exposure is also similar in children as adults. Some Scandinavian countries didn t shut their primary schools in any coronavirus waves.

Covid: Two- third of Indians have virus antibodies, says Study

Two-thirds of India’s population, or over 900 million people, have antibodies to Covid-19, implying prior infections or possible protection, a nationwide survey has indicated, prompting some experts to predict that a third wave could be unlikely without fresh mutations in the virus. The survey has found that 67.6 per cent of a sample of 28,975 individuals aged six years or older from 70 districts across 21 states had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, implying possible protection, either from prior infections or vaccination. Advertisement The findings suggest that the fraction of the country’s population possibly protected from Covid-19 infections has ballooned from 24.1 per cent in January 2021 to over 67.6 per cent by July 2021. But the results also imply that over 400 million of India’s 1.3 billion population are still vulnerable to the infection.

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