Covid virus does survive on some surfaces for days to weeks
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New Delhi, April 20 : As a multi-research team from the UK, the US and Canada warned in a Lancet study last week that SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air, Indian experts on Tuesday said that such understanding already exists and while further research is required to support this claim, people need to be wary of both air and surface transmissions.
The researchers in the Lancet study found little to no evidence that the virus spreads easily via large droplets, which fall quickly through the air and contaminate surfaces.
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Transferred from UAE, 2.5 year old Afghan Girl Makes Miraculous Recovery by a Bone Marrow Transplant at Aster MIMS Hospital, India
April 19, 2021 GMT
Two and a half year old Kulsum, post-recovery by a rare bone marrow transplant at Aster MIMS Hospital, Calicut. (Photo: Business Wire)
Two and a half year old Kulsum, post-recovery by a rare bone marrow transplant at Aster MIMS Hospital, Calicut. (Photo: Business Wire)
LAHORE, Pakistan (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 19, 2021
Kulsum, a 2.5 year old native of Afghanistan and Pakistani passport holder, miraculously recovered after a rare bone marrow transplant performed at Aster MIMS Hospital in Calicut, India. A resident of UAE, she was referred by doctors to get the transplant done at Aster Calicut and, with special permissions taken from the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, she was successfully transferred to India. In the history of Kerala, this was t
(Last Updated On: April 17, 2021)
A two-and-a-half-year-old Afghan girl has become the youngest child to undergo a successful bone marrow transplant for acute myeloid leukemia, in Kerala, India.
The girl, Kulsum, was diagnosed with congenital acute myeloid leukemia and had been through four cycles of chemotherapy in Dubai before undergoing the transplant.
According to Gulf Today, Kulsum’s parents, who live in Dubai, found out the surgery was available at the Aster MIMS Hospital in Kerala and arranged for her to undergo the treatment.
On arrival at the hospital in Kerala, Kulsum had an intensive session of chemotherapy, and then she underwent a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant), a hospital doctor, Azad Moopen, said.
Why wearing mask is not enough to keep COVID at bay: Experts
With COVID-19 spreading fiercely in many parts of the country, it has now become extremely important to follow all the precautionary measures, besides wearing a mask, to keep infections at bay, health experts have said.
| 17 April 2021 2:25 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: With COVID-19 spreading fiercely in many parts of the country, it has now become extremely important to follow all the precautionary measures, besides wearing a mask, to keep infections at bay, health experts have said.
It is important to understand that the virus responsible for COVID-19 spreads mainly from person to person.