Japan-funded study explores antibodies to neutralise omicron

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2021

An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralize omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants. Th...Read more

Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial in Australia

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2021

An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the Univer...Read more

New Zealand approves use of Ronapreve to prevent & treat COVID-19

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2021

The Ministry of Health’s medicine regulatory arm Medsafe in New Zealand has approved a new COVID-19 medicine Ronap...Read more

Hong Kong develops first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2021

A team of researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hon...Read more

Australia updates COVID-19 calculator for Pfizer vaccine efficacy

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Dec, 2021

The University of Queensland in Australia has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVI...Read more

Any New Way to Track Omicron Besides the Sequencing?

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2021

  WHO has officially appealed to countries that they must enhance surveillance & sequencing efforts to curb Om...Read more

Fapon Biotech Introduces POCT Test Solution for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Identification

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Dec, 2021

Omicron variant has showed surging cases in nearly 77 countries around the world in less than one month and seems to bec...Read more

Singapore extends use of Pfizer vaccine for children of age 5 to 11

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2021

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-...Read more

Hong Kong studies impact of Pfizer vaccine on Omicron variant

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2021

A recent study jointly conducted by the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Faculty of...Read more

$540 M to continue and expand Australia’s COVID-19 response

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Dec, 2021

The Australian government has invested a further $540 million in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including significant...Read more

Korea offers niclosamide-based drug as possible cure for COVID-19 variants

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Dec, 2021

Experimental results have been published for the first time showing that an antiviral drug containing niclosamide, an an...Read more

Singapore secures additional supply of mAb sotrovimab for COVID-19 treatment

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Dec, 2021

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has announced an agreement with the Government of Singapore to supply additional doses o...Read more

COVID-19: A Crash Course on ‘The Art of Living’!

COVID19 |  Opinion | By Dr Ashok Kumar, President – Centre for Research & Development, Ipca Laboratories | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2021

Most of our life time efforts are bound in securing a good future, but time and again it has been proved that it is not ...Read more

Taiwan explores mix-and-match booster trial of COVID-19 vaccines

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2021

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp. (MVC) will c...Read more

Webinar: COVID-19 Molecular Testing – Supporting Back to Life & Work

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2021

On-demand webinar is available now Duration: 60 minutes Language: English Platform: Virtual   Key Topics: L...Read more

ADB approves $1.5 B for COVID-19 vaccines in India

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Dec, 2021

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $1.5 billion loan to help the Government of India purchase safe and effe...Read more

US partners with Thailand to combat COVID-19 pandemic

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2021

The United States (US) delivered one million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine to help Thailand fight COVID-...Read more

Pakistan receives funding worth $11.7 M for mix-and-match trial of COVID-19 vaccines

COVID19 |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Nov, 2021

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) have announced a n...Read more