The new vaccine is delivered as a nasal spray and it activates white blood cells in the lungs. The vaccine puts them on "amber alert" and ready to combat any invading infection.

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Bronchial asthma often worsens in winter due to cold air, pollution and infections.

We often drink less water in winter because we don't feel thirsty, but dehydration dries out the mucous membranes in the nose and throat, your first line of defence against viruses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Johannesburg on Friday to attend the G20 Leaders' Summit being held under South Africa's Presidency. Modi arrived at Waterkloof Air Force Base (AFB) in Gauteng, where he was accorded a traditional welcome.

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After a hiatus of over four years, direct commercial air services between Kolkata and mainland China's Guangzhou city resumed on Sunday with the first flight taking off from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 10 pm.

In addition to showing a marked reduction in coronavirus infections, the azelastine group also displayed fewer symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.

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Italian authorities have arrested a Chinese citizen, accused by the United States of being part of a state-sponsored hacking group that stole Covid-19 vaccine secrets from the US on behalf of Chinese intelligence at the height of the pandemic.

A day after the Indian Council of Medical Research debunked claims of the Corona vaccine being responsible for the rising death cases among the youth, a panel of expert doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences addressed the issue.

New Covid Nimbus: Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close observation.

India's active coronavirus cases have climbed to 7,121, with Kerala fighting the latest resurgence of infections - followed by Gujarat and Delhi.

Kerala continues to be the most affected state, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal and Delhi, according to the ministry.

While states are on alert, officials have said that the coronavirus cases are mild in nature and there is no need to panic.

India's active COVID-19 cases have climbed to 3,961 as per the Health Ministry's Covid-19 dashboard. According to official data, 203 new cases were added to the active case count since Sunday.

Four more people were diagnosed with coronavirus infection in Gurugram on Sunday, a health department official said.

Sikkim's ability to remain COVID-free in the current wave is being seen as a significant public health achievement.

India reported 685 new COVID-19 cases between Friday and Saturday, along with four deaths, the official data showed.

According to the data by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kerala has recorded 1,147 cases, Maharashtra 424, Delhi 294, and Gujarat 223.

A 40-year-old patient on Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 virus at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, said an official.

Several cases of the new COVID-19 variant-- which has been linked to a large surge of viral infection in China-- have been detected at US airports, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Over 100 new coronavirus cases have been found in Delhi amid a resurgence in the infectious disease that has claimed millions of lives across the world since 2020.

Maharashtra has reported two COVID-19-related deaths since January this year, the state health department said on Tuesday.