Before we discuss the various viral variants, it is instructive to evaluate their societal impact. Not the least because we may have to confront various, yet to emerge SARS-CoV-2 variants or...

The recurrent waves of COVID infections we are witnessing now, particularly in the developed world where vaccines are readily available, have been termed the ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ because it...

An array of new POC diagnostic tests are currently available. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over 450 such tests have been...

At the time of their introduction, the effectiveness of these vaccines in large population groups on a community-wide basis, was unknown.

‘In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals as they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.’
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Vaccines and vaccination procedures have had their fair share of proponents and opponents since their introduction some two centuries ago by Edward Jenner, in the UK, to prevent smallpox. This said,...

In general, there are a number of critical parameters to be fulfilled by an ideal vaccine.

In general, it should be noted that all disinfectants are potentially harmful and injurious chemicals, and their improper use leads to unhealthy side effects in exposed clinical staff.4 The fact that...

As the name implies, the major focus of this document is on three major AGPs that, for the sake of convenience, have been categorized into three areas:.

The current pandemic of COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 which originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019. It is now known that the median incubation period of COVID-19 is...

A number of reviews are currently available on the prevalence and related characteristics of both dysgeusia and anosmia in COVID-19, including a recent review of ours.3 In general, from a review of...

An aerosol can be defined as a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols can be either natural – such as fog, mist, dust, or anthropogenic – created by...

New virus infections arise unceasingly, always a few steps ahead of the combative armamentarium which we humans are unleashing upon them at the slightest hint of their emergence. Such new infections...