The total number of positive cases in India rose to 125 on Tuesday, 17 March, including both Indian and foreign nationals, according to Health Ministry. Meanwhile, two new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka's Kalburgi and Bengaluru, the state Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, said on Monday. The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials said.
'This is a Time for Team Work': Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt K Vijay Raghavan Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India Professor K Vijay Raghavan on Monday, 16 March, took to twitter to highlight the steps taken by the government and the need for collective efforts among institutions to combat the pandemic. "We have built institutions and human- resources of great expertise in our STI sector.…
