Corona Strain
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India logs 43,263 COVID cases, over 40,000 recoveries in a day; active cases rise to 3.93L
India | Sep 09, 2021, 09:40 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India rose to 3,93,614, the ministry data showed.
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COVID: Over 66.89 crore vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre
India | Sep 05, 2021, 01:57 PM ISTThe vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain, the ministry said.
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Kim Jong Un orders tougher virus steps after North Korea shuns vaccines
World | Sep 03, 2021, 09:50 AM ISTWhile stressing the need for material, technical means of virus prevention and increasing health workers’ qualifications, Kim also called for “further rounding off our style epidemic prevention system,” KCNA said.
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India records 47,092 COVID cases, over 35,000 recoveries in a day; active cases rise to 3.89L
India | Sep 02, 2021, 10:24 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India rose to 3,89,583, the health ministry data showed.
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Rajasthan logs lowest ever COVID cases, just two in a day
India | Sep 01, 2021, 02:34 PM ISTThese 2 cases have been reported from Bikaner and Jodhpur. Over 13,000 samples were tested on Tuesday out of which two came positive.
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India logs 41,965 COVID cases in 24 hours, active cases rise to 3.78 lakh
India | Sep 01, 2021, 12:06 PM ISTThe total active cases of COVID pandemic in India rose to 3,78,181, the ministry data showed.
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Bihar makes RT-PCR negative report must for passengers coming from Kerala
India | Aug 27, 2021, 11:45 AM IST"If any passenger is not carrying the RT-PCR negative report, we've the provision to send him to an isolation centre for 14 days," said an official of the Bihar health department.
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Japan halts some Moderna vaccine after contamination found
World | Aug 26, 2021, 02:59 PM ISTThe health ministry said contamination was reported from multiple vaccination sites. Some doses might have been administered, but no adverse health effects have been reported so far, officials said.
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Take care of yourself, Govt busy with sales: Rahul Gandhi's latest Covid dig
India | Aug 26, 2021, 01:00 PM ISTGandhi has been accusing the BJP govt of selling out the country's assets built in the last 70 years, after it announced its asset monetisation pipeline plan.
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Kerala COVID model once the cynosure of all eyes, now laughing stock
India | Aug 26, 2021, 11:51 AM ISTBut, gone are those days and the situation has come to such an extent that today if a Keralite has to cross the border of the state, for easy and smooth passage, one will have to be armed with a Covid vaccine jab certificate or any one of the mandatory Covid test results.
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US child COVID cases reach record levels since winter surge
World | Aug 26, 2021, 11:03 AM ISTAs of Aug 19, over 4.59 mn children have tested positive for the virus since the onset of the pandemic early last year, Xinhua news agency quoted the report issued on Wednesday as saying.
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India logs 46,164 fresh COVID cases, active cases rise to 3.33 lakh
India | Aug 26, 2021, 09:41 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India rose to 3,33,725, the ministry data showed.
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COVID: United Kingdom records highest daily death toll since March
World | Aug 25, 2021, 08:08 AM ISTThe total number of coronavirus-related deaths in Britain now stands at 131,854. These figures only include the deaths of people who died within 28 days of their first positive test.
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UK retail sales fall sharply despite easing COVID pandemic curbs
World | Aug 21, 2021, 01:49 PM ISTMeanwhile, automotive fuel sales volumes decreased by 2.9 pc over the month, marking 1st monthly fall since Feb 2021, the ONS data showed.
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Do I need a booster if I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?
World | Aug 20, 2021, 11:51 AM ISTAll the vaccines used in US- including the J&J vaccine- still are doing their job of preventing hospitalizations and deaths from COVID.
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COVID: Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
World | Aug 20, 2021, 11:10 AM ISTSydney has been locked down since late June after the more contagious delta variant was detected in a limousine driver who became infected while transporting a US cargo aircrew from Sydney Airport.
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India logs 36,571 fresh COVID cases in 24 hours, active cases decline to 3.63 lakh
India | Aug 20, 2021, 11:42 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have now declined to 3,63,605, lowest in 150 days; the ministry data showed.
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Over 50-crore samples tested for COVID in India till now: ICMR
India | Aug 19, 2021, 12:09 PM IST"On July 21, 2021, India had tested 45 cr COVID samples, which reached the 50-cr mark on Aug 18, 2021," the ICMR said.
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Tamil Nadu to get its 1st genome sequencing lab soon: Minister Ma Subramanian
India | Aug 19, 2021, 10:54 AM ISTIn a statement, the Minister said that the facility will be inaugurated by CM MK Stalin, which is coming up at the DMS campus, will be opened within the next ten days.
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'Vaccine injustice': WHO warns of dire situation in poorer countries as US mulls booster shots
World | Aug 21, 2021, 10:35 AM IST"We believe clearly that the data does not indicate that boosters are needed," Swaminathan said at a news conference in Geneva. She expressed more understanding for a recent U.S. decision to administer boosters to people with weaker immune systems.