Corona Strain
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RSS workforce to deal with COVID management in villages
India | Jul 04, 2021, 02:12 PM IST"The workforce, known as 'Maatra Shakti' will be trained in Covid management at the village level. Village level doctors are best equipped to provide mental and physical to families hit by Covid," said an RSS functionary.
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India reports 43,071 new COVID cases, over 52,000 recoveries in 24 hours, 35 cr vaccinated
India | Jul 04, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTAccording to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday, the country saw a total of 52,299 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,96,58,078.
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US Oakland Zoo vaccinates animals against COVID
World | Jul 03, 2021, 02:58 PM ISTSo far, the zoo has vaccinated tigers, grizzly and black bears, mountain lions and ferrets, the report said.
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Delta variant is dangerous and 'continuing to evolve and mutate': WHO chief
World | Jul 03, 2021, 10:02 AM ISTWHO DG Tedros Ghebreyesus said in countries with low vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm.
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Europe expected to be 'Delta dominant' by August, warns WHO
World | Jul 02, 2021, 03:48 PM IST"Last week, the number of cases rose by 10 per cent. This is taking place in the context of a rapidly evolving situation, a new variant of concern, the Delta variant, and in a region where despite tremendous efforts by the member states, millions remain unvaccinated," the WHO's Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge said at an online press conference in here on Thursday.
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Netherlands recognises Covishield as 'valid proof of vaccination' amid travel row
India | Jul 02, 2021, 01:21 PM ISTPeople who have been fully vaccinated can be exempted from the EU entry ban, unless they are travelling from a country that has been designated as a very high-risk area due to the presence of a variant of concern.
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COVID: 46,617 new cases, over 59,000 recoveries in 24 hours; 34 cr vaccinated
India | Jul 02, 2021, 10:12 AM ISTAccording to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Friday, the country saw a total of 59,384 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 2,95,48,302.
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Special GST Council meet soon to discuss compensation: Nirmala Sitharaman
India | Jul 02, 2021, 09:01 AM ISTSitharaman, who is on a 2-day visit to Karnataka, said that she had already assured all the stakeholders about convening a special session in which every issue related to GST compensation would be discussed in detail.
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Karnataka to build memorial for doctors who fell prey to COVID
India | Jul 02, 2021, 07:54 AM ISTAccording to the health department, about 700 doctors have died on Covid duty across the southern state since May last year.
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World Bank expands COVID vaccine funding to $20 billion
World | Jul 01, 2021, 02:01 PM IST"In view of the surging demand for World Bank vaccine finance, I am pleased to announce today that the World Bank is expanding its financing available for Covid-19 vaccine financing to $20 billion over the next 18 months, adding $8 billion to the previously announced $12 billion," said World Bank Group President David Malpass, in the statement.
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North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to boost China ties amid COVID pandemic hardship
World | Jul 01, 2021, 01:35 PM ISTKim made the comments in a message to Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
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COVID-19: 48,786 new cases, over 60,000 recoveries in 24 hours; 33.57 cr vaccinated
India | Jul 01, 2021, 10:07 AM ISTAccording to the ICMR, 41,20,21,494 samples have been tested up to June 30 for Covid-19. Of these 19,21,450 samples were tested on Wednesday.
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UK reports highest daily COVID cases since February
World | Jun 27, 2021, 07:55 AM ISTThe total number of coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 4,717,811, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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COVID: Indonesia examines use of Sinovac, Pfizer vaccines for kids
World | Jun 26, 2021, 02:58 PM ISTChina has approved the emergency use of its Sinovac vaccine for children as young as three-year-old, while the US has green-lighted the Pfizer jab for those as young as 12, reports Xinhua news agency.
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India achieves milestone of conducting 40 crore COVID tests: ICMR
India | Jun 26, 2021, 01:02 PM ISTIndia has tested 40,18,11,892 samples across the country till Friday, it said.
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Railway Protection Force formulates plan to protect children orphaned due to COVID
India | Jun 26, 2021, 12:03 PM ISTAddressing a press conference here, he said that the force has formulated a special plan "Reach out, secure and rehabilitate" for protecting Covid orphans.
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Vaccinated and COVID-recovered tests positive for Delta+ in Rajasthan
India | Jun 26, 2021, 11:39 AM ISTWith this, Rajasthan became the ninth state in the country to register the new virus strain.
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Global caseload of coronavirus pandemic tops 180 million, deaths surged to over 3.90 mn
World | Jun 26, 2021, 09:45 AM ISTIn its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 180,346,611 and 3,907,269, respectively.
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Delta COVID cases in UK up by 46% in past week
World | Jun 26, 2021, 07:54 AM ISTThe total number of confirmed Delta cases now stands at 111,157 -- with 102,019 of these recorded in England, 7,738 in Scotland, 788 in Wales and 612 in Northern Ireland, the Sky news reported.
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Over 1.50 crore COVID vaccine doses available with states: Centre
India | Jun 25, 2021, 12:00 PM ISTOver 30.54 cr vaccine doses have been provided by the Centre to states and UTs so far through Govt of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.