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  COVID-19: India to soon reach 200 crore vaccination mark, says PM Modi

  India | June 26, 2022 14:42 IST

  India's COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 197.08 Cr as per provisional reports till 7:00 am today. This has been achieved through 2,55,80,569 sessions.

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  Covid-19: At 17,339, India’s daily cases rise by 30%; highest in over 100 days

  India | June 24, 2022 9:49 IST

  COVID cases in India: The total active cases of COVID have risen to 88,284, the health ministry data showed on Friday.

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  Sweden to give 4th Covid19 shot to people over 65 years old

  World | April 04, 2022 17:47 IST

  The recommendation also includes fourth shots for those between 18–64 with moderate to severe immune deficiency, Sweden’s Public Health Agency said in a statement. "The goal is just as before to prevent serious illness and death from Covid19," Agency chief Karin Tegmark Wisell said.

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  COVID shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids

  World | February 23, 2022 9:35 IST

  The condition, formally known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, involves fever plus symptoms affecting at least 2 organs and often includes stomach pain, skin rash or bloodshot eyes. It’s a rare complication in kids who have had COVID-19, and very rarely affects adults.

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  Coronavirus pandemic: India logs over 2.85 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 16.16%; 665 deaths

  India | January 26, 2022 9:22 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 22,23,018 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Omicron scare: Haryana orders closure of cinema halls, multiplexes in 6 more districts till Jan 12

  India | January 06, 2022 13:00 IST

  The restrictions were imposed in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ambala, Panchkula and Sonipat from Jan 2 to 12.

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  One new Omicron case from Gujarat, 2 from Maharashtra take India's tally to 40

  India | December 13, 2021 23:54 IST

  Cases of Omicron, which is categorised as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organisation, have been detected in about 60 countries.

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  India exports COVID-19 vaccine doses to Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iran

  India | October 10, 2021 13:24 IST

  According to sources, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bangladesh received ten lakh doses of Covishield each, while Iran received three lakh doses of Covaxin.

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  Even countries considered prosperous & powerful could not do it: PM Modi

  News | September 18, 2021 12:40 IST

  PM Modi on Saturday congratulated the health workers of Goa on the state's achievement of vaccinating 100% of its adult population. In his address, he said, " With your efforts, India made a record of vaccinating 2.5 crore people in a single day. Even countries that are considered prosperous & powerful could not do it."

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  COVID-19 antibodies persist, reduce reinfection risk for up to six months: Study

  News | September 16, 2021 13:10 IST

  A new study has found that most patients with mild COVID-19 infections produce antibodies that persist and protect them from reinfection for up to six months.

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  39-year-old man discharge after 130 days, wins battle against COVID

  News | September 16, 2021 13:11 IST

  A 39-year-old man, who was admitted to Nutema Hospital for COVID treatment, was discharged after 130 days in Meerut. Vishwas Saini won the battle against COVID-19 with all possible medical support.

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  Clinical trial of Umifenovir proves successful in treating COVID

  India | September 15, 2021 10:15 IST

  The trial of Umifenovir on 132 Covid patients showed that, if proper dose is given twice daily for five days, the drug can effectively reduce viral load to zero in mild or moderate symptomatic and asymptomatic patients by checking multiplication of the virus.

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  CDC finds unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID

  World | September 11, 2021 8:56 IST

  It isn’t clear if the changes seen over time are because immunity is waning in people first vaccinated many months ago, that the vaccine isn’t quite as strong against delta -- or that much of the country abandoned masks and other precautions just as delta started spreading.

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  Joe Biden says unvaccinated minority causing a lot of damage; signs punitive measures

  World | September 10, 2021 14:57 IST

  Speaking at the White House, Biden sharply criticized the tens of millions of Americans who are not yet vaccinated, despite months of availability and incentives.

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  India logs 43,263 COVID cases, over 40,000 recoveries in a day; active cases rise to 3.93L

  India | September 09, 2021 9:40 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India rose to 3,93,614, the ministry data showed.

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  India records 37,875 COVID cases, over 39,000 recoveries in a day; active cases rise to 3.91L

  India | September 08, 2021 13:16 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India rose to 3,91,256, the ministry data showed.

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  Intranasal vaccine trials begin in UP's Kanpur

  India | September 02, 2021 12:26 IST

  As many as 30 volunteers including doctors, their family members and others have administered the first dose of the intranasal vaccine.

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  India logs 41,965 COVID cases in 24 hours, active cases rise to 3.78 lakh

  India | September 01, 2021 12:06 IST

  The total active cases of COVID pandemic in India rose to 3,78,181, the ministry data showed.

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  Kerala COVID model once the cynosure of all eyes, now laughing stock

  India | August 26, 2021 11:51 IST

  But, 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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  India logs 36,571 fresh COVID cases in 24 hours, active cases decline to 3.63 lakh

  India | August 20, 2021 11:42 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have now declined to 3,63,605, lowest in 150 days; the ministry data showed.