Coronavirus Cases In India
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Aerosols can travel 10 metres, ventilation can cut transmission risk: Govt's new Covid guidelines
India | May 20, 2021, 02:09 PM ISTCovid Guidelines: It says that apart from physical distancing and the use of masks, ventilation can decrease the risk of transmission.
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CoviSelf: How to use self-testing Covid kit, step-by-step guide
India | May 20, 2021, 10:28 PM ISTHow to use CoviSelf: The ICMR has approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit. The kit should be used only on symptomatic individuals.
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Collect data related to Covid infection among children: PM Modi tells officials
India | May 20, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi has cautioned against Covid vaccine wastage, saying even single dose going waste denies someone protection shield.
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Delhi govt gets into action to prepare for Covid third wave
India | May 19, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that the Delhi government will form a special task force to protect children from the third wave of COVID-19.
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Rajasthan: BJP MLA Gotam Lal Meena dies of Covid
India | May 19, 2021, 12:42 PM ISTGotam Lal Meena, BJP MLA from Dhariawad constituency in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, has died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Udaipur on Wednesday.
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'Delhi CM does not speak for India', says govt as Singapore objects to Kejriwal's comment
India | May 19, 2021, 12:31 PM ISTKejriwal had on Tuesday called for cancelling all air services with Singapore with immediate effect, saying a strain of coronavirus found in that country could reach Delhi in the form of a third wave.
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Former Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya tests Covid-19 positive
India | May 19, 2021, 10:32 AM ISTBuddhadeb Bhattacharya has tested positive for COVID-19 and doctors have advised him to be in home isolation.
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Record 4529 single day COVID-19 fatalities in India; 2,67,334 new cases
India | May 19, 2021, 11:20 AM ISTMeanwhile, the Biden administration has started the process of appointing 20 American corporate leaders to the US section of the US-India CEO Forum.
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'No new strain': Singapore rejects Kejriwal's claim of 'very dangerous' Covid variant in country
India | May 19, 2021, 08:20 AM ISTDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to immediately cancel all air services with Singapore amid reports that the new strain of coronavirus could invade India in the form of a third wave.
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Daily COVID-19 recoveries more than 4 lakh for first time in country
Good News | May 18, 2021, 04:21 PM ISTAverage daily recovery of more than 3,55,944 cases has been recorded in the last 14 days, the ministry said. A total of 2,63,533 new cases were registered in a day.
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Stop Singapore flights: Kejriwal to Centre amid concerns of new Covid strain affecting kids
India | May 18, 2021, 04:43 PM ISTExperts have also warned that the third wave of Covid-19 is due between October and December and it will hit children in a big way.
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BJP accuses Congress of using 'toolkit' to destroy PM Modi's image amid second wave
India | May 18, 2021, 02:20 PM ISTBJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress toolkit highlights how the party wants to strengthen itself using the pandemic.
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KK Aggarwal, eminent cardiologist and former IMA president, dies of Covid
India | May 18, 2021, 09:37 AM ISTPadma Shri awardee and eminent cardiologist Dr KK Aggarwal has died of COVID-19. He was undergoing treatment at AIIMS in Delhi.
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India records 4,329 deaths in highest single-day toll, 2.63 lakh new Covid cases
India | May 18, 2021, 09:35 AM ISTNineteen oxygen generation plants, 11,321 oxygen concentrators, 15,801 oxygen cylinders and about 5.5 lakh Remdesivir vials received as global aid have been delivered or dispatched to various states and union territories from April 27 to May 16, the Centre said on Monday.
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Virologist Shahid Jameel quits as head of govt’s Covid advisory group
India | May 17, 2021, 10:14 AM ISTVirologist Shahid Jameel has resigned as the head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).
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India records 3,11,170 new COVID cases, 4,077 deaths in 24 hours
India | May 16, 2021, 12:58 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said the number of vaccine doses administered in India will reach 51.6 crore by the end of July.
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Shootings of TV serials, films in Bengal to halt from Sunday due to 15-day lockdown
India | May 16, 2021, 06:27 AM ISTShootings of TV serials, web series and films will come to a halt from May 16 in West Bengal as the state government imposed stricter lockdown norms to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Six feet distance may not be adequate to break Covid transmission chain
India | May 15, 2021, 08:34 PM ISTThe rising cases of Covid in India and previously in the western countries triggered a debate that six feet distance could not be adequate to break the transmission chain of virus.
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India's Covid situation hugely concerning: WHO
India | May 16, 2021, 12:01 AM ISTIndia remains hugely concerning, with several states continuing to see a worrying number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
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India records 3,26,098 new COVID cases, 3,890 deaths, 3,53,299 discharges in 24 hours
India | May 15, 2021, 09:38 AM ISTIndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.