Coronavirus Cases
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SII chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says third dose desirable; warns against mix-and-match
India | Aug 14, 2021, 09:12 AM ISTCyrus Poonawalla on Friday strongly affirmed that mixing two different vaccines of COVID-19 is a very risky decision and it is must be discouraged.
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Virus may have jumped from animals to people at Wuhan's Huanan seafood market: WHO Scientist
World | Aug 13, 2021, 09:20 AM ISTWhen WHO traveled to China earlier this year to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Ben Embarek said he was worried about biosafety standards at a laboratory close to the market where the first human cases were detected.
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Will take another year to vaccinate all adults at current rate of vaccine supply: Delhi health dept
India | Aug 08, 2021, 01:58 PM IST"The present rate of COVID-19 vaccine supply," will take another year for all to get vaccinated, says the Delhi health department.
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Mix-matching Covaxin, Covishield vaccines yields better results: ICMR
India | Aug 08, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTICMR said that mixing and matching of vaccines Covishield and Covaxin can yeild better results against Covid-19.
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India records 44,643 new COVID-19 cases, 464 deaths in a day; 49.53 cr vaccines administered so far
India | Aug 06, 2021, 10:25 AM ISTFor third day in a row, India recorded over 40,000 Covid cases amid concerns of rise in trajectory of fresh infections. The total fatalities in India jumped to 426,754.
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Breaking News, August 5 | Highlights
India | Aug 05, 2021, 11:40 PM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV and top shows of IndiaTV, the country's leading news channel on a single platform to ensure you don't miss anything important.
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WHO: 4 million new coronavirus cases reported globally
India | Aug 04, 2021, 06:18 PM ISTThe UN health agency said Wednesday infections have been increasing for more than a month, although the worldwide number of deaths dropped by about 8%.
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Delhi reports 51 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
India | Aug 03, 2021, 09:38 AM ISTWith the new cases, the overall infection tally in the city rose to 14,36,401 out of which 14,10,809 patients have recovered from the disease.
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Meerut woman defeats Covid; discharged from hospital after 100-day battle
India | Aug 01, 2021, 09:15 AM ISTAfter battling with the virus for long, a 45-year-old woman was discharged from the hospital on Friday post 100 days of recieving treatment.
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Pakistan: Covid vaccination suspended after chaos at biggest inoculation centre in Karachi
World | Aug 01, 2021, 07:46 AM ISTKarachi Expo Centre stopped its inoculation drive following chaos after hundreds of people rushed to get themselves vaccinated.
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Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases
World | Aug 01, 2021, 07:27 AM ISTThe Florida Hospital Association said Friday that statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing last year’s peak.
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Over 3.14 crore balance COVID-19 doses available with states, private hospitals: Centre
India | Jul 31, 2021, 12:37 PM ISTOver 48.78 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline.
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Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause more severe infection: Reports
World | Jul 30, 2021, 12:58 PM ISTThe document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant, first identified in India, at the same rate as unvaccinated people.
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China's Zhangjiajie to close tourist sites after resurgence
World | Jul 30, 2021, 09:24 AM ISTZhangjiajie started massive nucleic acid testing in three regions on Wednesday, said Wang Jianghua, director of the municipal health commission.
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Kerala logs over 22,000 new Covid cases, more than 17,000 recover from infection
India | Jul 28, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTIn the last 24 hours, 1,96,902 samples were tested and the TPR was found to be 11.2 per cent. So far, 2,67,33,694 samples have been tested, it said.
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Libya imposes curfew due to COVID-19 surge
World | Jul 27, 2021, 02:57 PM ISTThe corona curfew will last for two weeks from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
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Child deaths increase in Indonesia as Covid surges
Science | Jul 26, 2021, 03:37 PM ISTAccording to Pulungan, over 800 children younger than 18 have died from the virus in Indonesia since the pandemic began, but the majority of those deaths have occurred only in the past month.
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COVID19: 50% rise in number of people under 20 being hospitalised for eating disorders
Health | Jul 23, 2021, 01:46 PM ISTThere has been a significant rise in the number of young people -- under 20 -- being hospitalised for eating disorders in England as a result of the Covid pandemic, the media reported.
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'Next Covid wave can be bigger than second wave if...': Randeep Guleria
India | Jul 16, 2021, 01:19 PM ISTAIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has said that third wave can be mitigated by following Covid-appropriate behaviour such as maintaining social distancing, using masks, and taking vaccine.
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Covid cases soar in US amid falling vaccination rates
World | Jul 13, 2021, 06:42 AM ISTCovid-19 cases rose in more than 40 US states over the past week as the vaccination rate has slowed down and the highly transmissible Delta variant continues to spread.