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  US officials consider COVID lab leak theory as credible as natural origins narrative

  World | July 18, 2021 9:09 IST

  In recent months, the lab-leak theory has gained great traction pushing US President Joe Biden to give the American intelligence team a 90-day deadline to find answers into the virus origin.  

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  Mizoram reimposes total lockdown in AMC area as COVID-19 cases rise

  India | July 17, 2021 11:25 IST

  Lockdown or other stringent restrictions may be imposed in other parts of the state by deputy commissioners depending on the coronavirus situation.

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  Sri Lanka approves Chinese Sinovac vaccine for emergency use

  World | July 17, 2021 7:02 IST

  Sinovac is the second Chinese COVID-19 vaccine approved by Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).

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  Assam withdraws exemption of COVID testing for vaccinated people

  India | July 16, 2021 15:02 IST

  The decision to withdraw the exemption was taken after cases of persons testing positive for COVID-19 even after having taken both doses of the vaccine were detected in the state.

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  Kerala: Congress to start Covid death count campaign, says govt list fudged

  India | July 16, 2021 14:35 IST

  Congress MP, Benny Behanan said the figures provided by Vijayan in his daily statement on Thursday show 15,025 Covid deaths.

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  US Surgeon General says he lost 10 family members to Covid

  World | July 16, 2021 9:24 IST

  Dr. Vivek Murthy said at a White House briefing that he lost 10 of his family members in India as well as the US.

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  With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles

  World | July 16, 2021 8:02 IST

  The announcements come amid a sharp increase in virus cases, many of them the highly transmissible delta variant that has proliferated since California fully reopened its economy on June 15.

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  Delta variant ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving new spike in cases, death: WHO

  World | July 13, 2021 9:36 IST

  Delta variant is expected to soon be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating worldwide, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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  Covid cases soar in US amid falling vaccination rates

  World | July 13, 2021 6:42 IST

  Covid-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.

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  Delhi: Decision to shut down Janpath market for flouting Covid norms withdrawn

  India | July 12, 2021 15:17 IST

  The order to shut down Delhi's Janpath Market was withdrawn soon after it was issued.

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  COVID-19: Tourists throng Kasauli despite third wave warnings

  India | July 11, 2021 10:05 IST

  Despite several warnings from experts about a possible third COVID-19 wave, a large number of tourists have reached Kasauli to recover from lockdown blues.

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  UK reports another 35,707 coronavirus cases

  World | July 10, 2021 8:08 IST

  Britain has reported another 35,707 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 5,058,093.

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  Russia blames increase in deaths in June on delta variant

  World | July 10, 2021 7:51 IST

  The head of Russia's state coronavirus task force says the number of deaths nationwide in June this year rose nearly 14% over June 2020, due to the spread of the delta variant.

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  Clear early signs of fourth COVID-19 wave starting in Pakistan: Minister

  World | July 09, 2021 14:54 IST

  There are "clear early signs" of a fourth COVID-19 wave starting in Pakistan due to poor compliance with the standard operating procedures and the spread of the Delta variant, Minister for Planning Asad Umar said on Friday.

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  COVID-19: Modi Cabinet 2.0 approves over Rs 23,000 crore package to tackle pandemic

  India | July 09, 2021 7:21 IST

  A day after the major reshuffle and expansion of the Union Cabinet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced a Rs 23,123-crore package for improving health infrastructure to fight COVID-19.

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  Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect

  World | July 09, 2021 7:10 IST

  Research from multiple countries shows the Pfizer shot and other widely used COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against the highly contagious delta variant, which is spreading rapidly around the world and now accounts for most new U.S. infections.

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  Cases of Lambda COVID-19 variant found in Canada

  World | July 09, 2021 16:07 IST

  Canada's chief public health officer says there are cases of the latest COVID-19 variant of interest in the country, but it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have.

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  Vaccine drive in Tamil Nadu to be affected by shortage

  India | July 06, 2021 10:41 IST

   The vaccination drive in many districts of Tamil Nadu is likely to be affected due to the shortage of vaccines.

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  Canada, US are easing pandemic border-crossing restrictions

  World | July 06, 2021 6:26 IST

  Pandemic restrictions on travel between Canada and the U.S. began to loosen Monday for some Canadians.

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  UK rules out plans to reduce gap between Covid jabs

  World | July 05, 2021 12:58 IST

  The UK government has ruled out plans to decrease the gaps between two doses of Covid-19 vaccinations, even as infections driven by the Delta variant are surging in the country.