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  COVID-19: 18,819 fresh cases push active caseload beyond 1-lakh mark first time after Feb 28

  India | June 30, 2022 13:01 IST

  The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 1,04,555, the health ministry data showed on Thursday.

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  COVID-19: Air passengers from each incoming flight to undergo random RT-PCR tests, directs Centre

  India | June 30, 2022 10:11 IST

  Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said all healthcare facilities should report Influenza Like Illness (ILI) cases, and District Surveillance Officer (DSO) will be responsible to analyse the data.

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  Covid: Delhi records 1,109 fresh cases, one fatality; positivity rate at 5.87%

  India | June 29, 2022 22:10 IST

  Delhi has also reported a few cases of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron, which are highly transmissible

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  Gennova Biopharmaceuticals' mRNA vaccine gets DCGI approval for emergency use

  India | December 17, 2022 13:22 IST

  GEMCOVAC-19 is the first mRNA vaccine that has been developed in India.

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  COVID pandemic: Singapore reports 11,504 new cases, highest in 3 months

  World | June 29, 2022 8:19 IST

  Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Tuesday told Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao, "I had earlier said that the next wave might take place around July or August, but it's now here a little earlier, at the end of June- possibly due to the June holidays."

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  Serum Institute's Covovax gets DCGI's nod for emergency use in children aged 7-11 years

  India | December 17, 2022 13:24 IST

  The DCGI's nod came after the subject expert committee on COVID-19 of the CSDCO last week recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Covovax for the age group of 7 to 11 years.

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  Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be behind TN's rising Covid cases, says Govt

  India | June 22, 2022 23:01 IST

  While only 4 per cent of cases caused by the sub-variant were identified in May, in June to date, the BA-5 sub-variant was identified in 25.2 per cent of the SARS- CoV-2 samples whose whole genome sequencing was conducted.

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  Maharashtra records 3,659 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours, 55% more than yesterday

  India | June 21, 2022 22:20 IST

  State health department data showed the recovery rate was 97.82 per cent, the fatality rate was 1.86 per cent, and the positivity rate stood at 10.13 per cent.

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  COVID: Women are 22 per cent more likely to suffer from long infection than men, claims study

  Health | June 21, 2022 14:03 IST

  Male patients, however, were more likely to experience endocrine disorders such as diabetes and kidney disorders. The odds of females developing long Covid syndrome is 22 per cent higher than males, the researchers noted in the study published in the journal Current Medical Research and Opinion.    

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  Jharkhand makes masks compulsory again, issues fresh guidelines as Covid cases rise | Details

  India | June 20, 2022 23:48 IST

  The health advisory made wearing of masks and face covers in public places mandatory.

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  Covid virus likely leaked from Wuhan lab: WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus

  World | June 20, 2022 19:11 IST

  According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the most likely explanation was a catastrophic accident at a laboratory in Wuhan, where infections first spread during late 2019, Daily Mail reported.

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  Union Minister Smriti Irani tests positive for Covid, again

  India | June 20, 2022 0:23 IST

  The Union Minister informed on Twitter that she has tested positive for Covid and apologised to the people of Delhi's Rajendra Nagar for not being able to attend a program.

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  India logs 12,899 fresh COVID cases, 15 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases jump to 72,474

  India | June 19, 2022 9:53 IST

  COVID cases in India: The total active cases of COVID in India have risen to 72,474, the health ministry data showed on Sunday.

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  Covid cases surge: Centre directs states, UTs to submit more samples for sequencing

  India | June 18, 2022 21:48 IST

  India logged a single-day rise of 13,216 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,83,793, while the active cases have increased to 68,108, according to health ministry data updated on Saturday morning.

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  Long Covid to blame for acute hepatitis cases in kids, reveals study

  Health | June 16, 2022 7:59 IST

  Post-Covid liver injuries have been increasingly reported among adults as well. Similarly, two Indian studies also reported acute hepatitis among children during pandemic.

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  Vir Das tests positive for COVID; fans mistake rapid testing kit to pregnancy, congrats him

  Celebrities | June 16, 2022 6:41 IST

  Vir Das shared with his fans that he has tested positive for Covid-19. Das had earlier tested positive for the virus in January this year.  

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  FIRST cat-to-human Covid transmission documented

  Health | June 14, 2022 6:30 IST

  The initial examination declared the cat to be normal. But during the nasal test, which later proved the cat to be Covid positive, the feline sneezed in the face of the patient. Three days later the patient showed symptoms of the virus and later tested positive.

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  Delhi positivity rate rises to over 7 per cent after 614 fresh cases surface in 24 hours

  India | June 14, 2022 0:34 IST

  This is the highest positivity rate since May 4 when 7.6 per cent of the people tested turned out positive for COVID-19. Also, this is the fourth consecutive day when Delhi has recorded more than 600 cases.

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  India reports 8,582 fresh COVID cases, 4 deaths in last 24 hours; active cases rise to 44,513

  India | June 12, 2022 9:58 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have risen to 44,513, the health ministry data showed on Sunday.

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  Covid-19: WHO says lab-leak theory needs further investigations; China responds

  World | June 10, 2022 18:04 IST

  Even after two years, WHO's recent report states that key pieces of data that can explain how the pandemic began are still missing.