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  Delhi government is making 'thorough' preparations for possible third Covid wave: Health Minister

  India | August 28, 2021 16:57 IST

  Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the government is doing its best and learning from experiences to prevent the third wave but following Covid-appropriate behavior is very important, and thus people must not become negligent.

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  Bill Gates congratulates India over highest single-day vaccination at more than 1 crore doses

  India | August 28, 2021 13:54 IST

  Bill Gates congratulated India on Friday as it administered more than 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses in one day.

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  Third wave may be a tsunami of 60 lakh cases, warns Maharashtra

  India | August 27, 2021 23:14 IST

  Health Department officials said that at least nine of the worst-hit districts in the two previous waves "are being monitored very closely" to ensure that infections and fatalities can be controlled, besides taking measure to shield children and infants.

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  Daily COVID-19 cases to be 1.5 times of second wave peak during possible third spell: Odisha govt

  India | August 26, 2021 18:34 IST

  The infected might include 12 percent children and adolescents in the age group of 0 to 18 years, and the anticipated third spell could last for around 75 days, it said.

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  Friday prayers to resume in UP mosque from August 27

  India | August 24, 2021 10:37 IST

  Friday prayers will be offered at Lucknow's Asafi Imambara from August 27

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  COVID-19: Third wave may peak in October, kids at greater risk, MHA panel warns

  India | August 24, 2021 15:34 IST

  A committee of experts under the panel has demanded better medical preparedness especially for children who might be at risk just as much as adults this time.

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  Hope to start supply of ZyCoV-D vaccine by mid to end Sept: Zydus Group MD

  India | August 21, 2021 19:13 IST

  The company's indigenously developed needle-free three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D was granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the drug regulator on Friday, making it the first vaccine to be administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 12-18 years in the country.

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  'ZyCoV-D' vaccine 66% efficient against Covid Delta variant: Zydus Group MD

  India | August 23, 2021 15:10 IST

  Zydus Group MD Dr. Sharvil Patel has claimed that 'ZyCoV-D' vaccine holds about 66% efficacy against the Delta variant of COVID-19.

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  Centre prepared to tackle possible third wave of COVID-19: Anurag Thakur

  India | August 20, 2021 13:10 IST

  The Centre is fully ready to tackle a possible third wave of COVID-19 and a provision of Rs 23,123 has been made for this purpose, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said.

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  Covid-19 third wave unpredictable: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria

  India | August 14, 2021 22:04 IST

  Referring to apprehensions that the possible third wave could infect children more, the AIIMS chief pointed out that children would be "more susceptible" because they were not being vaccinated.

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  Karnataka bans processions during Muharram, Ganesha festivals in view of COVID-19

  India | August 13, 2021 7:07 IST

  In order to contain the COVID outbreak, the Karnataka government on Thursday issued an order banning all Muharram processions till August 20.

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  India records 35,499 new COVID cases in last 24 hours, recovery rate at 97.4%

  India | August 09, 2021 9:37 IST

  As of Sunday August 08, total 48,17,67,232 have been tested in the country, and 13,71,871 samples were tested on Sunday alone.

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  China records another 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, seeks to control flare-up

  World | August 06, 2021 11:46 IST

  Of the new cases, 58 were found in the eastern city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, where the highly contagious delta variant spread among airport workers in the provincial capital of Nanjing. 

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  10 held after raid at Mumbai bar for violation of COVID-19 norms; 4 women rescued

  India | August 06, 2021 11:09 IST

  Mumbai Police have arrested at least 10 men following a raid at a bar in suburban Malad.

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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 | August 06, 2021 10:25 IST

  For 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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  Covid 3rd wave may pull GDP growth down to 7%: Economist Abhijit Banerjee

  Business | August 06, 2021 6:43 IST

  Abhijit Banerjee said that boosting the state's economy is directly related to the revival of the country's economy as it is under stress due to the ongoing pandemic situation.

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  Third Covid wave likely to peak in October, India may see 1.50 lakh cases per day: Report

  India | August 02, 2021 11:45 IST

  In May, Vidyasagar, a professor at IIT Hyderabad had said India’s coronavirus outbreak could peak in the coming days based on the mathematical model.

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  Kerala not yet free from COVID 2nd wave, extra caution needed to prevent third wave:health minister

  India | July 31, 2021 17:43 IST

  At a special meeting held to review the state's preparedness to handle the third wave, George said about half of the population of Kerala was susceptible to the virus and therefore, precautions have to be taken as the presence of the highly contagious delta variant has been detected, according to a state government release.  

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  Over 3.14 crore balance COVID-19 doses available with states, private hospitals: Centre

  India | July 31, 2021 12:37 IST

  Over 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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  Covid-19: 'Non-vaccinated population may be affected most by 3rd wave

  India | July 30, 2021 16:51 IST

  Goa's Health Minister  Vishwajit Rane said that it is not possible to provide a definite time frame for the arrival of the third wave,  and the non-vaccinated category of the population is likely to be affected the most.