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  Rajasthan govt issues fresh guidelines to combat COVID-19

  India | July 16, 2021 23:53 IST

  The Rajasthan government on Friday issued fresh guidelines announcing curbs on gatherings ahead of upcoming religious festivals to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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  Kanwar Yatra: Borders of Uttarakhand to be sealed for Kanwariyas from July 24

  India | July 16, 2021 19:18 IST

  The Uttarakhand borders will be sealed from July 24 for Kanwariyas. The state government has decided to seal the borders after suspending Kanwar Yatra for the people's safety in the looming threat of the third wave of Covid 19.

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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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  77 new COVID-19 cases in UP, one more death

  India | July 15, 2021 22:25 IST

  Uttar Pradesh recorded 77 fresh coronavirus cases and one death on Thursday, taking the total number of infections and fatalities to 17,07,656 and 22,705 respectively, the health bulletin said.

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  20 children in Puducherry hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus

  India | July 15, 2021 16:05 IST

  Twenty children hailing from Puducherry were hospitalized on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19, Director of Health and Family Welfare services S Mohan Kumar said.

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  India's first COVID-19 patient tests positive for coronavirus again

  India | July 13, 2021 14:55 IST

  A woman medico, who was India's first COVID-19 case, has tested positive again for the virus, health authorities said here on Tuesday.

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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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  Over 1.54 crore unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses available with states, private hospitals: Centre

  India | July 12, 2021 11:15 IST

  More than 1.54 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered.

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  Swift recovery expected due to limited impact of lockdown on economy: Survey

  Business | July 11, 2021 13:06 IST

  India's economy is expected to see a swift recovery from the impact of the second wave of COVID-19 as lockdowns were largely designed to limit social gatherings and did not affect economic activities much.

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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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  Urge them to follow COVID norms, says Himachal CM as tourist influx increased in state

  India | July 07, 2021 7:14 IST

  Earlier in the day, Referring to the massive footfall of people in hill stations, Health Ministry stated that gross violations of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour can nullify the gains so far

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  Australia: 80% vaccination won’t get herd immunity, could mean safely opening international borders

  World | July 04, 2021 10:45 IST

  The first phase of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s four-stage “pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic”, announced on Friday, focuses on vaccinating as many Australians as possible.

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  Delhi govt may allow reopening of stadiums, sports complexes from July 5, say sources

  India | July 04, 2021 9:34 IST

  The Delhi government is likely to allow further relaxations such as reopening of stadiums and sports complexes from July 5

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  Covid 3rd wave may see half the cases recorded during second surge, says govt panel scientist

  India | July 04, 2021 6:32 IST

  A possible third wave of coronavirus infection can hit its peak between October-November if Covid-appropriate behaviour is not followed.

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  Covid first wave led to increase in antibiotic misuse in India: Study

  India | July 02, 2021 14:55 IST

  Antibiotic sales soared during the first COVID-19 wave in India last year, according to a study which suggests that the drugs were used to treat mild and moderate cases of the viral disease.

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  Third-wave may not come if COVID norms are followed, vaccination done properly: AIIMS director

  India | July 01, 2021 13:50 IST

  Talking about the active number of COVID-19 cases in the country, Dr Guleria suggested that there are some areas where case positivity is high and needs to be aggressively addressed so as to contain the spread furthermore.

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  COVID-19: 48,786 new cases, over 60,000 recoveries in 24 hours; 33.57 cr vaccinated

  India | July 01, 2021 10:07 IST

  According to the ICMR, 41,20,21,494 samples have been tested up to June 30 for Covid-19. Of these 19,21,450 samples were tested on Wednesday.

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  Covaxin effectively neutralises both Alpha, Delta variants of Covid-19

  World | June 30, 2021 9:16 IST

  The top health research institute said that an adjuvant developed with funding from the NIH has contributed to the success of the "highly efficacious" COVAXIN COVID-19 vaccine, which roughly 25 million people have received to date in India and elsewhere.

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  UP government intensifies preparations for possible 3rd wave of Covid-19

  India | June 29, 2021 7:04 IST

  The Uttar Pradesh government has intensified preparations to foil a possible third wave.