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  COVID: Current booster shots effective against vaccine evading Omicron, reveals study

  Health | July 21, 2022 10:33 IST

  A booster dose, regardless of the type of Covid vaccine, brings neutralising antibodies against all the Omicron sub-variants to appreciable levels, according to the findings published in the journal Science.

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  COVID-19: India logs 21,566 new cases, 45 deaths in past 24 hours

  India | July 21, 2022 9:26 IST

  COVID-19 cases in India: India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

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  COVID-19: India logs 20,557 new cases, 40 deaths in past 24 hours; active cases at 1,45,654

  India | July 20, 2022 11:09 IST

  COVID-19 India cases today: India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.

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  'Without delay': SC directs states to pay compensation to Covid victim's families

  India | July 18, 2022 21:30 IST

  Covid News: A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna said if any claimant has a grievance in connection with compensation, or with the rejection of the claim, then they should move the grievance redressal committee concerned.

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  Covid nasal spray reduces viral load by 94% in 24 hours, 99% in 48 hours: Lancet Study

  India | July 14, 2022 17:23 IST

  Covid Nasal Spray: The study on Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) was conducted by Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Glenmark in 306 vaccinated and unvaccinated adults with symptomatic mild COVID-19 across 20 clinical sites in India.

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  Manipur shuts down all schools till July 24 amid sharp surge in COVID-19 cases

  India | July 13, 2022 9:03 IST

  Manipur on Tuesday reported 59 fresh COVID-19 cases, the state health bulletin informed. On Monday, 47 persons tested positive for coronavirus infections.

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  Intermittent fasting may reduce complications from Covid-19, says study

  Health | July 11, 2022 6:50 IST

  "Intermittent fasting was not associated with whether or not someone tested positive Covid-19, but it was associated with lower severity once patients had tested positive for it," study said.

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  COVID-19 hits men's hockey team, five members test positive

  Hockey | December 20, 2022 14:11 IST

  The camp is set to conclude on July 23 ahead of the team's departure for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

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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-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO

  World | June 30, 2022 10:11 IST

  Speaking on vaccinations, Director-General of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in the past 18 months, more than 12 billion vaccines have been distributed globally.

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  AdiGroup forays into cloud market in India

  Business | June 29, 2022 8:41 IST

  The aim of the cloud partnership is to ensure that citizens can benefit from reimagined cloud services that will give them a superior experience with the government and public departments.

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  Covid 19: India registers 17,073 fresh cases in last 24 hours, 45% more than yesterday

  India | June 27, 2022 9:25 IST

  The total active cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 94,420, the health ministry data showed today.

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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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  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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  US approves first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers

  World | June 17, 2022 19:04 IST

  The FDA also authorized Moderna’s vaccine for school-aged children and teens. Pfizer’s shots had previously been the only ones available for those ages.

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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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  US ends mandatory Covid testing requirement for international travellers

  World | June 10, 2022 21:35 IST

  The initial mandate allowed those who were fully vaccinated to show proof of a negative test within three days of travel, while unvaccinated people had to present a test taken within one day of travel.

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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.

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  12 cases of Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 confirmed in Tamil Nadu

  India | June 06, 2022 6:54 IST

  The sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 are behaving the same as other mutants of COVID-19 variants. We have observed that it is quite mild, said Dr. Tarun Kumar Sahni, Internal medicine and hyperbaric Oxygen therapist at Indraprastha Apollo hospital.