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  Cases of COVID rising in Kerala worrying: Rahul Gandhi

  India | July 30, 2021 11:33 IST

  Rahul Gandhi's remarks came after Kerala witnessed a spike in the number of Covid cases in recent days.

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  Vaccination key to control COVID: Zambian govt

  World | July 30, 2021 7:46 IST

  Kennedy Malama, Permanent Secy in Ministry of Health in charge of Technical Services said that it was evident that countries that have achieved high vaccination rates have seen reductions in severe disease and deaths due to Covid, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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  New Zealand provisionally approves AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged above 18

  World | July 29, 2021 15:00 IST

  New Zealand secured 7.6 mn doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, enough for 3.8 mn people, through an advance purchase agreement with the company last year, Acting Minister for Covid Response Ayesha Verrall said in a statement.

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  COVID: India reports 43,509 fresh cases, over 38,000 recoveries in 24 hours

  India | July 29, 2021 9:42 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have now mounted to 4,03,840, the data showed.

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  US extends expiration dates on J&J COVID vaccine to 6 months

  World | July 29, 2021 7:58 IST

  It's the 2nd time FDA has extended shelf life on vaccines since June, when the agency said they could be used for up to 4.5 months. When first authorized in February, the FDA said the vaccines could be stored for three months at normal refrigeration levels.

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  3rd COVID vaccine dose strongly boosts protection against Delta variant: Pfizer

  World | July 29, 2021 7:35 IST

  Antibody levels against the Delta variant in people aged 18 to 55 who receive a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are greater than five-fold than following a second dose, according to data posted at the company's teleconference, Xinhua reported.

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  Antibodies drop 50% in 3 months of Pfizer, AstraZeneca jabs: Study

  World | July 27, 2021 13:30 IST

  The study, led by researchers of University College London, showed that waning effect of the vaccine doses were consistent across all groups of people regardless of age, chronic illnesses or sex.

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  COVID: Chinese mainland reports 31 new locally transmitted cases

  World | July 27, 2021 10:48 IST

  Also reported were 40 new imported cases, of which 19 were reported in Yunnan, 13 in Guangdong, four in Shanghai, three in Jiangsu and one in Sichuan, Xinhua reported.

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  US going in wrong direction on COVID cases: Anthony Fauci

  World | July 26, 2021 12:46 IST

  "If you look at inflection of curve of new cases, that it is among the unvaccinated. And since we have 50 pc of the country is not fully vaccinated, that's a problem," Fauci.

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  Philippines records 4th death from Delta variant

  World | July 26, 2021 11:09 IST

  DOH said that Philippines now has 119 Delta variant cases after detecting an additional 55 infections, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  Virus on rise in eastern Chinese city of Nanjing

  World | July 26, 2021 9:07 IST

  One other case of local transmission was reported in the nearby city of Suqian and one in the northeastern province of Liaoning.

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  Delhi Metro trains start running with 100 pc seating capacity; standing not allowed in coaches

  India | July 26, 2021 9:05 IST

  Delhi Metro Rail Corporation till Sunday was running trains with 50 pc seating capacity, after the services had resumed after a long hiatus on June 7.

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  South Africa loosens COVID restrictions as new cases see dip

  World | July 26, 2021 6:56 IST

  In an address to the nation on Sunday evening, Ramaphosa said South Africa, with immediate effect, will move to Level 3 from current Level 4 of five-level lockdown strategy.

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  India records 35,342 new Covid cases, 483 deaths in 24 hours; death toll at 419,470

  India | July 23, 2021 9:51 IST

  With 38,740 people discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries now stands at 3,04,68,079 across the country.

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  Bangladesh's Covid-19 cases surpass 1.1 million

  World | July 19, 2021 9:02 IST

  The official data showed that 39,806 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday across Bangladesh.

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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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  Kerala relaxes lockdown restrictions as COVID-19 cases decline. Details

  India | July 18, 2021 8:41 IST

  Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan observed that the test positivity rate is now down to 10% as opposed to a whopping 29%.

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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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  Over 41.10 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | July 16, 2021 12:03 IST

  More than 41.10 crores (41,10,38,530) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs (union territories) so far, through all sources.

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  Sri Lanka administers highest number of Covid vaccines in a day

  World | July 16, 2021 11:16 IST

  Sri Lanka's health authorities administered the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines in a single day with nearly 400,000 people inoculated.