Covid19
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COVID-19 treatment: Oral medications that can help cure severe viral infection
Health | May 05, 2022, 04:15 PM ISTThe COVID-19 pandemic has mandated the requirement of oral medications that can eliminate the viral load inside an infected person's body and help cure the disease.
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Cognitive loss from severe Covid equivalent to 20 years of ageing, reveals study
Health | May 03, 2022, 09:30 PM ISTCognitive impairment is common to a wide range of neurological disorders, including dementia, and even routine ageing, but the patterns we saw - the cognitive 'fingerprint' of Covid-19 - was distinct from all of these," said researchers.
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Maharashtra: Aurangabad hospitals mandate RT-PCR test before surgeries
India | May 03, 2022, 02:04 PM ISTThe district administration has also decided to issue show-cause notices to heads of 10 health centres to explain the low COVID-19 vaccination percentage there, the collector's release said.
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UP: Section 144 clamped in Gautam Budh Nagar amid rising COVID cases, festivities
India | May 02, 2022, 06:56 AM ISTSocial distancing in schools during the exams has to be maintained with proper COVID-19 guidelines, the police have said.
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'Indian economy may recover from Covid consequences by...': Know what RBI says
Business | Apr 29, 2022, 11:52 PM ISTThe RBI in its recent report on 'currency and finance' stated that the pandemic is a watershed moment. It further clarified that the ongoing structural changes catalysed by the pandemic can potentially alter the growth trajectory in the medium-term.
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COVID-19 new variant, 10 times more dangerous than what was detected in third wave, found in Patna
India | Apr 28, 2022, 04:00 PM IST"There were 13 samples tested and one of them had BA.12 strains. The remaining 12 samples have BA.2 strains," it was told.
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What is long COVID? Know diet and lifestyle changes that can help
Health | Apr 27, 2022, 12:22 PM ISTCovid 19 has made unforeseeable changes to everyone’s lifestyle. People sometimes have to deal with its symptom for more than 12 weeks, and this is known as long covid. One can only get relief from long covid by following a healthy lifestyle and diet pattern.
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Pandemic not over yet; global COVID cases declining due to drop in testing rates: WHO
World | Apr 27, 2022, 11:29 AM ISTLast week, just more than 15,000 coronavirus-related deaths were reported to the WHO, the lowest weekly total since March 2020.
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'Vaccine biggest protective shield', says PM Modi at Covid-19 review meeting with Chief Ministers
India | Apr 27, 2022, 01:54 PM ISTSince past few days, India has been recording more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases on a daily bases, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare bulletin.
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Kamala Harris tests Covid positive, President Biden not ‘close contact’
World | Apr 26, 2022, 11:12 PM ISTHarris press secretary Kirsten Allen said neither President Joe Biden nor first lady Jill Biden was considered a “close contact” of Harris in recent days.
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COVID: Six in 10 people continue to suffer symptoms a year after infection, claims study
Health | Apr 26, 2022, 03:48 PM ISTAn estimated 25-40 per cent of people with Covid-19 develop long Covid, persisting symptoms that can affect multiple organs and include mental health problems.
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Asthma drug can block crucial SARS-CoV-2 protein: Study
Science | Apr 25, 2022, 07:16 PM ISTApproved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the drug, called montelukast, has been around for more than 20 years and is usually prescribed to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay fever and hives, the official release by IISC stated on Monday.
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COVID-19: Jharkhand schools to restrict morning assembly, sports activities, programmes
India | Apr 25, 2022, 01:52 PM ISTAs per the new guidelines, the schools have been asked to conduct health checkups on a regular basis in coordination with nearest health centres.
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India | Apr 26, 2022, 03:18 PM ISTIndiaTV News provides you all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.
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COVID-19: Yogi Adityanath directs officials to maintain vigil on children's health, vaccination
India | Apr 20, 2022, 02:22 PM ISTIn the last 24 hours, 103 new positive cases were reported in Gautam Buddh Nagar and 33 in Ghaziabad.
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Haryana mandates face masks in 4 districts as COVID cases rise
India | Apr 19, 2022, 07:52 AM ISTOf 234 cases reported in Haryana on Monday, 198 surfaced in Gurugram alone while 21 were from Faridabad.
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Air India cancels flights to Hong Kong after 3 passengers test COVID positive
World | Apr 18, 2022, 10:25 AM ISTPassengers from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey.
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India objects to WHO's methodology to calculate COVID-19 death toll
India | Apr 17, 2022, 06:45 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that India has shared its concerns with the methodology along with the other Member States through a series of formal communications including six letters issued to WHO.
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New Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 detected in Africa, Europe
World | Apr 13, 2022, 08:04 AM ISTIncidentally, South Africa and Botswana were also the first to report on Omicron in November last year. South Africa was also the first country to be hit by the super mutant and vaccine evading variant of concern, before it became a global wave.
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Heart problems after Covid rare in children but treatable, reveals study
Health | Apr 11, 2022, 11:27 PM ISTSince the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) has been identified around the world, with as many as half of the cases involving inflammation of the heart muscle or heart arteries.