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Less Than 3% Population In Tribal-Dominated Districts COVID Positive, says Centre

New Delhi: Less than 3 percent population in 177 tribal-dominated districts in the county has been detected as positive for coronavirus, the government told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda also told the Upper House that so far, there has been “no report of major outbreak of the disease in […]

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Coronavirus Global Update: Covid-19 Cases Surpass 30 Million, Deaths Cross 944000

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 30 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 944,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,065,728 and the fatalities rose to 944,604, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering […]

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India’s COVID-19 Tally Breaches 52 Lakh, Death Toll Reaches 84372

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 52 lakh with 96,424 people testing positive in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 41,12,551 on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 52,14,677, while the death toll climbed to 84,372 with […]

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COVID-19: Here's What Aiding India's Low Mortality Rate

Varanasi: A study conducted by top genetic experts has revealed that Indians should be thankful to their genes for tiding over the Covid pandemic with a relatively lesser mortality rate as compared to the US and European nations. A team comprising distinguished genetic experts from six institutions, led by Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey of the Banaras […]

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Rapid 90-Minute Covid-19 Test Shown To Be Highly Accurate

London: Researchers have created a 90-minute high speed Covid-19 test which does not require a laboratory and can be performed in cartridges smaller than a mobile phone with high accuracy. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Microbe, revealed that the Lab-in-Cartridge rapid testing device, which can be performed at a patient’s bedside, was shown […]

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COVID-19 Vaccine: Donald Trump Expects Vax To Be Available For 'Every American' By April

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that the United States would produce enough coronavirus vaccine doses for “every American” by April 2021. The president told a White House news conference on Friday that the country will have at least 100 million doses of vaccine by the end of the year, or “likely much more […]

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COVID-19: Global Cases Cross 30.3 Million Mark, Death Toll Now At 950344

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 30.3 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 950,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,395,579 and the fatalities rose to 950,344, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed […]

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India’s Corona Tally Crosses 53-Lakh Mark, Death Toll At 85619

New Delhi: Continuing with its massive daily spike, India recorded 93,337 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its overall tally across the 53-lakh mark, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Saturday. There were 1,247 deaths in a day as 53,08,014 cases were registered with India remaining just behind […]

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Drug With Potential To Fight Covid-19 Identified

London: Scientists have identified a new drug that could prevent or mitigate the consequences derived from infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19. Preliminary results of the study conducted on animal models showed that the drug 4-Phenylbutiric acid (4-PBA) fully curbs mortality caused by respiratory failure derived from cellular stress, showed the research published […]

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India overtakes USA to become No 1 in terms of global COVID-19 recoveries

New Delhi: In a landmark global achievement, India has overtaken the USA and become the top country in terms of global COVID-19 recoveries. India has reported the highest number of total recoveries with more than 42 lakh (42,08,431) COVID patients recovered and discharged. India now accounts for close to 19% of the total global recoveries. […]

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DCGI Approves Commercial Launch Of Low Cost COVID-19 Paper Test Kit 'Feluda'

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India has approved the commercial launch of ‘Feluda’, the Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) COVID-19 test, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) said on Saturday. This test uses an indigenously developed, cutting-edge CRISPR technology for detection of the genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 virus, CSIR […]

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India Conducts Record 12 Lakh Covid-19 Tests In 24 Hours: Health Ministry

New Delhi: Crossing a crucial milestone in the battle against COVID-19, a record number of over 12 lakh tests were conducted in the country for the detection of the disease in a span of 24 hours, taking the total number of such tests performed so far to more than 6.36 crore (6,36,61,060), the Centre said […]

Recovered COVID Patients Can Get Infected By The Virus Once Antibodies Start Depleting: ICMR
COVID-19: ICMR Successfully Completes Second Round Of Countrywide Serosurvey, See What Next

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has completed the second round of the countrywide serological survey (serosurvey) to detect the prevalence of the COVID-19 disease and its analysis is underway in the final stage, the ICMR informed on Sunday. The apex body of medical research in the country added that the ongoing […]

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Global Covid-19 Cases Nearing 31 Million Mark, Death Toll At 959332

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 31 million mark, while the deaths have increased to almost 960,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,918,269 and the fatalities rose to 959,332, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) […]

COVID-19 Cases In India: 86961 New Cases, 1130 Deaths In Last 24 Hours

New Delhi: With 86,961 fresh coronavirus cases and 1,130 deaths in 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally on Monday inched closer to 55 lakh-mark with a total of 54,87,580 cases in 235 days since the first case was reported on January 30. Out of the total cases, 10,03,299 are currently active, 43,96,399 have recovered, while 87,882 […]

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