Tag: Covid 19

According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), viral infections like Covid-19 and Dengue often share several similarities in terms of symptoms and other factors.

Amid this, another fake news is in circulation claiming that those who have received Covid-19 vaccines will get financial assistance of Rs 5000 from the Centre.

"(Covid-19) pandemic is not over, but the end is in sight ... Being able to see the end does not mean we are at the end," WHO chief.

An increase of 1,074 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

Eligible populations are the persons who have completed 6 months from the date of administration of the 2nd dose.

The number of people who recuperated from the disease climbed to 4,39,53,374, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.

The Spokesperson told Xinhua that BA.4 and BA.5 continued to be the most dominant sub-variants in South Africa but they were less severe due to higher levels of immunity. The department called on the people not to panic.

The active caseload has come down to 53,974 cases, accounting for 0.12 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The app is more accurate than several antigen tests and is cheap, quick and easy to use, which means it can be used in low-income countries where PCR tests are expensive and/or difficult to distribute.

In the last 24 hours, India logged 7,946 new Covid-19 cases and 37 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Merchants in the Huaqiangbei district, home to the world's largest electronics market, received an official notice that the market will be closed till Thursday to contain the COVID spread.

India reported 7,591 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, against the previous day's 9,436 count, as per the Union Health Ministry data on Monday.

The overall nationwide death toll now stands at 5,27,597.

In the first such case, a 36-year-old man in Italy has simultaneously tested positive for monkeypox, Covid-19 and HIV, media reports said.

Days before India's opening campaign in the Asia Cup T20 tournament in the UAE, the team has suffered a big blow with a report saying that head coach Rahul Dravid has tested positive for Covid-19.