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Strict lockdowns in China take their toll on residents |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2022 4:15:07 AM IST |
| Strict lockdowns in the Chinese cities of Xian and Yuzhou are taking their toll on the population and healthcare systems, according to residents, with complaints of food shortages and dangerous delays in accessing medical care, The Guardian reported. ... read.. |
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Covid cases zoom past 26K in Maha, 144 Omicron infectees |
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Mumbai | Thursday, 2022 4:15:07 AM IST |
| Maharashtras single-day fresh Covid-19 caseload shot above 26,000, while its Omicron variant breached the 100-mark, though deaths plummeted to single-digit figure, health officials said here on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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After schools, Maha shuts all non-agricultural varsities, colleges |
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Mumbai | Thursday, 2022 3:15:07 AM IST |
| As Covid-19 and its variant Omicron tighten their grip in Maharashtra, the state government has decided to shut down all non-agricultural, technical, deemed or private universities and their affiliated colleges and students hostels till February 15, offic ... read.. |
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Goa reports 1,002 new Covid cases, Health Minister concerned |
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Panaji | Thursday, 2022 2:45:08 AM IST |
| Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday expressed concern about the rising infection positivity rate in the state, on a day when the daily infection count in Goa climbed to four figures, the first time in months, with the state logging 1,002 new i ... read.. |
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Telangana geared up to tackle third wave |
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Hyderabad | Thursday, 2022 2:45:08 AM IST |
| After learning the lessons from first and second waves of Covid-19 pandemic, the health authorities in Telangana have beefed up infrastructure in hospitals and are fully geared up to tackle a third wave which looks imminent. ... read.. |
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J&K sees new Covid cases mount to 418 |
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Jammu | Thursday, 2022 2:15:08 AM IST |
| With a sudden surge in Covid-19 cases in Jammu division on Wednesday, authorities have cancelled leave of all doctors, paramedics and associated health department staff. ... read.. |
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Gurugram reports 1,178 new Covid cases |
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Gurugram | Thursday, 2022 2:15:07 AM IST |
| Gurugram on Wednesday reported 1,178 new Covid-19 cases, taking the district's infection tally to 1,85,890, out of which 1,81,545 have recovered, according to the official daily health bulletin. ... read.. |
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3rd wave in Delhi: Doctors advise people to follow Covid norms |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2022 1:45:13 AM IST |
| Even as Delhi is in the middle of a third wave of coronavirus, city doctors on Wednesday advised not to panic but to strictly adhere to the Covid norms such as maintaining social distance, wearing masks, maintaining proper sanitisation, and getting vaccin ... read.. |
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Over 95% US Covid cases now Omicron: CDC data |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2022 10:45:08 PM IST |
| With the US shattering a single-day record with over 1 million Covid-19 cases this week, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that the Omicron variant accounted for 95 per cent of new infections last week. ... read.. |
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Mongolia plans to offer 4th Covid vaccine shot |
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Ulan Bator | Wednesday, 2022 10:45:08 PM IST |
| Mongolia is planning to offer a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to its citizens on a voluntary basis, Mongolian Health Minister Sereejav Enkhbold said on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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Over 1L hospitalised with Covid in US, 1st time in 4 months |
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New York | Wednesday, 2022 10:15:08 PM IST |
| More than 103,000 people are currently hospitalised with Covid-19 in the US, the first time the total has reached six figures in nearly four months, CNN on Tuesday quoted the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services as saying. ... read.. |
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Over 1 cr teens between 15-18 yrs receive 1st vaccine dose |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2022 10:15:08 PM IST |
| With the vaccination drive for adolescents entering its third day, as per the Co-WIN portal 1,06,27,277 children in the 15 to 18 years' age group have been vaccinated with the first Covid-19 vaccine dose so far. ... read.. |
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Philippines logs 10,775 new Covid-19 cases |
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Manila | Wednesday, 2022 10:15:08 PM IST |
| The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 10,775 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,871,745. ... read.. |
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Belgium relaxes quarantine rules for vaccinated people |
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Brussels | Wednesday, 2022 10:15:08 PM IST |
| The requirement for fully vaccinated people to self-isolate if they have had a high-risk contact for coronavirus will be lifted in Belgium on January 10, the country's federal and regional health ministers said. ... read.. |
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Centre issues revised isolation guidelines |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2022 8:15:08 PM IST |
| The Centre on Wednesday issued revised guidelines for home isolation of mild and asymptomatic patients amid the surge in Covid-19 cases nationwide. ... read.. |
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Bengal sees record Covid-19 infections |
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Kolkata | Wednesday, 2022 7:45:08 PM IST |
| With each passing day, the Covid-19 situation in West Bengal is going out of control of the state administration. In the last 24 hours, 9,073 people were infected, which is nearly double the number of the people that got infected two days earlier. ... read.. |
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Covid vax during pregnancy not linked to preterm birth: US CDC |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2022 7:45:08 PM IST |
| Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with complications at birth such as preterm birth or babies born underweight, according to a study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ... read.. |
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High incidence of coronary artery disease: PGIMER study |
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Chandigarh | Wednesday, 2022 6:45:08 PM IST |
| A high incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) was reported in a first-of-its-kind study by the Department of Cardiology in the Advanced Cardiac Centre of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. ... read.. |
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TN mulls stringent measures as Covid surges |
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Chennai | Wednesday, 2022 6:45:08 PM IST |
| With the surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, Tamil Nadu is contemplating stringent control measures from Wednesday to contain the spread of the infection. ... read.. |
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Omicron is not common cold, warns WHO |
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Geneva | Wednesday, 2022 6:15:07 PM IST |
| Amid reports that Omicron has symptoms akin to a common cold, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned that it is not a common cold and should not be taken lightly. ... read.. |
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Covid testing pushes Australian healthcare system to brink |
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Phnom Penh | Wednesday, 2022 5:45:08 PM IST |
| Massive surges in Covid-19 infections in Australia, fuelled by the Omicron variant, are placing huge pressures on the healthcare system, which is struggling to keep up with unprecedented demands for testing. ... read.. |
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S.Korea reports 4,444 new Covid-19 cases |
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Seoul | Wednesday, 2022 5:15:07 PM IST |
| South Korea reported 4,444 more cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday, raising the total number of infections to 649,669 in the country. ... read.. |
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India reports 58,097 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally reaches 2,135 |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2022 4:45:08 PM IST |
| India registered a single-day rise of 58,097 Covid cases, a spike of 20,718 over the previous days total, and 534 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Wednesday. The Omicron tally has also climbed to 2,135. ... read.. |
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Global Covid caseload tops 295 mn |
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Washington | Wednesday, 2022 3:15:07 PM IST |
| Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 295 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.45 million and vaccinations to over 9.24 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. ... read.. |
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UP schools closed, night curfew extended |
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Lucknow | Wednesday, 2022 1:15:08 PM IST |
| The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, in a late-night decision on Tuesday, has closed all schools up to Class 10 from January 6 to January 14 as the number of active Covid cases in the state crossed the 3,000-mark. ... read.. |
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Covid infections rise by 35% in Netherlands despite lockdown |
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The Hague | Wednesday, 2022 11:45:08 AM IST |
| Despite an anti-pandemic lockdown currently in force, the number of positive Covid-19 tests in the Netherlands increased by 35 per cent in the past week, compared to the previous week, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) an ... read.. |
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France reports record 271,686 new Covid cases |
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Paris | Wednesday, 2022 10:15:08 AM IST |
| France on Tuesday reported 271,686 new cases of Covid-19, detected in the last 24 hours, the highest daily record since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. ... read.. |
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COVID-19 vaccine does not increase risk of preterm birth: Study |
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Washington | January 5, 2022 8:50:51 AM IST |
| Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31 per cent of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021. One barrier to vaccine acceptance is the concern that vacc ... read.. |
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Russia reports 15,903 Covid cases |
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Moscow | Wednesday, 2022 8:15:08 AM IST |
| Russia reported 15,903 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,570,212, the official monitoring and response centre said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Gujarat reports 2,265 Covid cases; 1,290 in Ahmedabad |
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Gandhinagar | Wednesday, 2022 4:15:07 AM IST |
| A total of 2,265 fresh Covid cases took Gujarat's overall Coronavirus tally to 837,293 on Tuesday. More than half of the cases were reported from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area alone at 1,290, which is even more than entire states tally of 1,259 ... read.. |
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BBMP to open 1 Covid care centre in each assembly in B'luru |
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Bengaluru | Wednesday, 2022 2:45:08 AM IST |
| As the Covid-19 cases are increasing in the city, BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Tuesday instructed the Chief Health Officer Dr Balasundar to identify a Covid Care Centre in all assembly constituencies in BBMP limits. ... read.. |
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4th Covid booster enhances antibodies five-fold: Israeli study |
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Jerusalem | Wednesday, 2022 2:15:07 AM IST |
| Amid rising cases of Omicron, a preliminary study by Israeli researchers has shown that a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold in just a week after the shot is administered, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Chhattisgarh implements strict Covid restrictions |
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Raipur/New Delhi | Wednesday, 2022 2:15:07 AM IST |
| Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday directed all the Collectors and Superintendents of Police to take every possible measures to strictly implement the COVID-19 prevention guideline. ... read.. |
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Covid fear, stress can impair cognitive functions: Study |
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Toronto | Wednesday, 2022 1:45:13 AM IST |
| Worries and anxiety over the Covid-19 pandemic can impair basic cognitive functions, leading to poorer decision making, delays in mental processing speed, and alteration of the perception of risk, finds a study. ... read.. |
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MP reports 308 Covid cases, active cases over 1K |
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Bhopal | Wednesday, 2022 1:45:07 AM IST |
| Madhya Pradesh has reported 308 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally of active cases in the state to 1,029. A total 57,843 samples were tested in a day, according to the state government's data released on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Covid to end up as seasonal epidemic soon: Experts |
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Moscow | Wednesday, 2022 1:45:07 AM IST |
| Even as the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the world, and outpacing the previous Delta strain, several Russian and Danish experts have said that the pandemic will end up as seasonal epidemics in this year, media reports said. ... read.. |
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Australia's Covid caseload tops 500,000 |
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Canberra | Tuesday, 2022 9:15:09 PM IST |
| Amid an ongoing Covid-19 resurgence triggered by the Omicron variant, Australia's overall infection tally topped the 500,000 mark on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Australian states break grim records for Covid cases |
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Sydney | Tuesday, 2022 9:15:09 PM IST |
| The Australian states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria on Tuesday reported record high number of daily Covid-19 cases and hospitalisations, as the country's overall infection tally surpassed the 500,000 mark. ... read.. |
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Metro, buses to run at full capacity in Delhi |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2022 9:15:09 PM IST |
| Public mode of transportations i.e. metro and buses will run at full capacity during the weekdays in the national capital, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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US reports 1 mn daily Covid cases, breaks previous records |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2022 8:45:08 PM IST |
| Amid the rapid spread of the new highly-transmissible Omicron variant, the US has reported more than one million Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, breaking previous records for single-day infection spike, according to health authorities. ... read.. |
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