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Italy prepares for 'Phase-2' of COVID-19 response as deaths surge past 23,
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 19 (ANI): The Italian government is now preparing for the 'Phase-2' of its response to fight the coronavirus outbreak as the tally of deaths surged past 23,000 on Saturday (local time), after 482 more people succumbed to the contagious infection in the past 24 hours.
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Broadway actor Nick Cordero's leg to be amputated due to coronavirus compl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 19 (ANI): Eighteen days after getting treated for COVID-19 at the intensive care unit of the hospital, Broadway actor Nick Cordero has been asked to get his right leg amputated to treat the complications caused by the highly contagious virus.
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WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for Covid-19
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Geneva [Switzerland], April 14 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday played down studies suggesting that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine may be effective in the prevention of the highly contagious coronavirus infection.
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COVID-19 hotspots in 15 most-affected Uttar Pradesh districts to be sealed
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) April 8 (ANI): COVID-19 hotspots in 15 worst-affected districts of Uttar Pradesh, including Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Lucknow, Agra, Shamli, and Saharanpur, will be sealed till April 15 in a bid to contain the spread of the highly contagious virus, state officials sai
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Indian Railways set up fumigation tunnel in Haryana to curb coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Yamuna Nagar (Haryana) [India], Apr 6 (ANI): To curb the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, Indian Railways on Monday set up a fumigation tunnel at Jagadhri workshop near Yamuna Nagar in Haryana.
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Current social distancing guidelines not effective in checking coronavirus
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 5 (ANI): Are the current social distancing guidelines effective enough to check the spread of coronavirus? A new study is sceptical of the 3-feet-apart rule and says that the highly contagious coronavirus can travel upto 27 feet and stay airborne for hours.
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Self-isolation a privilege not available to poor
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Delhi (India) April 1 (ANI): To defeat the highly contagious coronavirus, there is only one solution, and that is self-isolation. Although the majority of the citizens are following it religiously, the poor are struggling to feed themselves and even buy the basic essentials for survival.
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After 'passing on' the pandemic, 'Zero' becomes Xi's new narrative of COVI
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Beijing [China], Mar 31 (ANI): All countries around the globe today are reeling under coronavirus, with at least seven lakh people being infected and over 37,000 deaths due to the highly contagious bug. But China, among all the others, is the only one to have announced that no new cases of t
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This cop uses his horse to spread awareness about COVID-19 in Kurnool
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): With governments taking all possible measures of spread awareness over the highly contagious COVID-19, a cop in Andhra Pradesh devised a novel way to make people remember the enemy which the nation, and the world at large, is fighting.
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Combating COVID-19 via drones, Chennai based start-up's innovative solutio
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu], Mar 30 (ANI): A city-based startup has hit upon an innovative solution to mitigate the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus by employing drones to disinfect hospitals and other public places. This comes as big relief to doctors, nurses, policemen, sanitation wor
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COVID-19 positive cases climb to 1071 in India: Health Ministry
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New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): With 47 new cases, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 1071 in India on Monday morning, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This includes 99 people who have been discharged or cured of the highly contagious respira
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Shipments of urns in Wuhan raise questions over China's coronavirus death
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Wuhan [China], March 29 (ANI): Months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan city of central China, families of those deceased, who contracted the contagious infection, stood in long queues at funeral homes demanding to receive the cremated ashes of their loved ones.
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