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Nearly 280,000 children in US contracted coronavirus since March
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 280,000 children in the United States contracted the novel coronavirus since March, making up less than 5 per cent of the country's cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a study on Monday.
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Mask not more effective than vaccine, says Trump
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Despite Robert Redfield, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying that wearing a mask would be more effective than a vaccine against the coronavirus, President Donald Trump said that the mask is "not more effective" than t
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Blacks, Hispanics account for most deaths of COVID-19 victims under 21 in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Hispanics, Blacks and native Americans suffered nearly 80 per cent of the COVID-19-related deaths among victims who were under 21-years-old, which totalled 121 from February 12-July 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in
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South Korea confirms 167 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea confirmed 167 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, marking the fourth consecutive day of less than 200 new cases registered per day, and the overall tally reached 21,177, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (K
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South Korea reports 441 new Covid cases, highest daily increase since Marc
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 441 to 18,706 over the past day, marking the biggest daily increase since March 7, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Thursday.
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South Korea registers record number of COVID-19 cases since March
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Aug 16 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has registered a record number of 279 COVID-19 cases since March, bringing the overall number to 15,318, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Sunday.
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Coronavirus likely to claim 2,00,000 lives in US by Sept 5
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is expected to claim 2,00,000 lives in the US by September 5, according to a new projection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
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Germany confirms 509 new COVID-19 cases, total count stands at 2,10,402
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Aug 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany confirmed 509 new COVID-19 cases and seven new coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24-hour period, the Robert Koch Institute, which is responsible for disease control and prevention in Germany, said on Monday.
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S. Korea records over 100 new COVID-19 cases, count reaches 14,092
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 113 to 14,092 over the past day, marking the biggest daily increase since April, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Saturday.
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Trump administration blocks top US health official from testifying at Hous
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 18 (ANI): The Trump administration has blocked the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield from testifying at a hearing before a US House Education and Labour Committee to discuss steps to reopen schools amid the novel coronavirus dise
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVI
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science
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Highly-contagious GH strain of coronavirus spreading in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 6 (Sputnik/ANI): All recent coronavirus clusters in South Korea are seeded mostly by the highly-infectious GH strain of the virus, which is believed to spread six times faster than other types of COVID-19, the Health Ministry's Centres for Disease Control and Preven
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