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Telangana reports 3840 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 16 (ANI): Telangana reported 3840 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health bulletin.
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Resurgence of Covid-19 infections to take a toll on Indian healthcare syst
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore, April 16 (ANI): India remains badly placed to tackle the rapid spread of coronavirus despite several reforms and the unprecedented crisis has highlighted the need to increase investments in the healthcare sector, Fitch Solutions said on Friday.
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Odisha reports 3,108 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 16 (ANI): Odisha reported 3,108 new COVID-19 cases, 837 recoveries and three deaths in the last 24 hours, according to a state health bulletin.
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Study sheds light on ten reasons why the coronavirus is airborne
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Colorado [US], April 16 (ANI): According to a new assessment published today in the medical journal Lancet there is consistent, strong evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air.
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Risk of rare blood clots higher after Covid-19 infection than after vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 16 (ANI): Researchers at Oxford University have found the risk of a rare type of blood clot is low overall, but higher for people who have been infected with Covid-19 than among people who've had the three vaccines authorized in the UK - those made by AstraZeneca, Moderna
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Third dose of COVID-19 vaccine 'likely' needed within 1 year, says Pfizer
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], April 15 (ANI): Pfizer's CEO Albert Bourla on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccine recipients will "likely" need a third dose between six to 12 months after they're fully vaccinated and suggested vaccinations for coronavirus could be needed every year.
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Noida to increase random COVID testing of people commuting to Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Gautam Buddh Nagar district administration has decided to increase the number of random coronavirus tests for people commuting to and from Delhi.
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100 new hospitals to have their own oxygen plant under PM-CARES Fund
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): The government on Thursday took decisions for easier availability of essential medical equipment and oxygen in the wake of rising cases of COVID-19 and said 100 new hospitals will have their own oxygen plant under PM-CARES Fund and another 50,000 MT of m
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Over 300 Delhi police personnel test positive for COVID-19, 15 admitted to
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): Over 300 Delhi Police personnel who are at the forefront of efforts to ensure that people are adhering to the Covid-19 restrictions, have been tested positive for coronavirus in the last few days.
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Sputnik V deliveries to India to begin in April: Indian envoy Venkatesh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 16 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Russia, Bala Venkatesh Varma on Thursday said that the first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V will be delivered to India in April.
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Over 11.44 crore COVID-19 vaccines administered in country
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): With over 26.02 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered till 8 pm on Thursday, the cumulative doses against the coronavirus administered in the country has crossed 11.74 crore.
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Lawyer seeks deferment of AoR exam to December due rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): In view of the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the country including in the national capital, lawyer and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay on Thursday wrote to the secretary-general of the Supreme Court, seeking def
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