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COVID-19 interventions can cut virus infections, severe outcomes and healt
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the COVID-19 can reduce the peak number of infections, daily infection rates, cumulative infections, and overall deaths, a new study suggested
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Germany registers record 11,287 new COVID-19 cases over past day
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Berlin [Germany], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany has confirmed 11,287 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, with the total count reaching 392,049, the Robert Koch Institute said on Thursday.
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World Junior Badminton Championships 2020 cancelled
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Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 22 (ANI): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday announced that World Junior Championships 2020 slated to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, has been cancelled owing to the coronavirus crisis.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 155,000
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Brasilia [Brazil], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Wednesday said its COVID-19 death toll surpassed 155,000 after 566 more patients died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, pushing the number of fatalities to 155,403.
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France COVID-19 cases surpasses 1 million
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Paris [France], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in France, has surpassed 1 million, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) says.
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Brazil's COVID-19 vaccine volunteer dies, authorities say trial to cont
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Brasilia [Brazil], October 22 (ANI): A volunteer in Brazil's clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University has died, the Brazilian health agency Anvisa announced on Wednesday while adding that the trial will continue.
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Another lockdown soon in Pakistan as authorities fail to 'strictly impleme
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Islamabad [Pakistan], October 22 (ANI): Another lockdown in the country might soon happen as the authorities are failing to "strictly implement" the standard operating procedure (SOP) to prevent the spread of coronavirus, said Pakistan's National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC).
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Indore's I&B department launches campaign to spread PM Modi's message
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): Responding to the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on COVID-19 awareness, the Information and Broadcasting Department (I&B) of Indore, along with school children launched an awareness campaign on the virus-related protocols o
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COVID-19 cases in Argentina rise by record 18,326 to over 1.03 mln
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Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina has confirmed 18,326 new cases of the coronavirus across the country within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, with the total number of people infected with COVID-19 having rea
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COVID-19 pandemic provided learning curve to be more resilient, prepared f
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New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic has provided a learning curve for us to be better prepared for the future, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
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Spain's COVID-19 cases tally surpasses 1 million, death toll tops 34,000
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Madrid [Spain], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of COVID-19 cases in Spain has reached 1,005,295m with 6,114 cases being registered over the past 24 hours, making the European country the sixth nation globally to confirm over 1 million infections, the Health Ministry data showed on Wedn
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IMF approves USD 156 million for Cameroon to finance COVID-19 response
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Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Cameroon will receive emergency aid totalling USD 156 million to help cover a shortfall in the nation's budget and balance of payments due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a press release on Wednesday.
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