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Wuhan latest to bear brunt of China's zero covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Wuhan [China], July 29 (ANI): Owing to strict measures of Zero Covid Policy, the original epicentre of the Covid-19 virus, Wuhan has shut down again as four new asymptomatic cases were reported recently.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations on rise in Czech Republic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The Czech Republic has reported rising COVID-19 hospitalizations since the end of June due to the more contagious subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 of the Omicron variant.
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Researchers find spray coating to protect surfaces against viruses and bac
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], July 22 (ANI): A team of Australian researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind sprayable coating that can prevent the surface spread of infection from bacteria and viruses, including COVID-19, for an extended period of time.
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Canada to resume random COVID-19 testing at four major airports
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 18 (ANI): To track the importation of the COVID-19 virus into Canada and identify new variants of concern, the country is set to re-establish its mandatory random COVID-19 testing at four major airports from Tuesday.
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Scientists develop new mechanism to inactivate COVID-19 virus, block entry
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Scientists of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in collaboration with researchers from the CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology developed a novel mechanism to inactivate COVID (SARS-CoV-2) virus by blocking their entry to cells and reducing infection
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Keep a constant check on Covid-19, virus is mutating: Expert
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Covid surge has raised concerns as the coronavirus is "constantly mutating" and we cannot let the infection run "unchecked", Co-chairman of National Indian Medical Association Covid-19 task force Dr Rajeev Jayadevan.
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Hong Kong to distribute 290,000 RAT kits following COVID-19 detection in s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 3 (ANI): Hong Kong on Sunday said that it will distribute around 290,000 sets of COVID-19 rapid antigen test (RAT) kits as part of a follow-up on the recent detection of the COVID-19 virus in sewage samples.
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COVID-19 cases on rise in 110 countries: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 30 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that the COVID-19 pandemic is changing but it is not over and warned that the cases are rising in 110 nations.
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Emergency nature of monkeypox requires intense response efforts, says WHO
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said that though Monkeypox presently does not amount to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the emergency nature of the event requires intense response efforts.
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Kourtney Kardashian shares tips like 'starving her fever' to battle with C
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US TV reality star, Kourtney Kardashian revealed that she used to 'starve her fever' while battling with the Covid-19 virus and shared some 'helpful things' to deal with the infection.
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Tirex and Power Grid to deploy 45 charging stations across India
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 30 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Human life across the globe has witnessed a sea change during the post-2019 era. The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the world has changed the conventional flow of life. People learned to keep social distance as a mandatory part o
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Hong Kong continues tracing COVID-19 through sewage surveillance
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, May 16 (ANI) Hong Kong on Sunday announced that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from some areas in the city, indicating that there may be hidden cases in premises in these areas.
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