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India logs 16,299 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): India logged 16,299 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 4.58 per cent, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.
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Children getting COVID-19 re-infections, other seasonal illness like foot
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Amid the rise in COVID-19 cases among children, the health expert said that children who were infected with coronavirus in January or April are again being infected with the virus but the cases are mild that can be managed at home.
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Health experts feel COVID-19 cases are mild but underreported
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): As the COVID cases are on rise in the country, especially in the national capital, ahead of the festival season, experts feel that the infections are mild but are underreported.
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Nepal battles 'Twindemic' as swine flu wreaks havoc amid rising Covid case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 10 (ANI): Amid soaring COVID-19 infections in Nepal, numerous cases of H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu virus infection, have been reported from many places as health experts call for strict surveillance measures across the country.
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Authorities roll out mass testing in Tibet after Covid outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], August 10 (ANI): Authorities in several parts of Tibet have rolled out mass testing, including in the capital Lhasa after the region reported a string of Covid-19 cases in over two years.
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Afghanistan gripped by multiple disease outbreaks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 10 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing multiple disease outbreaks, including Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), measles, Congo fever, dengue fever, and Covid-19, media reports said citing a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report.
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COVID-19 outbreak brings worry amid shortage of medical supplies, oxygen i
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 outbreak in Southwest China's Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region raises grave concern across the region amid the lack of medical personnel and nucleic acid testing sample collectors, as well as a shortage of oxygen for treating severe cases du
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CORBEVAX booster shot approved for 18 years and above jabbed with Covaxin,
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Central government has approved Biological E's Corbevax for restricted use in an emergency as a heterologous booster dose, official sources confirmed on Wednesday.
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Universal vaccination is required to stop future COVID-19 waves: Research
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health who analysed the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants have discovered shared traits linked to transmissibility and immune evasion.
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Corbevax heterologous COVID-19 booster expected to get final approval from
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): The Union Government is considering giving its final approval to Corbevax's heterologous COVID-19 booster for 'Restricted Use in Emergency Situation' soon, sources said.
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China closes Potala Palace as Tibet sees first-ever COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 9 (ANI): Following a recent outbreak of COVID-19 in the Himalayan region, Chinese authorities closed the famed Potala Palace, the residence of Lamas in Tibet, local media reported.
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India logs 12,751 fresh COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): India on Tuesday witnessed a dip in the number of new COVID-19 infections as it recorded 12,751 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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