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Researchers reveal couples who work from home do not have same experience
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Working from home may be a better deal for husbands than wives in dual-earner couples, according to two related studies.
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Xi Jinping calls China's COVID-19 policy "rational and well-thought-out":
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Xi Jinping said that they have adopted the COVID response following a "science-based and targeted approach."
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Himachal Pradesh logs 3 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The active cases in Himachal Pradesh stand at 20. The case positivity rate in the city is 0.21 per cent.
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WHO criticizes China for "under-representing" COVID-19 cases, "narrow" def
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Incidentally, the scale of the current outbreak of the Covid infections has made it difficult for the authorities to track the Covid infections, following the end of the mandatory mass testing as part of the easing of Covid restrictions.
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UP Dy CM Brajesh Pathak visits COVID hospital in Meerut, reviews preparedn
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday visited Meerut's Covid hospitals to take stock of the health department's preparedness to tackle a possible outbreak of Covid-19.
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EU calls on China to provide transparent Covid-19 data
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A top European health official on Thursday welcomed the bloc's agreement on a coordinated response to the Covid-19 situation in China and called on Beijing to provide transparent data on its epidemiological situation.
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WHO chief asks China for rapid reliable data on COVID deaths
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes as WHO held a high-level meeting with counterparts in China last week to discuss the surge in cases and hospitalisations. Subsequently, WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution and the COVID-19 clinical management expert network groups both met with Chinese
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COVID-19: Union Health Minister cautions people not to panic, remain alert
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday asked the public not to panic about COVID-19, but be alert and follow the directives issued by the government from time to time.
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Covid surge in China hits its commercial hub Guangzhou, dents economic pre
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China's reversal of its Covid-19 restrictions in early December was meant to help places like Guangzhou. But the chaotic approach has contributed to a tsunami of infections that has swept across the nation, overwhelming hospitals and funeral parlours.
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India detects 11 COVID-19 Omicron sub-variants in international passengers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of international travellers and all these variants earlier reported as present in the country, the sources said. A total of 19,227 samples of international travellers were tested, out of which 124 were found positive and were isolated
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India witnesses slight increase in Covid infections with 188 new cases in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India saw a slight increase in Covid infections on Thursday as it witnessed 188 new cases in the last 24 hours on Thursday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
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Omicron subvariants BA.5.2, BF.7 responsible for latest COVID outbreak in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a statement, WHO said that the Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) held a meeting with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday and said, "The China CDC analysis showed a predominance of Omicron lineages BA.5.2 and BF.7 among locally acquired in
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