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West Bengal logs 8,419 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): The poll-bound West Bengal reported 8,419 fresh COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Sunday.
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Rising COVID-19 cases putting huge strain on health system, need to go bac
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Noting that the country was seeing a "huge strain" on the health care system due to a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said that there is a need to go back to all the strategies that were being followed six-seven
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Neena Gupta receives second dose of COVID vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actor Neena Gupta, who took the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine last month, became the latest Indian celebrity on Saturday to receive the second dose of the vaccine.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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AP CM writes to PM Modi, urges to send 60 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting 60 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines as the vaccine stocks have completely run out in the state.
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Norway should stop using AstraZeneca vaccine, says country's public health
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 16 (ANI): A day after Denmark's decision to abandon the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine over links with very rare blood clots, Norway's public health institute on Thursday said the country should stop using it.
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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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Nitish Kumar receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 15 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Former world leaders call on Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): More than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates are calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules.
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COVID-19: Weekend curfew imposed in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Delhi government has imposed a weekend curfew in a view of the grim situation due to the coronavirus pandemic in the national capital.
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Mumbai 's Jaslok Hospital converted into COVID-19 facility
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 15 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has converted the privately-owned Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai into a dedicated facility for COVID-19 patients.
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India records highest-ever 24-hour spike with over 2 lakh COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): India reported its highest-ever single-day spike in COVID-19 with over 2 lakh cases on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
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