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Tamil Nadu: MRB Covid nurses continue to protest against government, deman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
MRB Covid nurses were hired on a contract basis till last year following which they were dismissed after an order issued by the government on December 30, 2022.
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About 30 lakh pilgrims expected to attend West Bengal's Gangasagar Mela
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After two years of the COVID pandemic, the Gangasagar Mela 2023 is being organised in West Bengal from January 8 to January 17 around the time of the Makar Sankranti festival. The pilgrims have already started pouring for the festival and take a holy dip in the Ganga river.
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COVID cases surge in China after govt abandons Zero-COVID policy: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
COVID cases have surged in China after the government abandoned its Zero-COVID policy, according to CNN.
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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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40 pc of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coronavirus between December 1 and 20. As of now, the total number of Covid infections has reached 665 million globally while 6.69 million people have died, Asia Times reported.
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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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India has become a sound and stable economy says J P Nadda
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India has become a sound and stable economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda said on Thursday adding that the country has also defeated the United States to become the fifth largest economy of the world.
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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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Despite Covid outbreak, China starts winter tourism campaign in Tibet
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China has announced that the "iconic Potala Palace" in Tibet's capital Lhasa will reopen for tourism after being closed for more than four months. Several other major religious tourist attractions in and around Lhasa were also reopened.
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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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