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China's COVID surge is infecting 37 million people a day: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The estimates, including 37 million people who were infected on Tuesday alone, were revealed by Sun Yang, a deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention in a health briefing on Wednesday, the FT report said.
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China stops publishing daily Covid cases amid fresh surge
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"China's National Health Commission (NHC) will stop publishing daily COVID-19 case data from Sunday. Instead, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will release COVID-related info for study and reference," NHC said in a statement.
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Study reveals chronic inflammation as cause for decline in breastfeeding
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Despite the fact that 80 percent of mothers nurse their newborns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that only 25 percent of women exclusively breastfeed their infants for the six months recommended by the United States Dietary Guidelines. Researchers found that social is
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Measles becomes 'an imminent global threat' due to the Covid pandemic: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organization(WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday (local time) said that measles immunization had dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccin
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South Korean government eases mask regulations at baseball stadiums
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 21 (ANI/Global Economic): As the number of new COVID-19 cases decreases, the government is actively considering easing distancing regulations. In addition to lifting the outdoor mask mandate, it is expected that lifting indoor masks for infants and children, th
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Mainland China reports first monkeypox case in Chongqing city
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Chongqing [China], September 18 (ANI): Mainland China has reported its first case of monkeypox in the western megacity of Chongqing in a traveller who arrived in the city from overseas, media reports said.
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87 pct of Americans should wear mask indoors or consider it: US CDC
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): More than 60 per cent of people in the United States live in counties where they should be wearing a mask indoors in public spaces, U.S. News & World Report last week cited the COVID-19 community levels issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr
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US may face more monkeypox cases before numbers go down
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States may see more cases of monkeypox before the numbers go down, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky said on Friday.
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China reports 128 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 23 (ANI): Daily caseload has begun to go up in recent days in China. The country reported 128 locally-transmitted COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, including 42 in Gansu and 35 in Guangxi, media reports said citing the National Health Commission.
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US identifies first cases of monkeypox in children
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 23 (ANI): US has reported the first cases of monkeypox as two cases of the rare viral disease have been identified in children, media reports said citing the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
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70 pc Americans infected with COVID -19, White House urges to get vaccinat
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 22 (ANI): Seventy per cent of Americans have been infected with COVID-19.
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South Korea Korea reports 76,402 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 20 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 76,402 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 18,937,971, the health authorities said Wednesday.
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