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Trump administration blocks top US health official from testifying at Hous
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 18 (ANI): The Trump administration has blocked the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield from testifying at a hearing before a US House Education and Labour Committee to discuss steps to reopen schools amid the novel coronavirus dise
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Delhi HC asks Centre to file fresh affidavit on sero-surveillance study by
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit on the report regarding the preliminary results relating to the sero-surveillance study in the national capital by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science
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Highly-contagious GH strain of coronavirus spreading in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 6 (Sputnik/ANI): All recent coronavirus clusters in South Korea are seeded mostly by the highly-infectious GH strain of the virus, which is believed to spread six times faster than other types of COVID-19, the Health Ministry's Centres for Disease Control and Preven
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Number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh approaching 160,000: Research In
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has increased by 3,288 to 159,679 in the past 24 hours, the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control, And Research said on Saturday.
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COVID-19 cases surge above 60 on 2nd day of new outbreak in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 4 (ANI): South Korea on Saturday reported over 60 new coronavirus cases for the second straight day as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area hardly show signs of slowing down, raising concerns that second round of pandemic outbreak may return to an upward t
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Combating COVID-19: NCDC, Delhi Govt jointly begin Serological Survey acro
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Delhi government in association with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday conducted national capital's first Serological Survey, wherein, the health care workers visited door-to-door to collect blood samples for COVID test.
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Delhi: Union Home Secretary reviews implementation of Home Ministry's deci
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla reviewed the implementation of various decisions on COVID-19 in Delhi which were taken at a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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NCDC to conduct sero-surveillance study focusing on 20,000 households in D
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is set to conduct a sero-surveillance study in all 11 districts of Delhi focusing on as many as 20,000 households on a random basis including individuals below 18 years of age. The survey is expected to start
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COVID-19 cases count in Bangladesh rises by 3,471 to 81,523
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 13 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has increased by 3,471 to 81,523 in the past 24 hours, the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research confirmed on Friday amid relaxed coronavirus-related restrictions.
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No fist bumps or handshakes, face masks mandatory: CDC guidelines to creat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Americans who are looking forward to resuming office jobs in upcoming weeks will not be allowed to enjoy fist bumps or handshakes, no carpooling or share coffee pots in cafeterias and various other new measures mandated by the Centers for Disease Control
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US CDC rolls out new guidelines for reopening offices
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York (USA), May 29 (ANI): In a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus at the workplaces, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday recommended few measures for the employers to combat the menace.
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