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CDC issues guidelines as rats infect residential areas amid restaurant clo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 25 (ANI): Amid stay-at-home restrictions across the country to battle the coronavirus spread, trash bins outside restaurants no longer overflow with scrumptious leftovers, rather people produce more food waste at home, which has led rats infesting more in reside
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930 more COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh, total count reaches 20,995
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): A total of 930 more coronavirus cases have been reported in Bangladesh, taking the count of the country's COVID-19 cases to 20,995, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR).
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US CDC provides $3.6 million to assist India's response to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has committed $3.6 million to assist the Government of India's response to the COVID19 epidemic, US Embassy here on Tuesday said.
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India, US in 'close cooperation' on COVID-19 information exchange: Ambassa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 10 (ANI): Asserting that India and the United States are engaged in "close" cooperation on exchange of information regarding COVID-19, Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu has highlighted that there are at least three possible vaccines for coronavirus on which Indian and Ame
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India's COVID-19 toll-free number recorded 50,000 calls, highest in a day,
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): India's national toll-free helpline number (#1075) to address queries on COVID-19 had in the last week of March recorded up to 50,000 phone calls after Prime Minister Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in view of coronavirus. However, on an average 30,000 p
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Community surveillance is key tool to tackle COVID-19: NCDC Chief
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Community surveillance is a 'key weapon' in tackling the coronavirus across the country, said Dr Sujeet Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) here on Friday.
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Possible COVID-19 'assault' next winter will be much worse: CDC Director R
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 22 (ANI): The second wave of COVID-19 in the United States will be much worse as it is likely to coincide with the start of flu season in the country, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield on Tuesday.
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Strict adherence to lockdown, social distancing to reduce COVID-19 cases:
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): Dr Sujeet Singh, director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday said that if people strictly follow lockdown and social distancing, this will substantially bring COVID-19 cases down and help the government in containing the disease.
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For first time in 2 months, S Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 20
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 18 (ANI): South Korea reported 18 additional cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking the lowest daily increase in about two months.
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South Korea's Daegu reports no fresh coronavirus cases first time since ou
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pyongyang [South Korea], April 10 (ANI): South Korea's city of Daegu, which was once considered as the country's epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, reported no fresh cases of the deadly virus on Friday, the first time since the outbreak there nearly two months ago.
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Trump issues advisory, ask Americans to wear face masks
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 4 (ANI); After weeks of insisting that Americans don't have to wear face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus, President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) announced new guidelines as issued by CDC (Centers for Disease Control) advising the use of "non-me
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You can now use Amazon Alexa to check COVID-19 risk level
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], Mar 27 (ANI): Amazon announced that it is making its digital voice assistant Alexa even more helpful during the COVID-19 pandemic for risk analysis using voice commands.
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