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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 1.58 mln as death toll hits 38,597
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], October 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent has reached 1,584,484 as of Tuesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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UK parliament to hold debate on racism towards East Asian people amid COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK parliament is set to hold a debate on Tuesday concerning the racism directed towards East Asian people following the onset of the coronavirus disease pandemic, according to the parliamentary agenda.
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Health Ministry guidelines for co-infection management of COVID-19 with se
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Health on Tuesday issued guidelines for the management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemic-prone diseases.
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Argentina's coronavirus case tally tops 900,000
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has risen by 9,524 over the past 24 hours to 903,730, the country's Health Ministry has said in a statement.
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Alarming spike in daily COVID-19 infections reported in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea registered 102 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, marking the first time since the start of this month that over 100 daily cases were reported, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
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Cow dung chip reduces radiation from mobiles, safeguard against diseases:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) chairman Vallabhbhai Kathiria unveiled a 'chip' made of cow dung and claimed that it reduces radiation from mobile handsets and it will be a safeguard against diseases.
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WHO expects to see COVID-19 vaccine by end of 2020 at earliest
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that a vaccine against the coronavirus disease will be ready for registration by the end of 2020 or early next year at the earliest, Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO chief scientist, said on Monday.
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Trump campaign used my words out of context, without consent, alleges Dr A
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): US top infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday (local time) claimed that his words were taken out of context without his permission, in a new advertisement by the Trump campaign praising US President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19
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Pre-existing health conditions enhances fatality risk due to COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], October 11 (ANI): Certain pre-existing medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, hypertension may increase the risk of death due to COVID-19, according to a study.
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Ambulance driver who ferried hundreds of COVID-19 patients succumbs to vir
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 11 (ANI): Arif Khan, an ambulance driver who ferried hundreds of patients of Covid-19 as well as carrying its victims for their last rites has succumbed to the disease on Saturday at Delhi's Hindu Rao Hospital following months of selfless and unrelenting service du
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District-level committees in Odisha to audit quality of COVID Care facilit
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 11 (ANI): The Odisha Government has decided to constitute 'Oversight Committees' at the district- level to audit quality care in COVID facilities as well as death review due to the disease in both Government and Private hospitals.
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Indirect effects of COVID-19 pandemic coincide with heavy mental health bu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], October 10 (ANI): Even the people who are not directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to have a toll on the mental health because of the disease, suggest the findings of a new study.
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