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Experts suggest excessive drinking amid lockdown can weaken immune system
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 13 (ANI): Planning to welcome the lockdown extension orders with a drink in your hand? Well, better to drop the idea as the recent study reveals that excessive drinking while staying indoors can have a negative impact on your immune system.
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LeT, Jaish and other terror groups exploiting COVID-19 to recruit jihadis,
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels /Amsterdam [Belgium], April 13 (ANI): Western anti-terror observers are seeing disturbing signs of terror groups like the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and others like the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) exploiting the COVID-19 turmoil including the economic di
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Fear of coronavirus causing depression, anxiety among people, relapse of m
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country and the subsequent lockdown to curb its spread, the psychological effects of the coronavirus, especially on mental health of people, have become a poignant concern for health experts.
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Anxiety, depression among patients with pre-existing mental health conditi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): As the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 crisis reaches day 19, mental health illness has become a poignant concern for health experts with doctors stating that patients with pre-existing mental health illnesses are prone to relapsing due to the fear of
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IIT Guwahati develops low-cost system to disinfect large spaces
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 11 (ANI): To battle coronavirus, experts at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have developed a disinfection system that can be used to sanitise large areas in the houses and in public transport, including metros and buses.
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New COVID-19 cases from areas with poor lockdown, no community transmissio
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): On a day when India reported the highest spike with 896 confirmed COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, experts have said that community transmission has not yet started in the country, but new cases are emerging from areas where lockdown has not been implemented pro
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Medical experts suggest COVID-19 would peak in India by mid-September, 58%
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 10 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the projections by medical experts suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic would peak in India by mid-September, and around 58 per cent of Indians would get infected, with 87 per cent of people likely to
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Models project 61,000 COVID-19 deaths in US: White House Response Coordina
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 9 (Sputnik/ANI): Models available to US health experts now project that mortality due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be at around 61,000 people, significantly lower than earlier forecasts, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx said.
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Did govt speak to experts or is it their trademark hasty decision: Owaisi
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 8 (ANI): After India temporarily licensed the export of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the decision.
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Time not ripe for full withdrawal of lockdown on April 14: Kerala Expert C
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Expert Committee appointed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to study the COVID-19 lockdown has recommended the Centre not to fully withdraw the lockdown on April 14, which was imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavi
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FSL experts who visited Nizamuddin area advised to self-quarantine
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): All experts of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) who visited Nizamuddin area have been advised to self-quarantine as a precautionary measure in the wake of novel coronavirus.
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Centre 'thinking' of extending COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Many State governments and experts are requesting the Central government to extend the lockdown enforced to combat the coronavirus. The Centre is now thinking in this direction, government sources said.
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