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Kerala leveraging social media to contain COVID-19, starts WhatsApp groups
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): With a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Kerala government is attempting to put the scope of social media to good use, by leveraging its potential including starting WhatsApp group to contain a possible community spread.
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World leaders offer help, support to Lebanon in wake of Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 5 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said France will deploy a civil security detachment and several tonnes of medical equipment to Lebanon, whose capital was hit by an explosion that left over 70 people dead and thousands injured.
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2 Belgian embassy employees suffer injuries in Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Two employees of the Belgian Embassy in Lebanon and members of their families have suffered injuries as a result of a massive explosion in Beirut earlier on Tuesday, the Belgian foreign minister Philippe Goffin said.
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'Looks like a terrible attack': US President Trump on Lebanon blast
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said that the explosion in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, which left at least 73 people dead and thousands injured looks like a "terrible attack."
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Over 70 killed in Beirut blast; PM Hassan Diab says guilty 'will pay price
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (ANI): At least 70 people were killed and over 2,000 injured following a powerful explosion that ripped through Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, local media reported.
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1,083 COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): As many as 1,083 COVID-19 cases were reported in Kerala on Tuesday, Health Minister KK Shailaja said.
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Yediyurappa's health condition stable, Siddaramaiah has high fever: Sriram
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 4 (ANI): Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's condition is stable and he is responding to COVID-19 treatment while leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah has high fever and doctors are treating him, said Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Tuesday.
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Sero survey for COVID-19 in Delhi extended for 2 more days: Satyendar Jain
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said that the government will have to extend the serological survey for COVID-19 in the national capital by two more days due to Eid and Rakshabandhan holidays.
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DGCI nod for Apheresis machine to extract blood plasma in Goa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Goa has made a new breakthrough in its plasma therapy for critically ill COVID-19 patients after Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) gave its approval for using Apheresis machine to extract blood plasma, said Health Minister Vishwajit P Rane.
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Kejriwal meets Puri, discusses development issues related to Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Health Minister Satyendar Jain met Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and discussed issues related to the development of the national capital.
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With 1,178 new COVID-19 cases, Assam's tally reaches 42,904
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Assam reported 1,178 new COVID-19 positive cases on Sunday, taking the total number of cases in the State to 42,904, said Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Health Minister.
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Telangana minister warns action against hospitals not complying with Covid
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 3 (ANI): Tough action will be initiated against private hospitals which do not comply with regulations and charge exorbitant rates for treatment of COVID-19 patients, Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender said on Sunday.
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