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Study finds infected ants live much longer than uninfected ones
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 28 (ANI): Life expectancy of tapeworm-infected worker ants is significantly higher than that of their uninfected nest-mates and resembles that of ant queens, according to a study led by researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
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Ecuador reports 1,098 new daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador reported on Thursday 1,098 new COVID-19 infections and 43 more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the caseload to 422,329 and death toll to 14,909, the Ministry of Public Health said.
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Sri Lanka's COVID-19 infections top 174,000
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of people infected with COVID-19 in Sri Lanka reached 174,059 Thursday with 1,782 new cases reported, official statistics from the Health Ministry showed.
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US intelligence community split, unsure if coronavirus came from lab or th
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 28 (ANI): The US intelligence community on Thursday acknowledged its agencies had two theories on where COVID-19 originated, with two agencies believing it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals and a third embracing a possible laboratory accident
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COVID-19: HC asks Delhi govt to consider granting ex-gratia to deceased ju
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Union Territory government to consider the issue of ex-gratia relief to family members of judicial officers, who succumbed to COVID-19 infections, observing that judges have been recognised as frontline workers by GNCTD
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Delhi records 1,072 fresh COVID-19 infections, positivity rate drops to 1.
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): With 1,072 fresh positive cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, Delhi's positivity rate dropped to 1.53 per cent, which is the lowest since March 24.
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9,462 villages in Chhattisgarh 'corona-free'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Nearly 10,000 villages in Chhattisgarh are completely free from COVID-19 infection as the virus has either not been able to reach these villages or those infected have already recovered, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) informed on Thursday.
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Deconstructing black fungus: Experts talk about myths, misconceptions arou
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Mucormycosis, previously known as zygomycosis and sometimes termed as black fungus, is a serious fungal infection, found generally in people with less ability to fight infection. As the cases of black fungus infection continue to rise in India, doctors and sc
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COVID positive Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee conscious, alert, BP stable; says K
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The oxygen saturation level of former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who is admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after testing positive for Covid-19 infection, has fallen slightly and his oxygen support has been increased. How
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Zydus Cadila seeks DCGI approval for clinical trials for monoclonal antibo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Zydus Cadila has sought approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to undertake clinical trials for monoclonal antibodies cocktail that can neutralise COVID-19 infection, the pharmaceutical manufacturer informed on Thursday.
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COVID positive Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's condition stable, says Kolkata ho
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who is admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after testing positive for Covid-19 infection, is stable, the hospital said in a bulletin on Wednesday.
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Chile reports 5,176 new daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], May 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris reported on Wednesday 5,176 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, for a total of 1,344,618 cases.
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