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COVID-19 signboards outside infected families' houses leading to 'discrimi
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 20 (ANI): Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy has urged the Karnataka government to stop putting warning signboards in front of COVID-19 patients' houses alleging that they are leading to "social discrimination and untouchability" in the present tim
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Global COVID-19 infections surpass 14 million: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 20 (Sputnik/ANI): The coronavirus infections globally has increased by 166,735 in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases above 14 million on Sunday, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Vietnam registers another imported COVID-19 case, count rises to 383
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], July 20 (VNA/ANI): Vietnam recorded another imported COVID-19 case on Sunday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 383, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Nepal reports 156 new COVID-19 cases, infection count at 17,658
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Kathmandu [Nepal], July 19 (ANI): The total number of coronavirus cases has reached 17,658 in Nepal after 156 new infections were reported on Sunday, stated the country's Ministry of Health and Population.
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Study reveals obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe i
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Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science
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Study suggests ageing-associated inflammation may worsen COVID-19 outcomes
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Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): Inflammageing - an age-associated phenomenon of increased general inflammation - may be related to the increased severity and mortality of SARS-CoV-2 infections in older individuals, suggests a recent study.
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Hong Kong: Civil servants to resume work-from-home arrangement as coronavi
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Hong Kong, July 19 (ANI): With the city facing a high daily toll of more than 100 coronavirus infections, most of Hong Kong's 180,000 civil servants will resume work-from-home arrangements next week, reported South China Morning Post citing sources.
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Trump says he won't hold in-person rallies until 'Covid-19 problem' is sol
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Wisconsin [USA], July 19 (ANI): In view of a surging number of Covid-19 infections across the states, US President Donald Trump on Saturday said telephonic town hall will be replacing his large in-person campaign rallies until the "Covid-19 problem" is solved, CNN reported.
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China sends medical experts to Xinjiang after sudden spike in covid cases
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Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): China has sent a team of medical experts to Urumqi, capital of the western province of Xinjiang, in a bid to contain the latest outbreak after a spike in coronavirus infections, as per South China Morning Post reports.
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UK reports 827 new Covid cases, count nears 3 lakhs
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London [UK], July 19 (Sputnik/ANI): The United Kingdom registered 827 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, which took the total tally of confirmed infections in the country over 294,000, as per the Department of Health and Social Care on Saturday.
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Global Covid-19 count nears 14 million: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 19 (ANI): The global number of those infected with the coronavirus has surged by over 259,000 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily total so far, taking the total count of positive cases to 13,876,441, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Saturday.
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Telangana's COVID-19 count reaches 43,780, recovery rate at 70 pc
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 19 (ANI): A total of 1,284 new COVID-19 cases and 6 deaths were reported in Telangana on Saturday, taking the count of people infected with the virus in the state to 43,780.
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