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Wastewater testing for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 7 (ANI): Accurately identifying changes in community Covid-19 infections through wastewater surveillance is moving closer to reality. A new study identifies a method that not only detects the virus in wastewater samples but also tracks whether the infection rates ar
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Study reveals COVID-19 infection rates low in people with rheumatic diseas
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): A new study shows that the COVID-19 infection incidence has been low in people with rheumatic diseases, and most of those infected experience a mild course of illness. Additionally, fatalities have been low among rheumatic disease patients infected with COV
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COVID-19 interventions can cut virus infections, severe outcomes and healt
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the COVID-19 can reduce the peak number of infections, daily infection rates, cumulative infections, and overall deaths, a new study suggested
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Risks to economic recovery rise as uncertainty around virus containment pe
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sep 7 (ANI): The continued rise in new infection rates across parts of Europe and Asia highlights the risk of a second wave of infections which could lead to renewed closures and a sustained pullback in consumption, Moody's Investors Service has said.
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Trump's Europe travel ban triggered a surge of Covid-infected passengers l
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 24 (ANI): President Donald Trump's last attempt to block travel from Europe in March triggered chaos and a surge of coronavirus-exposed passengers into the cities and suburbs across the United States that went unchecked for weeks and lead to an increase in infectio
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'People have forgotten how to treat others': Massachusetts ice cream shop
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], May 12 (ANI): An ice cream parlour in Massachusetts temporarily closed and one of its employees quit after the owner said his staff faced an onslaught of harassment on reopening for the first time over the weekend after being shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pakistan's coronavirus tally reaches 30,941
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 11 (ANI): The nationwide tally of coronavirus infections soared to 30,941 on Monday after 1,476 new cases were reported during the last 24 hours.
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Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Pak govt prepares to tackle locust crisis
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 4 (ANI): Amid the measures taken to curb the surging infection rates related to COVID-19, the Pakistan government has started preparing to tackle the issue of desert locust which, if not controlled, will endanger food security in the country.
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Is increasing temperature raising childhood viral infection rates?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 10 (ANI): Turns out, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood viral infection that mostly affects in warmer summer months because of the increasing temperature and humidity.
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