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White House keeps encouraging masks in schools: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): The White House maintained its adherence to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance encouraging mask usage in schools Monday (local time) as some states take steps toward lifting mask mandates in the classroom, CNN reported.
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COVID-19: South Korean embassy gifts 13,500 masks to Indian schools
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 7 (ANI): South Korea has gifted 13,500 masks to 26 Indian schools, their embassy said in a press statement on Monday.
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Child masking in early pandemic associated with reduced COVID-19 issues, f
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Haven (Connecticut) [US], February 6 (ANI): A new study revealed that child care programs in the United States that practiced child masking early in the COVID-19 pandemic (May-June 2020) experienced a 13 per cent reduction in program closure within the following year, and continued child
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Mixed response to DDMA exempting solo car drivers from wearing face masks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Car owners in the national capital have welcomed the recent DDMA decision to exempt solo drivers from being penalised for not wearing face masks.
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Lone drivers exempted from penalty for not wearing masks, says Delhi healt
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The Delhi Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday said that the drivers travelling alone in a car will not attract penalty for not wearing masks, said an order.
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UK public becoming less worried about COVID-19 pandemic: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): People in the UK are becoming less worried about the COVID-19 pandemic following the government's decision to lift most coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory face masks and COVID-19 passes, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday
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Schools, colleges, gyms to reopen in Delhi, single drivers exempted from w
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): In view of the consistent decline in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has decided to reopen schools, colleges and gyms and also exempted single drivers exempted from wearing masks in cars, sources said on Fri
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Study finds COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to childhood trauma
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): A new research has found that reluctance or refusal to get jabbed against COVID-19 infection (vaccine hesitancy), may be linked to traumatic events in childhood, such as neglect, domestic violence or substance misuse in the family home.
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Delhi HC terms state govt order to wear mask in car while driving alone "a
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Tuesday observed that the order of the state government to make wearing a mask while driving car alone mandatory is "absurd" and questioned the government "why is the order still continuing".
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Centre extends suspension of biometric attendance for its departments, min
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): The Central government on Monday extended the suspension of biometric attendance in all its departments and ministries till February 15 or until further order.
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Home Quarantine made easy: Group health insurance startup Loop Health prov
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): Loop Health, an employee health insurance startup that provides affordable health benefits and primary care, has announced that it will be equipping its COVID positive members with a special COVID Care Package. The package comes as a res
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Spituk Gustor Festival 2022 begins in Ladakh
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ladakh [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Spituk Gustor, the annual celebrations of Ladakhi culture and traditional heritage began on Sunday as the hostile weather condition prevailed in the Union Territory.
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