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Mumbai: Action against 58,000 people found without masks in last 13 days
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 3 (ANI): As Mumbai is witnessing a spike in the cases of coronavirus, the Mumbai police have tightened the noose around the violators of COVID-19 guidelines.
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Study proposes a low cost, high efficiency mask design
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): A new paper in Oxford Open Materials Science, published by Oxford University Press, presents low-cost modifications to existing N95 masks that prolongs their effectiveness and improves their reusability post disinfectants.
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Biden announces new actions to deliver masks to communities hit hard by CO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) announced new actions to deliver face masks to communities hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
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Mumbai Mayor distributes masks to spread awareness as COVID-19 cases surge
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): Amid the spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar distributed masks in the Dadar vegetable market on Tuesday to raise awareness among people.
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Mumbai civic body collects total fine of Rs 28 lakh from people for not we
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 23 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday collected a total fine of Rs 28 lakhs from 14,000 people who were caught without face masks in public spaces.
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It's possible Americans will still need masks in 2022, says Dr Fauci
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): Chief Medical Advisor to the US President, Anthony Fauci on Sunday (local time) said that it's "possible" Americans will still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the coronavirus, even as the US may reach "a significant degree of normality" by th
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Since March last year, BMC collected over Rs 31 crore in fine from people
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has collected a total fine of Rs 31.79 crore between March 2020 to February 19 this year from 15.71 lakh people who were caught without face masks in public spaces.
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Mumbai deploys marshals to ensure people wear masks amid surge in COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 19 (ANI): As Mumbai is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in the past few days and the current situation is "worrisome", the state government has deployed marshals to enforce mask-wearing and social distancing at public and religious places, said Mumb
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COVID-19: 4618 train passengers in Mumbai fined for not wearing masks
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 17 (ANI): The Mumbai Division of Railways and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have fined 4618 train passengers between February 1 to 14 for not wearing face masks, a mandatory health protocol to be followed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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People must wear masks to avoid another lockdown: Mumbai Mayor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 16 (ANI): Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said that it is in the hands of people to avert another COVID-induced lockdown by wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
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Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): Did you know that the humidity created inside masks may help in combating respiratory diseases such as COVID-19? According to a team of researchers, this is yet another benefit of wearing masks regularly.
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UP schools reopen for classes 6 to 8 with COVID-19 protocols in place
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 10 (ANI): Schools in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, Noida, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur reopened for classes 6 to 8 on Wednesday with COVID-19 protocols in place, after months of closure due to the pandemic.
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