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Ecuador sees 286,725 COVID-19 cases, 11,095 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], March 3 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador on Tuesday reported 358 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus disease and 17 more deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 286,725 and the death toll to 11,095.
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Study reveals blood tests can offer early indicator of severe COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): A recent study has found that a series of biomarkers, or biological signals, associated with white blood cell activation and obesity can predict severe outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
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Brazil registers 1,386 deaths from COVID-19 in 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,386 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 254,221, the Ministry of Health reported Saturday.
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Study shows COVID-19 patients have higher risk of cardiac damage
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): A recent study revealed that approximately 50 per cent of patients, who are hospitalized due to severe COVID-19 symptoms, show raised levels of a protein called troponin that causes damage to their hearts.
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WHO believes badgers, rabbits could have spread COVID-19 to humans
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 19 (ANI/Sputnik): World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the pandemic's origins suggest that ferret badgers and rabbits, which were sold at a Wuhan market in China, could have played a role in spreading the novel coronavirus to humans, The Wall S
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Bolivia close to overcoming second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Bolivian government announced on Saturday that the country is close to overcoming a second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with cases decreasing in several departments after restrictive measures were put in place, including a
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Ecuador logs 2,010 new cases of COVID-19, 265,527 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered 2,010 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases to 265,527, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
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Canada records 651 cases of coronavirus vaccine adverse reactions
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], February 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian health officials have observed 651 cases of adverse reactions in patients who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, the country's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday.
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Czech Republic to vaccinate 7 million people against COVID-19 by August
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Ministry of Health expects that by August 2021, about 7 million people will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Minister Jan Blatny said.
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COVID-19 death toll in France surpasses 80,000
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France has topped 80,000, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement.
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Brazil sees 1,350 COVID-19 deaths, over 50,000 cases in a day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 1,350 deaths due to the novel coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 233,520.
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Biomaterials and nanotechnology could help lead to virus-fighting surfaces
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists are working toward advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology that could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by making hospital beds or doorknobs naturall
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