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Kangana Ranaut wishes speedy recovery to Chandro Tomar as she tests COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, on Tuesday wished a speedy recovery to 'Shooter Dadi' Chandro Tomar, who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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176 arrested in Ecuador for violating COVID-19 curfew
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuadorian authorities arrested 176 people over the weekend for violating a newly-imposed night-time curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Government Minister Gabriel Martinez said on Monday.
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COVID-19: Japan demands pre-departure testing for Olympic, Paralympic team
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 25 (ANI): Japan's government will ask Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics athletes and staff from overseas to be tested for the novel coronavirus twice within 96 hours of departure from their respective countries, multiple games sources said on Sunday.
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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumps to over 10 per cent
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity ratio jumped to over 10 per cent on Sunday, a day after the country reported the highest number of deaths due to the novel coronavirus.
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Sonu Sood urges people to stand united in fight against COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Bollywood star and humanitarian Sonu Sood, who recently recovered from the novel coronavirus, on Saturday gave his fans a glimmer of hope in their fight against COVID and urged people to stand in unity with each other.
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Sonu Sood gets COVID positive girl airlifted from Nagpur to Hyderabad for
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Bollywood actor and humanitarian Sonu Sood, who recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus, on Friday got a critically ill Covid-19 patient airlifted in an air ambulance from Nagpur to Hyderabad, to get special treatment done.
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Riteish Deshmukh urges fans to wear masks amid second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Amid the raging second wave of the novel coronavirus, Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh on Friday urged his fans to wear a mask and to do so in the right manner.
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Argentina's COVID-19 death toll tops 60,000
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's pandemic death toll surpassed 60,000 on Wednesday after 291 more people died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, as health authorities warned the country is facing "the worst moment of the pandemic."
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Hema Malini prays for the well-being of those affected by COVID
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Amid the raging second wave of the novel coronavirus, veteran Bollywood actor Hema Malini on Tuesday prayed for the safety and wellbeing of all those affected by COVID-19. She also urged people to follow all the guidelines and requested everyone to stay hom
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Bhumi Pednekar turns 'COVID warrior', offers help to those in 'genuine nee
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): After recently recovering from the novel coronavirus, Bollywood star Bhumi Pednekar on Monday took up the mantle of a "COVID warrior" and extended support to her fans and followers on social media.
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Young doctors becoming COVID-19 patients' best buddies in hospitals throug
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): With the Union Health Ministry reporting 2,73,810 new COVID-19 cases and 1,619 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the continuous steep surge in COVID-19 cases in India is posing a serious challenge for health experts, who are constantly shuffling between the
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Second wave of COVID-19 'less severe' than the first: ICMR DG
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Dr Balram Bhargava, Director-General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday said that the ongoing second wave of the novel coronavirus in India is 'less severe' than the previous one.
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