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COVID-19: KVIC supports local industries in Kashmir, orders 10 lakh face m
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 29 (ANI): To meet the demand for face masks amid COVID-19 outbreak, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has placed orders for masks from local industries in Kashmir.
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Some businesses in US pledge to keep away customers who cover their faces
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): As businesses slowly begin to reopen owing to the relaxation in corona-related-restrictions across the states, a handful of businesses seem to have fashioned themselves with a new trend of keeping customers away who cover their faces with masks and kickin
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COVID-19 toll in Brazil rises by 1,156 to 26,754
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people, who died of COVID-19 in Brazil, increased by a record 1,156 to 26,754 within the past 24 hours, the national health ministry said on late Thursday.
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UK Women's health services adapting well to COVID-19, but concerns remain
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], May 28 (ANI): In a new survey, researchers found that the majority of women's healthcare units in the UK, including services such as maternity and gynaecological cancers, have adapted well to the initial COVID-19 outbreak.
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10,000 Community Health Workers at work in Assam to prevent coronavirus ou
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India is going through a difficult phase as COVID-19 pandemic victims are increasing exponentially of late.
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The LEGO Group collaborates with Save the Children and NITI Aayog to suppo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] May 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown has had a particularly adverse effect on children, impacting their mental, physical and psycho-social well-being.
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Facebook shuts down efforts to make site less divisive among users
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Facebook have shelved their own research to understand how the social media platform shaped user behaviour and how the company might address potential harms of polarizing its users, people familiar with the matter told The WallStreet Journal.
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Meerut couple names their newborn twins 'Quarantine' and 'Sanitizer'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 27 (ANI): In the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus, a couple in Meerut has named their newborn twins 'Quarantine' and 'Sanitizer'.
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Boeing, Airbus study covid behaviour during air travel
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): The unprecedented decline in the global air traffic because of governments closing borders worldwide and ordering would-be fliers to stay home has pushed multinational aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus to conduct a study to find how the coronavirus behav
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South Korea launches 'No mask, no ride' policy for buses, taxis
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 26 (ANI): The South Korean government on Tuesday launched a 'no mask, no ride' policy on buses and taxis as a persistent rise in coronavirus infections in Seoul and the other surrounding area prompted people to put on face masks.
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Over 9.1 million COVID-19 tests conducted in Russia since the start of out
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 26 (ANI): More than 9.1 million tests to detect COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia since the start of the outbreak, the country's public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Tuesday.
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80 more Maharashtra policemen test positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): 80 more coronavirus cases have been reported among Maharashtra police personnel, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the force to 1,889.
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