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Study finds adults with disabilities in hospital with COVID-19 have worse
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): A recent study has found that disabled adults have worse outcomes when hospitalised for COVID-19 when compared to patients without disabilities.
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PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission will prepare country for
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that the government, with a farsighted vision, is taking steps to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and its PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission will prepare the country for any health crisis in future
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Made in India COVID-19 vaccines playing important role in making world fre
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that 'Made in India' COVID-19 vaccines are playing an important role in making the world free from the pandemic.
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MGNREGA outlay should be increased, support to MSMEs must be provided, say
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): FICCI Vice President Subhrakant Panda on Monday said that Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) outlay should be increased and support to MSMEs must be provided in the Union Budget.
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COVID-19: Nasal vaccine could be a game-changer if it provides mucosal imm
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): As Hyderabad-based drug maker Bharat Biotech has got regulatory approval to conduct Phase-3 clinical trials of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose, senior epidemiologist in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, Dr Sanjay
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Thoughtful approach to reducing 'OR' time, helps address pandemic-induced
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Dallas (Texas) [US], January 30 (ANI): The pandemic brought about many challenges for doctors and nurses alike. It included staff shortages most importantly. Staff would be exhausted after working for 12 hours a day every day, leading to many quitting their work. The problem of staff shortag
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Study finds pandemic added challenges for maternity care
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): According to new research, the COVID-19 pandemic had a wide range of impacts on maternity care.
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Study links unemployment to increase in violence during early pandemic
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California [US], January 30 (ANI): A new study found that a sharp rise in unemployment during the first five months of the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to an increase in firearm violence and homicide in 16 American cities.
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COVID-19: Tourism industry hopes for relief from upcoming Union budget
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism sector is hoping for relaxation in taxes from the upcoming Union Budget which is scheduled to be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
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Taliban's acting health minister asks people to get vaccinated against COV
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): Stressing that the threat of COVID-19 pandemic has not yet vanished globally, the Taliban's acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad on Saturday asked people in Afghanistan to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Turkey registers record 94,783 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday reported 94,783 new COVID-19 cases, its highest daily figure of the pandemic, raising its tally of infections to 11,438,476, according to its Health Ministry.
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J-K: NGO holds special awareness programme on surgical care during Covid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], January 29 (ANI): A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) organised a special awareness programme on surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Kashmir valley. A number of doctors and health experts participated in the programme.
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