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"Public must report to doctor early for timely detection," say Doctors on
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amid the surge of viral infections, Senior Consultant, Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospital Dr Suranjit Chatterjee on Thursday said that it has become challenging to diagnose the infections as there are a lot of them happening at this moment. He added that it is crucial to report to the doctor
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Korea records COVID-19 surge in wastewater amid summer wave
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The Republic of Korea's disease control agency said Sunday the level of the COVID-19 virus in wastewater has nearly doubled in just a week, following a surge in infections during the summer vacation season.
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Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 will not lead to surge in cases
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): After India witnessed cases of the sub-variants of Omicron, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association's national task force on Tuesday said that these newly-detected sub-lineages will not cause a surge in infections but people still n
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Dr NK Arora advises people not to take COVID-19 'for granted' as China wit
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): As China is reporting a surge in coronavirus infections, Dr NK Arora, chairman of India's COVID-19 Working Group of NTAGI on Tuesday said that people should not take the disease "for granted" because new variants can occur at all times in future.
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Hong Kong's hospitals run over-capacity as city struggles to contain COVID
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 16 (ANI): Hong Kong is currently struggling to curb the COVID-19 outbreak in the territory that has witnessed a surge in infections, according to a media report.
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Findings help explain why vaccinated people at low risk during delta surge
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading antibodies generated by vaccination, according to a study
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Countries relying on Chinese COVID-19 vaccines reporting surge in infectio
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): Countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain had relied on the easily accessible Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and bring back normalcy. These countries are now battling a surge in infections.
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Boris Johnson extends lockdown restrictions in England till July 19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], June 14 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday extended COVID-19 restrictions in England till July 19, which were earlier scheduled to be lifted on June 21, saying there was concern about the spread of Delta variant.
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Odisha CM sanctions Rs 26.29 cr for lockdown-affected urban street vendors
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 8 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced a package for the street vendors who suffered due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown clamped in the State to contain the surge in infections.
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Japan enforces tougher measures against Covid from today amid surge in cas
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 16 (ANI): Japan enforced tougher measures against the coronavirus in six prefectures from Sunday amid a surge in infections ahead of the Summer Olympics, imposing an expanded state of emergency in three of them and a quasi-emergency in three others.
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Twitter donates USD 15mn to three NGOs to help India battle COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
California [US], May 11 (ANI): Amid India's battle against COVID-19, Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the record surge in infections due to the second wave of the deadly virus.
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COVID-19: Ashwin urges people to 'follow best practices' amid rapid surge
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 16 (ANI): As India continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday urged everyone to be more vigilant to fight the second wave of COVID-19.
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