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High rate of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases 'good thing' for society, could h
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): A high-rate of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases is a "good thing" for the society and could play a role in the ending of the pandemic, according to a researcher.
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TiE Mumbai engages with startups to thrive through the pandemic
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted livelihoods and businesses around the world.
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International meeting of senior national security officials delayed until
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Moscow [Russia], August 10 (ANI/Sputnik): This year's meeting of high-ranking national security officials has been postponed by a year because of the pandemic, Alexander Venediktov, Deputy Secretary, Russian Security Council told Sputnik.
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COVID-19: Study reports significant rise in health anxieties during lockdo
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Somerset [UK], August 8 (ANI): Coronavirus and the imposition of lockdown this year 'significantly raised' mental health challenges, particularly so for the most vulnerable groups, including those shielding, according to the first study to look at people's coping styles in face of the pandem
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Despite COVID-19 concerns, cigar smokers are smoking more: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
North Carolina [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): Results from an online survey suggest that though cigar smokers are concerned about their health and COVID-19 but are eventually smoking more during the pandemic.
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China's economic recovery may suffer due to fresh COVID-19 outbreak, flood
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Aug 5 (ANI): Fresh clusters of COVID-19 cases coupled with massive flooding may impede China's recovery from the pandemic as consumption and construction are likely to be hit, reports South China Morning Post.
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Though concerned about COVID-19, cigar smokers are smoking more, survey fi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
North Carolina [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): An online survey involving nearly 800 cigar smokers found that majority of the people surveyed intended to quit smoking due to concerns about elevated health risks if they contracted COVID-19, more than twice as many reported they increased rather than decr
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Unique COVID prevention kiosk inaugurated at Bengaluru railway station
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 3 (ANI): A unique COVID prevention kiosk was inaugurated at Bengaluru Railway Station with an aim to fight the pandemic, South Western Railway said on Monday.
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Mass unemployment amid pandemic in China emerges as biggest challenge for
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Beijing [China], August 3 (ANI): China is witnessing worst economic shrinkage in decades due to sluggish domestic consumption and low export demand amid the pandemic. One of the fallouts of the slow economy is the loss of jobs.
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Germany's Robert Koch Institute designates 3 Spanish regions as COVID-19 h
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Berlin [Germany], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): The Robert Koch Institute, Germany's agency for the pandemic monitoring and control, included on Friday the Spanish regions of Catalonia, Aragon and Navarre on its list of international high-risk travel destinations with the unfavourable epidemiologic
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Tamil Nadu: Elephant rearing business hit hard by COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 31 (ANI): With the COVID-induced lockdown across the country, the elephant rearing business has been hit hard. A fourth-generation elephant caretaker from Tamil Nadu's Madurai said that the pandemic had brought a lot of hardship due to the decrease in deman
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Noble Prize nominee Evelin G Lindner graces the first edition of e-Conclav
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India] July 31 (ANI/NewsVoir): With everything that has been happening around the globe at present, be it the pandemic, the climate change crisis, casteism, racism, economic downfall, it has become important to realize that there are certain things that we need to re
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