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Experts call for urgent new measures as coronavirus cases continue to surg
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): As coronavirus cases in the United States continue to surge and its fall out on economy turns out to be equally dreadful, public health experts have called for urgent new measures to halt the spread of the virus.
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Bengaluru organisation gets US FDA, EU nod for device that can kill COVID-
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Bengaluru based Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD), the research wing of organisation De scalene has come up with a device called "SHYCOCAN" (Scalene Hypercharge Corona Canon) which neutralizes the coronavirus.
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COVID-19 was not genetically altered virus, says geopolitical expert Jamie
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): As several questions on the actual origin of the coronavirus remain unanswered, Jamie Metzl, a geopolitical expert and a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, has opined that the virus was not "a genetically altered virus."
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PC Sharma tests Covid positive, urges close contacts to quarantine themsel
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], August 1 (ANI): After being tested positive for COVID-19, Congress leader PC Sharma on Saturday appealed to people who came in his contact to get tested for the virus and also quarantine themselves.
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Coronavirus impact on GDP will be felt for years to come: Fitch
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 31 (ANI): The impact of 2020 coronavirus recession on GDP will continue to be felt for years to come with GDP levels in the largest advanced economies expected to remain around 3 to 4 per cent below their pre-virus trend path by the middle of this decade, Fitch Ratings h
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China kept world in dark about COVID-19 spread, matter discussed in Parlia
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29, (ANI): In the Standing Committee of Parliament on Foreign Affairs (MEA) meeting on Wednesday, there was concern over the deadly COVID-19 virus and its spread. The government officials have briefed the Committee that, "China has kept in dark the world including Ind
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Medical bed isolation system 'Aashray' launched to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Amid the rising cases of coronavirus, a Pune deemed to be University has developed 'Aashray', a medical bed isolation system to combat COVID-19 by preventing or minimising the spread of the virus.
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India conducts over 5 lakh Covid tests conducted for 2nd successive day
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): India on Tuesday conducted over 5 lakh COVID tests for the second successive day, taking the total count of samples tested for the virus to 1.73 crores, the Ministry of and Family Welfare said.
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France donates ventilators, COVID-19 testing kits to India
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): France has donated 120 ventilators and 50,000 COVID-19 testing kits to India to combat the spread of the virus as the total count of positive cases in the country has inched closer to 1.5 million-mark.
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Aishwarya, Aaradhya Bachchan test negative for COVID-19, discharged from h
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Days after being admitted to a Mumbai hospital for testing positive for COVID-19, actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan were discharged from the hospital on Monday after testing negative for the virus.
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Himachal's Covid tally reaches 2,187 with 955 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 27 (ANI): The COVID-19 tally of Himachal Pradesh has reached 2,187 on Monday after 955 people detected positive for the virus in the state.
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India conducts over 5.15 lakh COVID tests in last 24 hours: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): In an effort to boost COVID testing to combat the virus pandemic, India has recorded highest single-day testing - of over 5.15 lakh tests to diagnose COVID-19 in last 24 hours, officials from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said as the country'
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