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Over 5 million COVID-19 tests done: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Over five million RT-PCR tests to detect SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus behind COVID-19 pandemic - have been done in the country, India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.
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'COVID-19 patients treated as dead bodies': Brother of journalist Manoj wh
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 10 (ANI): Brother of a journalist who had died due to COVID-19 a few days back, has alleged that his [journalist] death was due to negligence of the hospital management.
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161 new COVID-19 positive cases in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 9 (ANI): The total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Karnataka rose to 5,921 on Tuesday after the state reported two deaths and 161 new cases of the virus.
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1,871 Mumbai Police personnel infected with COVID-19 so far
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 9 (ANI): Mumbai Police said that 1,871 COVID-19 positive cases among the personnel have been reported as of Tuesday, while 21 have succumbed to the virus.
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Pakistan's lockdown relaxation resulted in rise in coronavirus infection r
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 9 (ANI): Highlighting that relaxation of the nationwide lockdown resulted in increase of coronavirus infection rate in Pakistan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggested imposing an "intermittent lockdown" in the country to curb the spread of the virus.
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Conduct thorough contact tracing of COVID-19 patients, follow ICMR guideli
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 9 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday directed the administration of the national capital to conduct thorough contact tracing of COVID-19 patients and testing for the virus as per the guidelines of the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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Researchers identify targets for COVID-19 vaccine using cancer immunothera
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], June 9 (ANI): A team of cancer researchers have applied the strategy of using the tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted them to identify the 'right protein sequences to target in SARS-CoV-2,' the virus that causes coronavirus.
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45 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported in Indore
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): 45 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 while two deaths were reported due to the virus in Indore on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 3,830 in the city, Chief Medical and Health Officer said.
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Nepal logs 314 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death in last 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 8 (ANI): In the last 24 hours, Nepal has recorded 314 new cases of COVID-19 and one death. With the new cases, a total of 3,762 people have been infected by the virus and 14 people have died, the Health Ministry confirmed.
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Once a coronavirus hotspot of Mumbai, Dharavi records no deaths during las
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): Asia's largest slum Dharavi, which was once a hotspot of coronavirus infection with rapidly increasing COVID-19 positive cases, has now in the last seven days not recorded a single person to the virus and has also seen a decline in the number of po
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36 COVID-19 cases, one death reported in Indore
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 8 (ANI): 36 more people were tested positive for COVID-19 while one death was reported due to the virus in Indore on Sunday, taking the total number of cases to 3,785 in the city, Chief Medical and Health Officer said.
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First case of journalist's death due to COVID-19 in Telangana, had severe
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 7 (ANI): A journalist who tested positive for COVID-19 and was suffering from severe comorbidities died on Sunday. This is the first case of a journalist's death arising due to the virus in the state.
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