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Large numbers of US immigration workers to be laid off
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): More than 13,000 people employed in the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) workforce are expected to face extended furlough starting August 3 that would cut off their salaries and will severely curtail the agency's work, Washington Post reported ci
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Covid restrictions prevented 60 million new infection cases in US, study f
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 9 (ANI): Shutdown orders put in place in view of stemming the spread of coronavirus pandemic has prevented about 60 million new infections in the United States and 285 million in China, according to a study cited by The Washington Post that examined how stay-at
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Trump's prospect for re-election slips over negative Covid ratings, poll s
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 1 (ANI): Donald Trump's prospect for re-election expected to be held in November seems to be eroding as Americans give negative ratings to the US President for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the blowback of which continues to persist on the economy as w
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America plunges into crisis as racial tension, unemployment grips amid pan
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): After a global pandemic which has now killed more than 100,000 in the United States and left almost 40 million unemployed in a devastating blow to the country's economy, America is gradually plunging into another crisis after sporadic violence across citi
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Researchers believe regional disparities make Covid-19 innately lethal in
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 29 (ANI): A team of Japanese researchers have found that regional disparities play a major role in mutating the strains of coronavirus and making it innately contagious as well as lethal in one part of the world than in another, according to a study cited by The Washingto
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Fitness wearables provide early-warnings for covid symptoms, study finds
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): Preliminary research has found that constant stream of data from wearable devices such as Oura rings, Fitbits and Apple Watches reveal early-warnings for coronavirus symptoms, days before people could even realize that they have been infected by the conta
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Some businesses in US pledge to keep away customers who cover their faces
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): As businesses slowly begin to reopen owing to the relaxation in corona-related-restrictions across the states, a handful of businesses seem to have fashioned themselves with a new trend of keeping customers away who cover their faces with masks and kickin
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Covid may never go away even with a vaccine : Report
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 28 (ANI): Even after a COVID-19 vaccine is developed and deployed, the coronavirus will likely remain for years to come, and may eventually, become endemic like HIV, measles and chickenpox, The Washington Post reported.
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Trump's Europe travel ban triggered a surge of Covid-infected passengers l
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 24 (ANI): President Donald Trump's last attempt to block travel from Europe in March triggered chaos and a surge of coronavirus-exposed passengers into the cities and suburbs across the United States that went unchecked for weeks and lead to an increase in infectio
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Fear of second wave of Covid-19 looms over southern US states
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 22 (ANI): The states lying-in the south of the United States, like Alabama and Texas, which are rapidly reopening their economies, are in danger of a second wave of COVID-19 in the next four weeks, according to The Washington Post.
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Areas without social distancing policies face 35 times more cases of coron
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 16 (ANI): A new study published in the journal Health Affairs highlights the importance of social distancing in curbing the spread of coronavirus, reported The Washington Post.
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Majority of Americans working outside home concerned about infecting membe
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], May 16 (ANI): Around 6 in 10 Americans working outside their homes were concerned about being exposed to coronavirus at work and infecting other members of the household, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.
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