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Fatality in 3rd wave significantly lower than Covid 2nd wave: Health ministry
The health ministry on Thursday presented a comparison between the 2nd and the 3rd wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and noted the difference in the number of fatalities and the coverage of the vaccination.
For the first time, the…
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Austria introduces lottery to encourage citizens to get vaccinated against Covid
Austria's conservative-led government said on Thursday it was introducing a national lottery to encourage holdouts to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, hours before parliament was due to pass a bill introducing a national vaccine…
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Boris Johnson rolls back Covid-19 measures including mandatory face masks, vaccine pass
British prime minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday (local time) announced the end of Covid-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England.
"Our scientists believe that is likely that Omicron wave has now peaked nationally. From now…
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Scientists develop Covid diagnosis test using X-rays, say it’s 98% accurate
A group of scientists in Scotland has found a way to detect the presence of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection in a person using X-rays. The diagnosis test uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the presence of the virus inside…
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Covid-19 deaths much higher than official figures, claims report
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in late 2019, more than 55 million people have lost their lives due to the viral disease, according to official figures. But a new research published in Nature has claimed that the actual toll…
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Daily Covid in India records sharp spike with 317,532 cases, new deaths at 491
India's daily coronavirus disease (Covid-19) rose sharply on Thursday with 317,532 cases registered in the last 24 hours, which pushed the caseload to 38,218,773, according to the Union health ministry's data
Fresh deaths also surged to…
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Covishield, Covaxin Cleared For Market Approval By Expert Panel
An expert panel of India's central drug authority today recommended granting regular market approval to Covid vaccines Covishield and Covaxin, which are currently only authorised for emergency use in the country, subject to certain…
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WHO Says Pandemic ‘Nowhere Near Over’ As France, Germany Post Record Cases
The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours.
The highly transmissible omicron strain has spread unabated around…
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Website for free Covid tests launched in US. How does it work?
Under criticism after weeks of shortages, President Joe Biden's administration is working to make Covid-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to Americans by boosting supply and lowering costs.
A new federal website to request…
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Covid 3rd wave: India unlikely to cross 4 lakh cases per day, scientists project
The latest analysis of the Covid-19 situation by scientists reveals that the overall peak of the third wave in India will arrive on January 23 but the daily case is unlikely to cross 4 lakh. Delhi, Mumbai have already reached their peak…
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