Corona Updates

Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer Covid-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heat. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a…
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After a steady decline in daily Covid-19 cases, India on Wednesday saw a slight jump in the number of daily infections. The country reported 71,365 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, logging a 5.5 per cent hike than yesterday. The death…
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Global Covid-19 cases have surpassed the 400 million mark, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 400,244,031, with 5,761,208 deaths worldwide, as of 5:21 pm PT (6:51 am IST) Tuesday, showed the…
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As the countrywide Covid-19 tally falls, Mumbai will be unlocked by the end of February, mayor Kishori Pednekar said on Tuesday, according to news agency ANI. "We have made up our minds," she also said, while stressing not to show laxity in…
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Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely considered the most accurate and sensitive for the…
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Imported pet hamsters probably carried the Delta variant of coronavirus into Hong Kong and caused an outbreak among humans, according to a new study. The researchers from the University of Hong Kong and government officials conducted a…
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India saw a single-day rise of 67,597 new coronavirus infections, raising its tally to 4,23,39,611, while the active cases fell below 10 lakh after around 27 days. The positivity rate has gone down to 5%. Here are the top 10 updates on…
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The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has infected millions of people across the globe. In the two years since its emergence, the virus has mutated, grown stronger and led to waves of infection, which initially led to a high number of…
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Recovering from Covid-19 can be an arduous journey for many as health complications like fatigue, breathlessness, exhaustion, headaches, anxiety, loss of appetite continue to bog down people long after the infection subsides. No wonder…
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South Korea will no longer use GPS monitoring to enforce quarantines and will also end daily checkup calls to low-risk coronavirus patients as a fast-developing Omicron surge overwhelms health and government workers. The speed of…
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