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France to offer second Covid vaccination booster dose to elderly
France will offer a fourth Covid-19 vaccination shot to people over 60 years old who have already received their booster dose, a senior official said.
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Data story: India reports 1,109 new cases; death toll rises to 521,573
India has so far administered 1,853,888,663 vaccine doses. That is 4308.05 per cent of its total caseload, and 132.17 per cent of its population
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India records 1,109 new COVID-19 cases, 43 deaths in the last 24 hours
India logged 1,109 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,33,067,while the active cases dipped to 11,492, according to the Health Ministry data updated on Friday
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Global covid caseload tops 496.2 mn, death toll crosses 6.17 mn mark
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 496.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.17 million and vaccinations to over 11.08 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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South Korea's new Covid cases stay in 200,000s for fourth day
South Korea's new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day on Friday in a downward trend
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Registration for annual Amarnath Yatra 2022 to begin from April 11
After the suspension for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Amarnath Yatra 2022 is set to commence on June 30 and will conclude on August 11
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Fatigue after Covid is more than just feeling tired. 5 tips on what to do
The term fatigue can mean different things to different people
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What we know about Omicron sub-variant BA.2
The world is breathing easy now as less dangerous siblings of Coronavirus have displaced the deadly Delta variant. One of them, Omicron's sub-variant BA.2, is the dominant strain in most countries now
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TMS Ep146: Consumption inequality, QS ranking, markets, Omicron BA.2
How has India's consumption inequality come down? How did India fare in QS World University ranking? What's the right markets strategy before Q4 results? What's the Omicron BA.2? All answers here
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Daily Covid-19 tally rises 40% as Delhi reports 176 new cases
Delhi on Thursday recorded 176 fresh Covid-19 cases, registering a 40% increase over the previous day's count, according to data shared by the state health department.
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Covid exposed a need for efficient healthcare delivery system: Amitabh Kant
Covid has exposed a need for efficient healthcare delivery system, said NITI Aayog CEO, adding that technology and research solution that provide data-based information quickly is the need of the hour
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Shanghai's Covid lockdown risks becoming biggest crisis of Xi's tenure
The struggle to obtain daily necessities like food and medical care has triggered rare pushback from residents, with some saying the Communist Party's cure is worse than the disease
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2 Covaxin shots provide high immunity in breakthrough cases: ICMR
A recent ICMR study has shown that breakthrough cases after full vaccination with Covaxin have shown a significant increase in the immune response against coronavirus' variants of concern
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INSACOG testing sewage water samples across 55 sites to detect Sars-CoV-2
'This is called environmental surveillance, and India has done this during the polio campaign,' said N K Arora, co-chair, INSACOG
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'XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron': Dr Gagandeep Kang
Variants will come because people are travelling. Of what we know of the variant (XE) is that it is not a point of concern, Kang said
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LIVE: UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
Russia is the second country to have its membership rights stripped at the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006. Stay tuned for LIVE news updates
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CoWIN now allows submitting request to rectify Covid vaccination date
The portal already has a feature that allows one to rectify inadvertent errors in name, year of birth and gender on vaccination certificates
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Covid-19 pandemic: Tamil Nadu reports 26 new cases and no deaths
Recoveries outnumbered new cases with 37 people getting discharged in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 34,14,739 leaving 247 active infections, a bulletin said
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Shanghai becomes new Covid-19 epicentre with consistent record cases
Shanghai has become Covid-19 epicentre as it set a record of six-straight days of logging around 20,000 cases, as the city ramped up mass testing to tackle the rapid spread of the Omicron variant
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Germany lawmakers weigh compulsory covid shots for citizens over 60
German lawmakers are debating Thursday whether to require all people aged 60 and over in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus
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