Page 28 - Latest Updates on Coronavirus
Karnataka govt sets panel to probe Covid irregularities during BJP rule
Issuing an order to this effect on Friday, the government said it expected the commission led by Justice John Michael D'Cunha to submit the report in three months
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India registers 60 new Covid-19 infections, active cases at 1,503
According to the ministry's website, 220.67 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far
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Joe Biden says he will request more funding for a new coronavirus vaccine
He added that it's tentatively recommended that everybody get it, once the shots are ready
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Brics should prepare for any future pandemics: S African Health Minister
There is no dispute that the Covid-19 outbreak has caught the world off-guard in terms of preparedness and caused major economic shock and abnormalised business operations and brought the new normal
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Mumbai reports 17 Covid-19 cases, cases climb in double digits for 4th day
It took the tally in the metropolis to 11,64,261, while the death toll remained unchanged at 19,776, official said
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Nearly 2 mn excess deaths followed China's sudden end of Covid curbs
China's decision last December to end the three-year zero-Covid policy, which included mass-testing and stringent and persistent quarantine lockdowns
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Highly mutated Covid-19 variant BA.2.86 detected in two more countries
BA.2.86 was first spotted in Denmark on July 24 when it infected a patient at risk of severe illness. Subsequently, it has been detected in symptomatic patients and wastewater samples
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Brics calls for nations to work together on post pandemic economic recovery
BRICS leaders on Thursday urged the international community to support countries working towards post pandemic economic recovery and address the high debt levels in some nations.
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High exposure to Covid may reduce protection from vaccination: Study
They also determined which people had resided with a Covid-positive cellmate and, as a result, had high exposure to the Covid virus
6.5% Covid patients died within a year of hospital discharge: ICMR study
The study examined data from 14,419 patients across 31 hospitals, tracking their health over a year through phone follow-ups
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North Korea signals reopening with first passenger flight in three years
Cargo train and ship traffic has slowly increased over the past year, but North Korea has only just begun to allow some international passenger travel
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SARS-CoV-2 infection linked with high blood pressure in adults: Study
This is the first study to compare the development and risk factors associated with persistent high blood pressure in people with Covid-19 infection to influenza, a similar respiratory virus
Centre holds meeting on Covid, asks states to ramp up genome sequencing
While globally a total of 2,96,219 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the past 7 days, India, which contributes to nearly 17% of global population, has reported only 0.75% of it with 223 cases
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Two years after catching Covid, patients still risk getting sick: Research
People who were never sick enough to be hospitalized for acute Covid still had a higher risk than uninfected people of developing long Covid-related disorders
Those vaccinated before getting Covid at lower risk of post-discharge death
"Participants who had received at least one dose of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine before their COVID-19 infection had a lower risk of post-discharge mortality," the study said
Painful that some raised concerns when India was battling Covid: Dhankhar
Addressing the 48th convocation of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, he said, "As a nation, we need to 'escape' that. That does not help anyone."
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Employment in India registered V-shaped recovery post-pandemic: Former CEA
Krishnamurthy V Subramanian also called to cease the use of CMIE data on employment in India till the flaws in its survey methodology are fixed
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Scientists rush to understand, contain highly mutated Covid-19 strain
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization designated BA.2.86 a "variant under monitoring" on Thursday, a designation that encourages countries to track and report the sequences they find"
Pandemic emergency ended but Covid-19 virus still around, says WHO
ore data are needed to understand this COVID-19 variant and the extent of its spread, but the number of mutations warrants attention. WHO will update countries and public as we learn more," WHO said
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