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Covid-19 Factoid: Sudden surge in Telangana; S Korea braces for second wave

South Africa becomes the first in Africa to enter the ranks of nations with over 100,000 cases

Day after Rath Yatra, Puri goes under complete shutdown till 2 pm today

The shutdown came into effect from 9 pm on Monday

UN chief criticises lack of international cooperation in tackling Covid-19

Covid-19 started in China, moved to Europe, then to North America and now to South America, Africa and India, he said

Benefit-based Covid product to be priced higher than the indemnity one

The insurance regulator has revised its guidelines around the standard cover for the third time

Hospitals rework Covid-19 narrative as pandemic takes toll on trust, biz

Trust is running low and the big chains, Max, Apollo, Fortis and others are keen to retune the pitch with new services

Singapore PM readies ground for general election amid Covid-19 pandemic

With the present government's term nearing its end, the PM's move holds much significance, given it comes amid the pandemic

Govt asks Ramdev's Patanjali group to stop Covid-19 drug ads, seeks details

Hours after the launch, the ministry denied knowledge of the drugs and asked the group to refrain from publicising them.

Irdai allows life insurers to sell short term benefit-based Covid policies

Non-life insurers can sell both, benefit-based and indemnity-based short-term health covers

Food delivery man feared to be Beijing's new Covid-19 super spreader

China's health authority on Tuesday reported 29 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases

Facilitated 1,000 Covid-19 testing labs in India till now, says ICMR

According to ICMR, there are 730 government labs and 270 private labs for the testing

Patanjali announces Covid-19 medicine; govt frowns and asks for details

Patanjali has also been asked for details of the sample size, sites and hospitals where the research study was conducted

17 guards of Maruti's Manesar plant missing after testing Covid-19 positive

The employees, who belong to security agency SIS India, had tested positive for the infectious disease on June 17 and were supposed to be quarantined as per the law

Delhi reports record 3,947 new Covid-19 cases; tally crosses 66,000-mark

Sixty-eight fatalities have been recorded in the last 24 hours, a Delhi health department bulletin said on Tuesday

Decision on 10,000-bed Covid facility taken 3 days ago: Shah to Kejriwal

In a series of tweets, Shah also said that a 1,000-bed full-fledged hospital with 250 ICU beds is being developed for Covid-19 patients

Covid-19 might push 120 mn children into poverty in South Asia: UNICEF

UNICEF India Representative said there is a need to get core essential services going as soon as possible

Tamil Nadu adds 2,516 new cases on Tuesday, total tally at 35,339

The state also tested 23,921 persons for Covid-19 today

India coronavirus dispatch: Concept of 'second wave' is flawed, dangerous

Jobs are coming back, but not for the salaried, trying to reach herd immunity without a vaccine will be a disaster, and how many tests are enough tests?- how India is dealing with the pandemic

ICMR permits 200 plasma therapies at LNJP, 6 performed so far: Director

Two patients are scheduled for administering of the therapy on Tuesday and five other have been screened already, Medical Director of LNJP Hospital, Dr Suresh Kumar said

Seven more Pak cricketers test positive for Covid-19, total reaches 10

PCB CEO Wasim Khan said that the players and officials would now assemble in Lahore and another round of tests would be carried out on June 25 and a revised squad would be announced the next day

German region under lockdown after slaughterhouse linked Covid-19 outbreak

More than 1,550 people have tested positive for coronavirus at the Toennies slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck