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Coronavirus vaccine update: Importance of Covid-19 drug, current status
Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has said that it is 99% sure that their Covid-19 vaccine will work. Track latest coronavirus vaccine updatesFchina
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Coronavirus LIVE: India cases near 200,000; global tally over 6.3 million
Lockdown 5.0 update: Maharashtra, Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh have extended lockdown till June 30. Catch coronavirus, lockdown updates and other related stories here
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Covid-19 Factoid: India's recovery rate improving, but active cases a worry
Punjab has seen a phenomenal V-shaped recovery since its peak of early May, with daily new case additions consistently below 50 and only 10% of all cases active
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Covid-19 crisis: Naidu, Om Birla discuss monsoon session of Parliament
They said the leaders have taken note of reports suggesting that the fight against COVID-19 is likely to be a long haul
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Unlock 1.0: Hospitality gets ready with new codes, more focus on hygiene
While new SOPs framed around government mandates are in work, eateries may be harder pressed to make them work
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Unlock 1.0: Odisha to impose curbs on 11 of 30 districts on weekends
Clampdown to remain in force till June 30 as migrants make their way back home
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Railway board asks zones to ensure punctuality of 'Shramik Special' trains
The railways has run 4,000 Shramik Special trains and ferried more than 56 lakh passengers across the country so far
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Social distancing, masks, sanitisers must in religious places from June 8
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari said stickers will be affixed on the floor and verandas of the mosque to ensure social distancing during namaz
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Railways' first isolation coaches for Covid-19 patients deployed in Delhi
These coaches have been stationed at the maintenance depot of the Shakur Basti railway station
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India coronavirus dispatch: Why heart surgeries have got scaled back
From informal Indian economy in the time of pandemic, to making cities liveable for migrants, and why Mumbai still struggles to cope with coronavirus - read these and more in today's India dispatch
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World coronavirus dispatch: The virus may have become much less lethal
From lengths to which hedge funds would go to protect staff, to why financial hiring gets tougher, and how Wuhan may have eradicated the virus - read these and more in today's world dispatch
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Keep middle seats vacant to the extent possible: DGCA tells airlines
India resumed its domestic passenger flights from May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown
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Four or more dosage of HCQ helped health workers ward off Covid-19: ICMR
According to the National Task Force for Covid-19 in India recommended once a week maintenance dose for seven weeks (400 mg once weekly), following the loading dose (400 mg bd)
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How states have planned for easing restrictions on inter-state travel
The Maharashtra government says that inter-state travel by road, air and trains from Maharashtra will remain prohibited in the latest phase of the lockdown until June 30
Covid-19 crisis: 200 trains to transport 145,000 passengers on Day 1
Passengers for these trains will have to reach the station 90 minutes before the departure to facilitate thermal screening
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Coronavirus LIVE: India seventh most affected nation with 190,609 cases
Covid 19 tracker: States that have seen sharpest single-day spike in total cases are Delhi (1,105), Tamil Nadu (874), Karnataka (248), Haryana (217), Uttarakhand (216), Telangana (169), Assam (168)
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Covid-19 Factoid: Roughly 6% of all closed cases in India are deaths
While India has been the fourth-biggest contributor of new daily case additions globally in the past 10 days, the country has added the fifth block of 1,000 cases to its toll in just 5 days
Will make Covid-19 tests affordable and accessible for all, says Thackeray
Maharashtra has reported over 65,000 Covid-19 positive cases which is highest among all the states
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Lupin steps up production of key drugs in potential use for Covid-19
Expects US approval for Albuterol soon
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Unlock 1.0 details, PM Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' and coronavirus updates
Modi noted how India has fared much better than many parts of the world in fighting the pandemic
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