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Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill tests positive, will miss Tokyo Olympics

Top-ranked shooter Amber Hill has tested positive for COVID-19 at home in Britain and will miss the Tokyo Olympics.

Kerala sees 17,481 fresh Covid-19 cases, reports 105 deaths today

Kerala on Wednesday recorded 17,481 fresh COVID-19 cases and 105 deaths, pushing the numbers to 32,05,197 and 15,617 respectively.

States claimed no death due to oxygen shortage, now doing politics: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday hit back at its rivals amid a row over the Modi government's reply in Parliament on the matter.

False to say no one died due to oxygen shortage: Delhi Health Minister

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday said there have been many deaths due to oxygen shortage in Delhi and other places across the country

People whose kin died due to O2 shortage should take Centre to court: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said people whose relatives died due to oxygen shortage during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic should "take the Union government to court".

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Londoners want pay hike to return to office

J&J's one-dose vaccine is less effective against the Delta variant, Airbnb suspends host who rejected couple for taking vaccine, and other pandemic-related news across the world

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Up to 4.9 mn excess deaths likely - study

Doctor contracts two variants at the same time, study finds over 119,000 children lost at least one parent or grandparent to Covid, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Delhi reports 62 Covid-19 cases, 4 deaths; positivity rate at 0.09%

Delhi recorded 62 coronavirus cases at a positivity rate of 0.09 per cent and four fatalities, according to a health bulletin issued on Wednesday

Data on Covid deaths generated by States; Centre just collects: BJP

The Centre just collects data on Covid-19 deaths, it doesn't generate it, said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Wednesday

India's fact checking on toilets rests on asking the right questions

Accurate data on sanitation behaviour and toilet use can be captured if surveys ask questions on sanitation practices of all individuals in a household instead of one member, say experts

Maharashtra reconciles Covid data, India records 3,998 fresh fatalities

India recorded a single day rise of 3,998 coronavirus fatalities with Maharashtra carrying out its 14th Covid data reconciliation exercise, pushing the country's death toll to 418,480

Tokyo 2020: WHO leader says coronavirus risk inevitable at Olympics

Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of Covid-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of WHO told sports officials Wednesday as events began in Japan

Germany's Covid-19 incidence more than doubles within past two weeks

Germany's seven-day incidence of Covid-19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants has more than doubled within the past two weeks, the Robert Koch Institut said on Tuesday

Dramatic drop in US deaths, but remain vigilant about Delta variant: Biden

President Joe Biden has said that the United States has seen a dramatic drop in the number of Covid-19 deaths due to its vaccination program

Delta variant makes up 83% of Covid-19 cases in US, says CDC director

On Tuesday, CDC Director Dr Rochelle Walensky said the number is a 'dramatic increase' from the week of July 3

119,000 Indian children lost caregivers due to Covid in 14 months: Report

More than 1.5 million children in 21 countries, including 119,000 from India, lost their primary and secondary caregivers to Covid-19 during the first 14 months of the pandemic, according to Lancet

No deaths in Tamil Nadu due to oxygen shortage: Health secy J Radhakrishna

Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakrishna said that there were no deaths in the state due to the lack of oxygen

Delhi Covid-19 vaccine stock to last less than one day: Bulletin

Delhi has less than a day's stock of coronavirus vaccines left, with nearly 30,000 doses administered on July 19, according to a bulletin issued on Tuesday.

Covid-19 pandemic: Tales of migrant workers betray a year of woes

Their lives thrown into disarray, they struggle with lack of aid, jobs and vaccine

Easing of lockdown one of reasons for second Covid surge in India: Govt

Easing of lockdown combined with pandemic fatigue, lack of community adherence to Covid appropriate behaviour and evolution and circulation of more transmissible variants of viruses led to Covid wave