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Puducherry coronavirus update: UT logs 408 new cases, tally touches 16,566

Puducherry continued to witness an upward trend of Covid-19 infections as 408 fresh cases and 18 related deaths were added on Saturday, raising the overall tally to 16,566 in the union territory

Arunachal Pradesh coronavirus update: State's Covid caseload rises to 4,775

The COVID-19 caseload in Arunachal Pradesh rose to 4,775, with 201 more people including 33 security personnel testing positive for the virus

Xi Jinping promises more market opening at first trade fair since Covid-19

Xi Jinping pledged to open China's service industries wider to foreign competitors as its first in-person trade fair since the coronavirus outbreak opened under intensive anti-disease controls

DATA STORY: India coronavirus tally past 4 mn on steepest single-day spike

Doubling time for total cases stands at 31.9 days, for active cases at 38.1 days, and for deaths at 43.9 days

Covid-19 test mandatory for all who attend Telangana Assembly session

A Covid-19 test will be mandatory for all MLAs and staff and only those who test negative will be allowed to attend the monsoon session of the state Assembly beginning from September 7

Telangana sees over 2,500 new Covid-19 cases; 11 fatalities up toll to 877

Telangana posted 2,511 fresh coronavirus cases and 11 related deaths, taking the total infection count in the state to 138,000

India add 1 mn Covid cases in 13 days; record 86,432 infections reported

India's Covid-19 infection tally sprinted past 4 mn, just 13 days after it crossed 3 mn, with a record 86,432 cases being reported in a day

The implications of the coronavirus pandemic for the environment

Challenges at the intersection of health, ecology, and climate science

Covid-19 Factoid: Delhi's daily new cases now twice those in early August

Maharashtra, too, is reporting almost double the average daily case additions in early August

Mexico coronavirus update: Covid-19 death toll stands at 66,851

The number of people, who have died of Covid-19 in Mexico, has risen by 522 to 66,851 within the past 24 hours, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said

Brazil coronavirus update: Case load tally stands at 4.09 million

The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 50,163 to 4,091,801 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday

India's patchy mental healthcare system failing to deliver during pandemic

Past pandemics led to worsening mental health issues and an increase in suicides, according to studies

J&J seeking 20,000 Covid vaccine trial volunteers in hard-hit Latin America

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will seek 20,000 volunteers for late-stage human trials of its experimental coronavirus vaccine in hard-hit Latin America, one-third of the planned global total, one of its public health chiefs in the region said.

US job growth loses speed as fiscal stimulus ebbs; permanent job losses up

Nearly a fifth of the job gains reported by the Labor Department on Friday were from the government's temporary hiring for the 2020 Census

Coronavirus vaccine distribution expected to start in mid-2021: WHO

The large-scale global distribution of vaccines against Covid-19 is not expected until mid-2021, the WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told a press briefing on Friday

Assam coronavirus update: State reports 15 deaths, 2,891 fresh Covid cases

Fifteen more people died from coronavirus in Assam on Friday as 2,891 fresh cases surfaced, taking the number of infections to 121,224

France coronavirus update: 22 schools closed due to Covid-19 spread

Twenty-two schools and over 100 classes in France were closed due to the spread of the coronavirus, Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced

Sero Survey: Antibody prevalence rate at 5.15% in Odisha's Bhubaneswar

The second phase of the sero surveillance conducted across 25 wards of the Temple City has found the antibody prevalence rate at 5.15%

ICMR issues advisory, recommends 'test on-demand' for coronavirus

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory on the strategy for Covid-19 testing in which it has recommended "testing on demand"

Delhiites who went to Murthal should self-isolate, get tested: Official

People from Delhi who recently visited Murthal should immediately self-isolate and get themselves tested after a couple of days