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  Number of Covid patients hospitalized in France exceeds 10,000 again

  World | August 17, 2021 8:28 IST

  The number of Covid-19 patients in hospital in France passed the 10,000 mark on Monday for the first time since June.

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  US Surgeon General says he lost 10 family members to Covid

  World | July 16, 2021 9:24 IST

  Dr. Vivek Murthy said at a White House briefing that he lost 10 of his family members in India as well as the US.

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  58 die, dozens injured after fire in Covid-19 ward at hospital in southern Iraq

  World | July 13, 2021 13:18 IST

  A fire swept through a coronavirus ward in southern Iraq, killing at least 50 people and injuring dozens more, Iraqi medical officials said late Monday.

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  New software developed to help identify patients requiring ventilator support: Govt

  India | June 19, 2021 12:17 IST

  The software scores the parameters against a pre-set dynamic algorithm multiple times for each patient and allocates a Covid Severity Score (CSS), mapping it in a graphical trend, it said.

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  Amid surge, around 3,000 COVID-19 patients go 'missing' in Bengaluru

  India | April 29, 2021 9:13 IST

  State Revenue Minister, R Ashoka met with various department heads on Wednesday and told reporters that he has already directed the state police to track and trace these missing COVID-19 patients.

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  Noida: Families of COVID patients touch feet of CMO, ask for Remdesivir

  India | April 28, 2021 12:56 IST

  In the video that made rounds on the internet, relatives were seen touching the feet of CMO Deepak Ohri, requesting that they be provided with the anti-viral drug Remdesivir.

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  Gurudwara in Noida to provide doorstep delivery for covid positive patients

  India | April 20, 2021 13:14 IST

  Shri Guru Singh Sabha gurdwara in Uttar Pradesh's Noida Sector-18 is providing two meals a day to the infected patients at their doorstep.

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  Strictly follow admission protocol while admitting Covid patients: Delhi govt to hospitals

  India | April 13, 2021 18:20 IST

  The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that severe cases involving respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation should be admitted to a dedicated COVID hospital.

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  Maha Gudi Padva tragedy: 10 Covid patients die due to Oxygen shortage

  India | April 13, 2021 11:18 IST

  In a shocking tragedy on Gudi Padva, at least 10 Covid-19 patients have died in the Vasai town due to alleged shortage of medical oxygen, officials said on Tuesday.

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  COVID-19 recovered patients may have immunity for over 8 months

  Science | January 08, 2021 19:29 IST

  Contrary to current belief that recovered Covid-19 patients have antibodies to fight the disease for up to three to five months, a significant study has claimed that the protective immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus could last for at least eight months or more.

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  COVID-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes: SC

  India | December 01, 2020 13:19 IST

  Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, said that some states on their own are pursuing this practice to prevent the spread of the virus.

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  Seriously ill coronavirus patients' antibodies affect immune system: Study

  Science | October 16, 2020 19:05 IST

  Researchers have found that people seriously ill with the Covid-19 disease have antibodies that are blocking so-called interferons, which are an important part of the body´s immune mechanism.

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  Karnataka to pay bills of corona patients referred by government hospitals

  India | September 22, 2020 21:35 IST

  Taking strong exception to Opposition charges, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday asserted that the state would pay the medical bills of Covid-19 patients referred to private hospitals after their registration at government ones.

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  Decoded: How severe COVID-19 patients develop low blood oxygen levels

  Science | August 21, 2020 16:54 IST

  The pilot study of 18 patients helps explain how COVID-19 behaves differently than classic acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in which lung inflammation leads to leaky blood vessels in the organ.

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  COVID-19 patients shifted to hospital in garbage vehicle in Andhra Pradesh

  India | August 03, 2020 15:38 IST

  A video, which shows three persons boarding the trolley in Nellimarla town, has gone viral on social media, prompting the authorities to order a probe. 

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  COVID-19 patient refused treatment, delivers baby in ambulance

  India | July 30, 2020 21:23 IST

  The pregnant woman was taken to three hospitals in about 36 hours since Tuesday but all of them refused to treat her.

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  40-year-old COVID-19 patient hangs self during treatment

  India | July 29, 2020 13:09 IST

  A 40-year-old man, who had tested coronavirus positive, allegedly committed suicide at a COVID-19 facility in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur, policesaid on Wednesday. 

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  COVID-19 patients can now enjoy music, read books in this Kerala medical college

  Health | June 24, 2020 17:27 IST

  Kerala government's Covid-19 response has become a role model for others in similar situation. They have been able to limit the spread.

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  Patients recovering from COVID-19 need care, support

  Health | June 15, 2020 15:42 IST

  Primary and community health services should work with families, care homes and domiciliary care to support the provision of holistic care for patients discharged from hospital after COVID-19.

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  'Clinically stable' COVID-19 patients should be allowed to use mobile in hospitals: Bengal doctors

  India | June 06, 2020 15:15 IST

  An association of doctors working at the government hospitals in West Bengal has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to allow use of mobile phones by non-critical COVID-19 patients in their wards as the ban on cell phone usage is causing mental stress for these people, an official said.