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  'Finding COVID-19's origins is moral imperative': WHO chief on 3 years of declaring 'pandemic'

  World | March 12, 2023 17:59 IST

  Earlier last month, the US Department of Energy reassessed the theory of lab leaks and reclaimed that the lethal virus leaked from a lab in China's Wuhan city in 2019.

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  'Normalcy returns': US President Biden announces to end COVID-19 emergency on THIS date

  World | January 31, 2023 21:46 IST

  Initially, the health emergency was invoked by the then-US President Donald Trump and was later extended repeatedly by his successor Biden since he took office in January 2021.

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  No immediate COVID-19 threat from China, says WHO Europe

  World | January 10, 2023 17:52 IST

  Covid 19: China saw an unprecedented nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing Covid restrictions due to protests against its Zero Covid policy.

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  Assam to withdraw all COVID restrictions from Feb 15

  India | February 07, 2022 13:39 IST

  Students appearing for the board examinations must get both doses of vaccination, CM said.

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  Omicron variant Updates: Religious places reopen in Bihar's Patna, Covid restrictions relaxed

  India | February 07, 2022 23:49 IST

  The Drugs Controller General of India has granted emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light Covid vaccine in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Sunday.

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  COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.61 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 9.26%; 1,733 deaths

  India | February 02, 2022 9:28 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,21,603 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin likely to be capped at Rs 275 upon market approval

  India | December 15, 2022 15:30 IST

  Covaxin and Covishield were granted Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) on January 3 last year.

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  Should you wear a cloth mask, or an N95 to avoid Omicron? US health experts answer

  India | January 22, 2022 21:47 IST

  Officials encouraged the use of cloth masks in the spring of 2020 as a desperate measure to slow the spread of Covid-19 after previously recommending against masks and continued to boost them in the months after. Now, though, more experts are saying that the masks are not helpful, the report said.

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  What does it mean for Covid-19 to be endemic and not a pandemic? Explained

  World | January 20, 2022 23:38 IST

  Diseases are endemic when they occur regularly in certain areas according to established patterns, while a pandemic refers to a global outbreak that causes unpredictable waves of illness.

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  Third wave of Covid 19 may take 'maximum of three weeks' to peak: Report

  India | January 18, 2022 17:25 IST

  The rural caseload is led by Andhra, Bihar, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha and Rajasthan, and rural vaccination is lower in Arunachal, Gujarat, Haryana and Karnataka.

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  Tested positive for COVID? Some people may remain infectious even after 10 days

  Health | January 15, 2022 9:13 IST

  The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, found that 13 per cent of people still exhibited clinically-relevant levels of virus after 10 days, meaning they could potentially still be infectious. Some people retained these levels for up to 68 days or more than two months.

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  Omicron variant Updates: Jharkhand reports its first 14 cases of new variant

  India | January 16, 2022 0:02 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to people to follow all Covid-19 related protocols, wear masks and get vaccinated if eligible.

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  Activities that put you at most risk of a COVID-19 infection and must be avoided

  Health | January 11, 2022 18:27 IST

  As per a new study, the risky activities which have increased the transmission of COVID-19 infection over the past two years are: going outside for shopping, leaving home for work, using public transport, eating at restaurants, playing sports, going to indoor and outdoor parties.

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  Omicron variant Updates: Gujarat disallows over 150 in gatherings amid rising Covid cases

  India | January 11, 2022 23:47 IST

  The Centre sounded a note of caution on a day when the country began administering a "precautionary" dose against the viral infection.

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  Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, January 10, 2022

  India | January 10, 2022 23:24 IST

  Hello and welcome to Aaj Ki Baat With Rajat Sharma, the only news show with real facts and no noise.

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  5-10% active cases need hospitalization currently, situation might change rapidly: Centre to states

  India | January 10, 2022 17:25 IST

  The rise in COVID-19 cases in various parts of the country appears to be driven by the Omicron variant as well as by the continued presence of Delta, he said and stressed on augmenting human resources, particularly healthcare workers, for Covid management.

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  Madhur Bhandarkar tests positive for COVID, quarantines at home

  Celebrities | January 08, 2022 12:39 IST

  The new variant Omicron is spreading at a rampant rate. There has been a massive increase in the number of infections over the last few weeks. Many Bollywood and television celebrities have tested positive for the virus. The latest celebrity to be tested positive for COVID19 is filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar.

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  Omicron: These are 3 types of people who are at grave risk

  Health | January 05, 2022 21:38 IST

  COVID-19 updates: According to research, the omicron variant has the ability to spread rapidly and even avoids vaccine-induced immunity. Thus, people who contract the virus should isolate themselves immediately for the safety of others.

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  Why are vaccinated people testing Covid positive? Here's what expert says

  World | January 04, 2022 16:30 IST

  Doctors advise to wear masks indoors, avoid crowds and get vaccinated and boosted. Even though the shots won't always keep you from catching the virus, they'll make it much more likely you stay alive and out of the hospital.

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  CES 2022 to get a day shorter, due to Covid Distress

  Technology | January 03, 2022 15:23 IST

  The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organisers of CES has recently declared that the trade fair will close its display on January 7 instead of January 8, 2022. The steps have been taken by CTA post witnessing the rising cases of Covid-19 in the USA.