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  German disease control head warns of 'terrible Christmas' as country's Covid cases rise

  World | November 18, 2021 17:35 IST

  Germany needs to increase its vaccination rates to significantly above 75%, from 67.7% at present. Some regions in Germany have vaccination rates as low as 57.6%.

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  South Korea: Spurt in daily Covid cases, deaths worry govt amid easing of restrictions

  World | November 18, 2021 16:33 IST

  Students were required to have their temperatures taken before entering classrooms, and those with fevers were sent to separate testing areas. The Education Ministry said that 68 infected students, and 105 others in self-quarantine took the hours-long test in isolation.

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  India has faced Covid crisis with resilience and fortitude: Nirmala Sitharaman

  Business | October 15, 2021 8:05 IST

  According to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook, India is estimated to be the fastest-growing major economy in 2021, projected to grow at 9.5 per cent in 2021 and 8.5 per cent in 2022.

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  New Zealand to enter lockdown after single coronavirus case found

  World | August 17, 2021 13:24 IST

  New Zealand's government took drastic action Tuesday by putting the entire nation into a strict lockdown after detecting just a single community case of the coronavirus.

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  Kerala: COVID lockdown restrictions force people to perform 'Bali Tharpanam' rituals at home

  India | August 08, 2021 13:12 IST

  People in Kerala offered "bali" to their ancestors by performing the rituals in their homes on the occasion of 'Karkitaka Vavu Bali' on Sunday.

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  China records another 80 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, seeks to control flare-up

  World | August 06, 2021 11:46 IST

  Of the new cases, 58 were found in the eastern city of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, where the highly contagious delta variant spread among airport workers in the provincial capital of Nanjing. 

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  Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases

  World | August 01, 2021 7:27 IST

  The Florida Hospital Association said Friday that statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations are nearing last year’s peak.

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  Canada official: 4th virus wave possible if steps not taken

  World | July 31, 2021 6:59 IST

  A fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant could strike the country, said Canada’s chief public health officer.

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  'Very low' Covaxin stock, meagre supply of doses likely to hit inoculation: Bengal official

  India | July 25, 2021 6:26 IST

  West Bengal has vaccinated over 2.75 crore people so far and out of them, 81.9 lakh got the second dose, the health official said.

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  Over 150 children found COVID-positive as Mizoram reports highest daily cases

  India | July 20, 2021 12:45 IST

  On the fresh infections, 234 cases were confirmed at the RT-PCR laboratory in Zoram Medical College (ZMC).

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  Bangladesh's Covid-19 cases surpass 1.1 million

  World | July 19, 2021 9:02 IST

  The official data showed that 39,806 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Sunday across Bangladesh.

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  Kerala: Congress to start Covid death count campaign, says govt list fudged

  India | July 16, 2021 14:35 IST

  Congress MP, Benny Behanan said the figures provided by Vijayan in his daily statement on Thursday show 15,025 Covid deaths.

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  Over 41.10 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to states, UTs: Centre

  India | July 16, 2021 12:03 IST

  More than 41.10 crores (41,10,38,530) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs (union territories) so far, through all sources.

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  With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles

  World | July 16, 2021 8:02 IST

  The announcements come amid a sharp increase in virus cases, many of them the highly transmissible delta variant that has proliferated since California fully reopened its economy on June 15.

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  India pulled back global supply of COVAX due to surge of cases inside the country: USAID admin

  World | July 16, 2021 6:32 IST

  The shortage is going to end soon because the United States has purchased Pfizer’s vaccine which will start to come online in August, said USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

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  'Focus on micro containment zones': PM Modi reviews Covid situation in North-East with CMs

  India | July 13, 2021 13:03 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Chief Ministers of the North-eastern states to focus on micro containment zones to tide over Covid-19 crisis.

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  Delhi: Decision to shut down Janpath market for flouting Covid norms withdrawn

  India | July 12, 2021 15:17 IST

  The order to shut down Delhi's Janpath Market was withdrawn soon after it was issued.

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  Caught in Covid crisis, Tripura tribals grow Apple Ber, first in North East region

  Good News | July 12, 2021 12:59 IST

  Some tribal farmers in Tripura are scripting a new story by cultivating Apple Ber, a variety of horticultural fruit. It is being done for the first time in the entire northeastern region

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  Jagannath rath yatra to be held in Ahmedabad on July 12 with curbs: Gujarat govt

  India | July 09, 2021 8:30 IST

  The Gujarat government on Thursday gave its nod for the 144th rath yatra of Lord Jagannath in Ahmedabad on July 12 with restricted participation and strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols and guidelines.

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  Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose; shots still protect

  World | July 09, 2021 7:10 IST

  Research from multiple countries shows the Pfizer shot and other widely used COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against the highly contagious delta variant, which is spreading rapidly around the world and now accounts for most new U.S. infections.