Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: Registering more than 60,000 cases in 24 hours for the first time, India’s Covid-19 count surpassed 20 lakh on Friday, while the number of recoveries rose to 13.78 lakh, according to data from the Health Ministry of the Union. Here’s a look at the main developments: one INDIA Cardholders of overseas Indian citizens…
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NEW DELHI: The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) told the Delhi High Court on Friday that a fake phone number and laboratory or hospital address can be used for Covid-19 testing in homeless people with mental illness. The country’s main medical research body found the solution to address the problem of homeless people with…
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NEW DELHI: On Friday, the BJP and Congress attacked each other over their alleged connections to China and its companies, and the ruling party chairman JP Nadda took advantage of the Supreme Court’s observations on an issue to launch a new attack on the leadership of the opposition party. While declining to listen to a…
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MOSCOW: Russia will register its first coronavirus vaccine on August 12, Deputy Health Minister Oleg Gridnev said on Friday. The vaccine has been jointly developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian Ministry of Defense. “The vaccine developed by the Gamaleya center will be registered on August 12. At this moment the last, third…
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A joint study by researchers from the US and Denmark found that, of those who donated plasma, those with more typical COVID symptoms such as fever, shortness of breath, nausea, pharyngula had a higher level of antibodies (immunoproteins, IgG levels) than others with less prominent symptoms. For the study, the researchers used a flexible ELISA-based…
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The ideal government response to Covid-19 would combine New Zealand’s testing policy, Denmark’s school policy, and Uganda’s communication strategy, according to a study of responses from different countries. Research by Michael Barber, a former adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Idris Jala, who did similar work for Malaysia’s Najib Razak, has looked at…
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About this gallery Residents of Beirut, who are battling financial collapse amid the coronavirus outbreak, sift through debris after an explosion devastated a c … Read more Beirut residents, struggling with financial collapse amid the coronavirus outbreak, examine rubble after an explosion devastated a city. Let’s take a look at the photos … Read less…
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Hello and welcome to the live coverage of day 3 of the first test between England and Pakistan at Old Trafford in Manchester.SUMMARY, DAY 2:England suffered a dramatic collapse in the higher order that saw Ben Stokes adrift after the brilliant century of Shan Masood established a solid position for Pakistan in Test 1 at…
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The UK-based University of Oxford, which has partnered with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca, is also in its phase III testing, which is also being outsourced to countries such as Brazil, the United States and India. The start of phase III trials was early after positive data were seen in preclinical studies. Volunteer dosing is currently underway….
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NEW DELHI: Government approval has been obtained “in principle” for the BCCI to bring the IPL to the UAE this year and the eight franchises have started their preparations by initiating Covid-19 and quarantine testing protocols for their players and staff support. A BCCI source told PTI that written permission should arrive anytime in the…
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