Rumita Patel
Right now, we’ve all seen heartbreaking images of migrants in Delhi rushing to board buses leaving the city. If even a small number of them were infected with the coronavirus and infected others in crowded transport services or communities they returned to, the positive impact of any blockage in slowing down the spread of the…
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Today’s world faces a previously unknown disease, COVID-19. The new disease is highly contagious and spreads through contact or by approaching an infected individual. Therefore, the best thing you can do right now to slow the spread and stay safe, as well as those close to you safe, is to practice social distancing and quarantine….
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NEW DELHI: Joginder Sharma became a household name when he faced the match-winning final in the 2007 ICC World T20 final against Pakistan. Joginder dismissed the dangerous Misbhah-ul-Haq and helped the team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni lift the coveted inaugural title. Cut to 2020 and Joginder, who is now a Deputy Superintendent of Police…
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared animated 3D videos of him doing yoga on Twitter on Monday to show how he stays in shape. “During yesterday’s #MannKiBaat, someone asked me about my exercise routine during this time. So I thought about sharing these Yoga videos,” he tweeted. During yesterday’s #MannKiBaat, someone asked me about…
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Government hospitals seeking personal protective equipment (PPE) are informed that it will take a minimum of 25-30 business days for them to be delivered. HLL Lifecare’s emergency procurement cell Covid-19, the public sector unit acting as the central procurement agency for the government, has told them that this is due to the poor supply of…
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CLAIM A leading digital news website released a news report with a claim that India is now in Stage 3 of the Covid-19 broadcast. Stage 3 is called ‘community transmission’ when a person with no travel history contracts the infection through domestic sources. The website made this claim, citing Dr. Girdhar Gyani, a man he…
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NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 count crossed the 1,000 mark on Sunday, with states reporting 130 new cases, the highest in a single day thus far, even as Delhi saw a significant increase in 23 new infections and Maharashtra reported two deaths from the disease. This is the first time that Delhi’s single-day Covid-19 account has…
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When Tamil Nadu went into sleep mode in the wake of the Covid-19 panic, some 50 Islamic preachers from Indonesia, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan went behind closed doors in the interior of the state, worried and apprehensive. They had arrived in Tamil Nadu a month ago from New Delhi, deployed to Kancheepuram, Chengalpet and Adirampattinam in…
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CHENNAI: When the Dubai health authorities began the door-to-door examination on Saturday of the Covid-19 cases in Naif, one of the city’s most populous towns, public health officials in Kerala felt a pang of anxiety. Almost 70% of those who have returned to the Kasargod district of Kerala in recent days lived in this busy…
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MELBOURNE: A vaccine that has been used to prevent tuberculosis is being administered to healthcare workers in Melbourne to see if it will protect them against the coronavirus. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, or BCG, has been used extensively for about 100 years, with a growing appreciation for its off-target benefits. Not only is it a…
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