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14 Mar

Barack Obama tests Covid positive

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Former US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he had tested covid positive, though he’s feeling relatively healthy and his wife, Michelle, tested negative. Obama encouraged more Americans to get vaccinated against the virus. There were nealy 35,000 infections on average over the past week, down sharply from mid-January when that average was closer to 800,000. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple of days, but am feeling fine otherwise. Michelle and I are grateful to be vaccinated and boosted.” Obama tweeted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished a quick recovery to Barack Obama. The PM tweeted,…

11 Mar

Delhi AIIMS takes new initiative for booster dose

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Delhi AIIMS is going to start a booster dose trial of Indian firm Bharat Biotech’s Intranasal Covid-19 vaccine from this week. This booster dose is for those who got vaccine shots of Covaxin or the Covishield atleast five months ago. The objective of the trial — titled as ‘Phase 3, Randomized, Multi-Centric, Open-labeled Study to Evaluate Immunogenicity and Safety of BBV154 Booster Dose in Participants Previously Vaccinated with EUA Vaccines’ — is to comprehend the best mix of heterologous helping. The purpose of this is to evaluate the safety of three vaccines as a booster dose in individuals previously vaccinated…

08 Mar

Supreme Court may order probe into ‘fake’ Covid death cases

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The Supreme Court Monday expressed situation over pretend Covid loss of life certificates being issued by means of medical practitioner for ex-gratia compensation and found that it may order a probe into the issue.A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna additionally stated that there should be some time restrict for claims in search of compensation. “What is demanding is the fake certificate given by using doctors… It is a very serious thing", the bench observed. The top courtroom stated that there have to be some time limit, otherwise, the technique will go endlessly. "Please suggest how…

25 Feb

Delhi Ends All Covid Curbs, Schools Offline From April 1

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As Covid energy cost in the city continues to drift cycle 1% or less, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) not permanently set up to lift all impediments constrained in the public capital. It has likewise allowed assets to end on the web/cross variety representations for real bearings from April 1. Sources expressed the new pointers are most likely to come into sway from Monday, February 28. The authority has moreover decreased the fines forced for veil infringement and non-adherence to social separating to Rs 500 from Rs 2,000. The city will be freed from all constraints like evening check…

18 Feb

India Reaffirms its Commitment to End the Pandemic

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On the 14th of February, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken convened a virtual Global Action Meeting on COVID-19 with the objective of coordinating global action on pandemic response. India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla represented India, given the absence of India’s EAM who was on an official visit to the Philippines. The meeting was attended by Foreign Ministers and senior officials from different countries and international organisations. India produces four vaccines – COVAXIN, COVISHIELD, COVOVAX and JANSSEN that have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). But three other vaccines - CORBEVAX, ZyCov-D and Gennova are due…

17 Feb

Delhi records 766 fresh Covid-19 cases

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A total of 766 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in Delhi out of 56,112 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi recorded yesterday were 756 while the positivity rate was 1.52 per cent. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1.37 per cent. The city lost five lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,086, it said. In all, there were 3197 active cases of the virus in the city, the bulletin pointed out.

12 Feb

Fresh Covid-19 cases come down to 977 in Delhi

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The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi dipped to 977 on Friday from 1,104 on Thursday with 56, 444 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1. 73 per cent. The positivity rate was 2.09 per cent. The city lost another 12 lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,047, it said. There were 12 such casualties yesterday.

11 Feb

India reports 13% dip in new Covid cases

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India reported 58,077 fresh Covid infections in a span of 24 hours on Friday, which is around 13 per cent lower than those reported on previous day. On Thursday, the country had seen 67,084 new Covid cases. In the last 24 hours, a total 657 deaths were reported, taking the toll to 5,07,177, said the Union Health ministry on Friday morning. The active Covid case has been reduced to 6,97,802, which constitutes 1.64 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of 1,50,407 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 4,13,31,158. Consequently, India’s…

10 Feb

Actor Amol Palekar hospitalised in Pune because of Covid-19

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Actor Amol Palekar, known for 1970s Hindi films like 'Rajnigandha', 'Chitchor', 'Chhoti Si Baat', 'Gol Maal', is admitted to Dinanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune because of Covid-19. However, now his health has improved and is stable. He is undoubtedly one of the notable entertainers of the 80s' and 90s' and was well known for his situational parody films like Gol Maal, Rang, Birangi and so on. He is known for his 'middle-class comedies'. Not just in movies, he likewise forayed into TV and his shows are still recalled among works of art. While venturing into acting, Amol Palekar also tried his hands…

10 Feb

Apex Medical body warns the Medical Aspirants

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National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked medical aspirants from India to stay vigilant while applying to any of the medical universities of China because it has restricted the entry of foreign students. The top medical education regulator of India NMC has issued its advisory for medical students after the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) warned against China universities that is offering admissions in medical colleges. The medical universities of China have informed that the courses will be conducted online because of Coronavirus expansion. The NMC has declared that the online medical courses will not be recognized by the commission. It…