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[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh The | New Delhi | Updated: May 7, 2020 7:10:23 am Mumbai was one of the first coronavirus hotspots and has been the main contributor to Maharashtra’s count of 15,525 cases and 617 deaths. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran / File) Forty-three days after the …

[ad_1] Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes Covid-19 can speed up vaccine studies against the deadly pathogen, the World Health Organization said. Such studies, which present significant potential dangers to subjects, can be considered in extreme situations and with certain disclosures and protections, a working group of …

[ad_1] One day after a total blockade was announced in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat coronavirus epicenter recorded 275 new coronavirus cases out of a total of 388 reported across the state. The total number of positive cases in the state reached 7,013 on Thursday, a senior health official quoted by PTI …

[ad_1] While some positive news came in from Kerala with no new infection detected despite the state being among the first to witness the spread, Maharashtra reported a record daily increase of more than 1,200 in its number of cases. The economic cost of the pandemic also began to affect …

[ad_1] The number of new coronavirus infections in Delhi rose to 5,532 on Wednesday after 428 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day increase so far, the government said. The death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic rose to 65 with one fatality after a three-day …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON- United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he could report in about a week or two whether China is meeting its obligations under a Phase 1 trade agreement that the two countries signed in January before the coronavirus spread worldwide. Trump, whose administration is weighing punitive actions …

[ad_1] By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: May 7, 2020 9:35:11 am The President of the United States, Trump, did not bother in words at a White House event, when asked if he had seen evidence that gave him a “high degree of confidence”, the virus came …

[ad_1] Written by Deeptiman Tiwary The | New Delhi | Updated: May 7, 2020 10:15:43 am Kolkata municipal health worker during a door-to-door health survey in a residential area in northern Kolkata. The Center asked the state to ensure adequate quality PPE and N-95 masks for doctors and medical personnel …

[ad_1] By: PTI | United Nations | Updated: May 7, 2020 10:57:23 am It is estimated that there will be 24.1 million births in India for the period January-December 2020. (Representative image) India is expected to record the highest number of births in the 9 months since COVID-19 was declared …

[ad_1] India registered 3,561 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 52,952. With 89 deaths, the count rose to 1,783 on Thursday. Currently, the country has 35,902 active cases, and the director of the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Randeep Guleria, states that …