NEW DELHI: Daily Covid-19 cases in India crossed the 40,000 mark for the first time in 111 days as the sharp rise in the pandemic continued on Friday, with up to 17 states and Union territories adding the largest number of infections since January or earlier. Active cases rose to …
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Greater Chennai Corporation said 114 employees working at star hotels in the city have tested positive for the coronavirus so far. Days after Chennai’s ITC Grand Chola turned out to be a COVID-19 cluster, another star hotel in the city was ordered to suspend all of its scheduled events and …
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VG Somani, Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), in a webinar on Thursday indicated that India was close to approving a COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Somani was participating in a webinar, organized by the Department of Biotechnology, in which vaccine experts, infectious disease experts and representatives of companies developing vaccines …
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The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
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The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …
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From crowded dining spaces to failing to isolate students with symptoms, COVID-19 patients say their requests and warnings fell on deaf ears. Naresh *, an IIT Madras graduate student, returned to his campus in August this year after the government of Tamil Nadu partially lifted the COVID-19 restrictions. For the …
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A total of 514 students have been tested for the virus as of Tuesday. The number of people within the IIT-Madras campus who tested positive for the coronavirus rose to 183 on Tuesday. A total of 514 students have been tested and while 104 people were declared positive for COVID-19 …
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The IIT-Madras group is “a lesson for all of us,” said Tamil Nadu Health Secretary J Radhakarishnan. The Tamil Nadu Department of Health has begun aggressive testing for COVID-19 within the IIT-Madras campus, after more than 100 people tested positive for the coronavirus. On Sunday, 71 people, including 66 students …
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The WHO chief urges critics who have accused the agency of handing over the reins of the investigation to China to stop “politicizing” the issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) insisted on Monday that it would do everything possible to find the animal origins of Covid-19, insisting that knowledge is …
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India has recorded more daily Covid-19 recoveries than daily new cases for six consecutive weeks, government data shows. “India has continued the uninterrupted trend of new daily rallies surpassing daily new additions by the 44th day. A total of 43,851 Covid-19 patients recovered Monday from just 30,548 newly detected cases. …
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