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A new study looking at the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue that suggests that exposure to mosquito-borne disease may provide some level of immunity against Covid-19. The yet-unpublished study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke …

National security advisers from the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group discussed a draft counter-terrorism strategy on Thursday that is expected to be approved at an upcoming summit. The five NSAs, who joined a virtual meeting hosted by Russia, also discussed challenges and threats to global, regional and national security. Contrary to …

NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday that the government aims to reduce India’s Covid-19 death rate to less than 1 percent from the current 1.64 percent, which is still the lowest in the world. Responding to a discussion in Rajya Sabha, he said that the country’s …

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Although India continues to have the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, it has also become the country with the highest number of recovered cases. On Monday, India surpassed Brazil to have the highest number of Covid-19 recoveries globally, data from the United States-based John Hopkins University …

NEW DELHI: The death toll from Covid-19 in India surpassed 80,000 on Monday, and the country recorded the highest deaths in the world for the past fifteen days. The last 20,000 deaths occurred in just 19 days, averaging more than 1,000 per day. 1,070 deaths were reported Monday, bringing the …

India added 99,181 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday as it continued to set new world records for daily cases, gradually approaching the grim threshold of 100,000 cases in one day. The total number of cases in the country reached 4,559,710, data compiled by HT from all states …

NEW DELHI: As Covid-19 infections surged to an unprecedented level in India over the weekend, the country moved to the center of the global pandemic scene, accounting for more than 40% of all cases recorded around the world on Sunday. Cases in India on both Saturday and Sunday were higher …

India has posted a one-day world record of more than 90,000 positive coronavirus cases, taking the country further Brazil as the second most infected country in the world, with 4.2 million confirmed cases. On Sunday, India recorded 90,802 new cases and 1,016 deaths. The worst affected state remains Maharashtra, home …

India on Monday touched the sad distinction of registering the second highest number of COVID-19 cases globally. India surpassed Brazil with 42.04,614 cases and is now behind the US, which has recorded 6.29 million covid-19 cases. Brazil has registered 4.14 million cases. India’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed the 71,000 mark, …