Last week, Oxford University scientists hoped to report the results of late-stage trials of their COVID-19 vaccine by Christmas. Dr Andrew Pollard, an expert in pediatric infections and immunity at Oxford, said the research was slowed by low infection rates over the summer, but phase III trials are now accumulating …
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MUMBAI: The civic claim that there is no post-Diwali spike in Covid cases in the city was given a boost when, despite 17,801 Covid-19 tests, the highest conducted in one day in Mumbai so far, only 6% of the tests were positive. . However, BMC officials admitted that “pockets” of …
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The Union Ministry of Health said on Monday that 79 percent of the 45,903 new cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) registered in the last 24 hours come from 10 states and territories of the Union (UT). He added that Delhi has overtaken Maharashtra and Kerala by recording 7,745 cases in a …
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Mumbai dabbawalas and staff from foreign consulates and high commissions can travel on local trains that currently operate only for essential services personnel, authorities said Wednesday. Dabbawalas, the famous lunch box carriers in Mumbai, said last month that there was never a six-month hiatus in the “130-year history of tiffin …
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Maharashtra is a clear outlier in terms of how it has been affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It ended on Wednesday with 1.12 million cases – it is the province with the most cases in the world – and 30,883 deaths, according to the HT panel. His cumulative positivity …
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MUMBAI: Two healthcare workers at a Noida hospital could be the first genetically proven cases of Covid reinfection in India, according to a preprint of a research paper presented by the prestigious Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research located in …
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MUMBAI: Faced with a massive increase in active cases, civic authorities have asked the main private hospitals in the city to divert patients coming from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region to jumbo Covid care centers. It has also asked private hospitals to urgently discharge all asymptomatic positive patients if they are …
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MUMBAI: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressed concern about the increase in Covid-19 cases in the city and rural areas of the state when he warned of the re-imposition of a strict lockdown in a speech to the state on Sunday. Announcing the launch of a campaign called ‘My family, my …
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India, in recent weeks, has seen a steady increase in the number of cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) recorded in a single day. From around 75,000 at the end of August, the country now records more cases in 24 hours than the infection count for some of the worst-hit countries. …
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[ad_1] In the midst of frequent chaos and the uncertainty about access to essential services and commodities during the blockade, we bring you the latest updates of Mumbai. * Update at 2.34 pm | After a meticulous planning and a sustained effort, railways mobilized their resources in a very short …
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