They can get tested and produce the negative report to bypass the institutional quarantine at their destination. Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has introduced its rapid COVID-19 RT-PCR testing facility for all passengers leaving the airport. This facility is also available to non-passengers who visit the airport to …
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A swab sample is being taken at a BMC medical center for a rapid Covid-19 test in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Meanwhile, Dr Suresh Jadhav, executive director of the Serum Institute of India, which is testing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate in the country, said that India could receive …
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Coronavirus Cases in India: Daily cases have fallen from a high of almost 100,000 in mid-September. New Delhi: India has climbed an “unprecedented” peak as active coronavirus cases fell below the 8 lakh mark for the first time in 1.5 months, the Health Ministry said this morning as the country’s …
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Up to 246 people have booked through the virtual queue system for darshan on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala temple in Kerala reopened to the public on Saturday, during a five-day monthly pooja, after seven months of closure due to the Covid shutdown. Devotees wishing to visit the hilltop shrine must …
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As daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India continue to decline, states such as Kerala, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have bucked the national trend, data analyzed by HT shows. All of these four states have rapidly increasing case numbers, increasing positivity rates, and the last three …
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Indian health authorities have decided to revise the protocol currently being followed for the treatment of Covid-19 after interim results of a large World Health Organization trial found that four of the drugs used common provide little or no benefit in reducing deaths in hospitalized patients. These include the antiviral …
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A city in eastern China is offering an experimental coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine outside of clinical trials for about $ 60 to high-risk groups under an emergency inoculation program, officials said, including when experts raised concerns about the massive launch of an ace-yet untested vaccine. Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine, called …
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In the steepest biweekly drop in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country, the first half of October saw an 18% drop in new infections from the previous 15-day period, while deaths fell by almost 19 %. India recorded 10,55,068 Covid-19 cases in the first 15 days of this month, …
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India completed its 100 millionth test for Covid sometime on Friday, according to the HT panel. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research tally, the number was slightly lower, 92.25 million tests (ICMR has a tally protocol that not all states follow), which means that the 100 million mark …
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As the world struggled against the coronavirus pandemic, people also saw the plight of migrant workers in India, who had to walk days and days, barefoot, in the scorching sun, only to return to their places of origin with little savings. and with an uncertain future ahead. . With industries …
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