The rate of positivity for the coronavirus among healthcare workers in three states _ Telangana, Maharashtra and Delhi _ is double or more than the rate in the general population, according to data shared by the union health ministry on Thursday. The positivity rate reflects the proportion of people who …
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WASHINGTON: The US Department of Transportation said Thursday that it planned to restore the ability of Indian air carriers to conduct ground handling operations at US airports. The announcement comes as India now allows US airlines to conduct the full range of ground handling operations at Indian airports, the department …
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While Delhi police have been fining people for not wearing masks even when driving alone in their cars, the Health Ministry said Thursday that it is not mandatory for a person to wear a mask if they are not accompanied by any other person. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said …
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A volunteer receives the Covid-19 vaccine from Yaquelin De La Cruz at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida on August 13, 2020 (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP). To establish the degree of certainty of the vaccine’s effectiveness in the real world, an experiment requires tens of thousands …
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One of the scariest things I’ve read in recent times is a study titled Investigation of Community Outbreaks of Sars-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Passengers in East China, published in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) Internal Medicine. According to this study, conducted by researchers from the US and China, …
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Some children may have the potential to transmit the coronavirus disease, or Covid-19, even if they have measurable antibodies in their system, said a new study that indicated that the immune response, by itself, may be inadequate to protect children. of the pandemic. The study, conducted by physicians at Children’s …
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Supreme Court separately offered much-needed respite to bank borrowers on Thursday, intervening to prevent stress loans from damaging their creditworthiness, two days after the expiration of a moratorium on repayments. of loans needed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19 pandemic. The superior court approved an …
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WASHINGTON: The first results of an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety concerns and suggest that it stimulates desired immune system responses, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The United States government has awarded Novavax, a company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, $ 1.6 billion to …
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A health official takes nasal and throat swab samples from a child to test for Covid-19 at a primary health center in Siliguri on September 2, 2020 (DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP). India surpassed the 38 lakh mark on Thursday with the largest single-day increase of 83,883 Covid-19 cases in the …
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NEW DELHI: While India is setting new records for daily Covid-2019 cases, in all other countries in the top 20 in terms of cases, the daily addition is now well below the maximum value, the day they reported the maximum cases. The three-day average of new cases reported by India …
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