According to a bulletin published by the Tamil Nadu Department of Health and Family Welfare, 1,35,23,032 samples have been sent from the state for analysis to date. Photo Express: Srinivas K Fifty-one lakh people in Delhi, including healthcare personnel, front-line workers, people with comorbidities, and people over 50, will receive …
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In an environment where dissent is seen as an act of rebellion, even sedition, where people are imprisoned for defending their rights, and where even a cartoon or a joke can irritate politicians, some indigenous people have made it known that they will not flinch. Especially when it comes to …
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Night curfew in Pune on Tuesday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale) Just two weeks after the Pune-based Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorization (EUA) committee reviewing the Pune-based Serum Institute of India sought additional safety and efficacy data at the stage Late, the firm has submitted new …
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National airline Air India announced on Tuesday free one-time ticket rescheduling for passengers traveling from the UK, Oman and Saudi Arabia following the government’s decision to halt air travel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Air India said passengers who were booked to travel on now-suspended flights from the …
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A new variant of Sars-Cov-2 has been found in the UK and is reportedly “out of control” – an announcement that has raised alarms in Europe and elsewhere. Many members of the European Union suspended travel to and from Britain and imposed stricter quarantine rules. The new variant is likely …
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A healthcare worker collects a swab sample for the COVD-19 test at M Block CP in New Delhi, Wednesday, December 16 (Express file photo by Amit Mehra) Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Sunday that wearing masks will be mandatory for the next six months in the state. Addressing people …
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NEW DELHI: It took 323 days for coronavirus cases in India to reach the 10 million mark (one crore) since the first case was reported on January 30. On Saturday, coronavirus cases in the country surpassed the 10 million mark with 25,152 new infections. However, the virus in the country, …
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India became the second country in the world on Friday to see the total number of Covid-19 infections exceed 10 million, although this comes at a time when the country is in the best position in months in its fight against the pandemic, and with the launch of an imminent …
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India has bucked the global trend and is showing sustained improvement in containing the Covid-19 outbreak, senior government officials said Tuesday, but cautioned that trends in other countries are also a strong reminder of how the situation may quickly get out of control even if a spike is contained. Speaking …
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On Monday, India recorded 22,022 new cases of the coronavirus disease. Case numbers are typically affected on Mondays due to a shortage of testing over the weekend, but the last Monday the country recorded fewer than 22,022 cases was June 29 (18,318 cases). India saw 352 deaths from Covid-19 on …
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