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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 27, 2020 2:45:08 pm A medical worker collects a sample to test for Covid-19 in New Delhi. (Express photo: Abhinav Saha) The government of Maharashtra has further reduced the prices of Covid-19 tests, which will now cost less than 1,000 …

BENGALURU: Although Bengaluru ranks second after Delhi in Covid-19 infections among the country’s cities, the drop in the positivity rate and the case fatality rate, two vital markers for assessing the spread of the virus, has begun to offer hope. “The virus has not disappeared from Bengaluru yet, but it …

After a gradual increase in Covid-19 cases in India between June and September, new cases of coronavirus infections started to decline from the third week of September. Unlike in European countries or the US, the coronavirus spike in India happened much later. But what could be the probable causes of …

Union Minister Pratap Sarangi said on Sunday that all people in the country will receive the COVID vaccine for free, amid demand from opposition parties in the country and not only in Bihar, as announced by the BJP. The BJP’s announcement of the free COVID vaccine for Bihar, where assembly …

SHANGHAI: China reported the highest number of asymptomatic Covid-19 cases in nearly seven months, following a massive infection of unknown origin in the northwest region of Xinjiang. Xinjiang health authorities found 137 asymptomatic cases Sunday in the middle of a test drive for the 4.75 million people in the Kashgar …

With a total of 70,78,123 people recovered from COVID-19, the national recovery rate from the disease has touched 90%, while 62,077 people have recovered in a period of 24 hours compared to 50,129 new cases of infection reported in the same period, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. This …

AstraZeneca is considered a pioneer in the race to produce a vaccine (Archive) Highlight The vaccine also triggers lower adverse responses among the elderly He has raised hopes of a way out of the gloom caused by the coronavirus Work on the Oxford vaccine began in January. London: One of …

The world, eagerly awaiting a vaccine to beat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), could turn the corner with the Oxford University candidate showing promising results. This could be a sign of relief for devastated economies and overworked healthcare systems in major nations battling the viral contagion that has claimed 1.15 million …

The causal link between air pollution and Covid-19 cases has yet to be conclusively established, but long-term exposure will certainly make people more vulnerable to lung infections, scientists warn as they Skies over much of northern India, including Delhi, are turning smoky and air quality is rapidly deteriorating. Their concerns …

NEW DELHI: The causal link between air pollution and Covid-19 cases has yet to be conclusively established, but long-term exposure will certainly make people more vulnerable to lung infections, scientists warn as the skies over large parts of northern India, including Delhi, are turning smoky and air quality is rapidly …