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[ad_1] Written by Abantika Ghosh The | New Delhi | Updated: April 24, 2020 6:59:11 am Testing at a facility run by municipal authorities in Mumbai. (Express photo of Ganesh Shirsekar) Two recent figures released on separate days by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) about people with no …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Distress calls from alcoholics and drug users on national helpline spiked by 200% during the coronavirus lockdown, triggering concern in the government to urgently help out these individuals across states. The biggest reason for the outcry is the absence of alcohol because of closure of liquor shops …

[ad_1] (Adds details, background) By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, April 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said it would announce a “landmark collaboration” on Friday to speed development of safe, effective drugs, tests and vaccines to prevent, diagnose and treat COVID-19. The Geneva-based agency, in a brief statement issued …

[ad_1] Nicotine may protect people from contracting the coronavirus, according to new research in France, where more trials are planned to assess whether the substance could be used to prevent or treat the deadly disease. The findings come after researchers at a major Paris hospital examined 343 coronavirus patients along …

[ad_1] This is a possible rather frightening side effect of the virus. Until now, doctors have believed that the coronavirus has had a milder impact on young adults, but now, they have learned new information that could change that belief. Now that we are a few months away from the …

[ad_1] Mumbai: Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund said on Thursday it has voluntarily decided to wind up its suite of six yield-oriented, managed credit funds, effective April 23, citing the severe market dislocation and illiquidity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. These six funds are: Franklin India Low Duration Fund, Franklin India …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Twelve family members, including a two-month-old boy, who resides in a containment area in Old Delhi, tested positive for Covid-19, an official said Thursday. All of them have been sent to the LNJP Hospital. A man from the family had returned from Uzbekistan last month and had …

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday asserted that except a meager sum of Rs 71 crore, the BJP-led government has not given the state a single penny to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Badal made the assertion, seeking to debunk sought Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s claims of …

[ad_1] Remittances to India will fall 23% to $ 64 billion, the World Bank said on Wednesday, calculating the impact of the coronavirus disease on a vital source of entry to India and other countries. They grew 5.5% to $ 83 billion in 2019. Globally, remittances are expected to decrease …

[ad_1] Image source: STADLERFORM / INSTAGRAM Does coughing or sneezing mean COVID-19? Government helpline numbers for the coronavirus are regularly bombarded with queries related to common sneezes and coughs. It was never coughing or sneezing so worrying before the COVID-19 crisis took over the world. Since the pandemic, people have …