The northwestern and southwestern districts of Delhi together accounted for almost one in three active Covid-19 cases in the capital, which is seeing an increase in cases, albeit thanks to higher testing. And Delhi’s most densely populated northeast district, which has around 40,000 people per km2, has only 894 active …
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Maharashtra is a clear outlier in terms of how it has been affected by the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It ended on Wednesday with 1.12 million cases – it is the province with the most cases in the world – and 30,883 deaths, according to the HT panel. His cumulative positivity …
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The national capital registered 4,432 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, even as the number of more accurate RT-PCR tests fell again below the 10,000 mark despite high daily tests in the city. The city also reported 38 deaths on Thursday, which is the highest in 63 …
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Moderna Inc. unveiled details of its plan to analyze data from its Covid-19 vaccine trial, offering an unusual look under the hood of the study of one of the leading vaccine candidates. In a statement ahead of an investor meeting the company will hold on Thursday, Moderna said the trial …
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In the first substantive discussion on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Parliament on Wednesday, the Opposition questioned the government about its handling of the pandemic, the way the shutdown, the slipping of the economy, was announced and managed, the suffering. of migrant workers and the Center’s approach to the States …
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Making an exception to the fact that Health Minister Harsh Vardhan did not mention the death of health workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the IMA on Wednesday published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated …
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In Dispatch 156, I wrote about why it didn’t make sense to use rapid antigen tests all the time, or to rely too much on them, as Delhi is still. In short, these tests return too many false negative results (identifying an infected person as not infected) to be reliable. …
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Coronavirus India LIVE updates: NEET aspirant waits for metro train in Kolkata (Express Photo / Partha Paul) Coronavirus India Live Updates: Monday’s four-hour session of the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Monsoon Session was somewhat dominated by the pandemic. From members who arrive masked to their seats …
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The number of coronavirus infections in India surpassed the 5 million mark with 91,136 new cases reported on Tuesday as infections continued to rise at an alarming rate in the nation with the worst case rate ever recorded. India’s total case count is 5,017,914, behind only the United States, which …
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Health workers collect swab samples on Narkeldanga Main Road Kolkata Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away on Sunday morning while undergoing treatment in New Delhi. Singh, who had recently resigned from RJD, had fallen seriously ill after developing post-COVID complications. Singh’s condition had deteriorated by Friday evening and …
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