India reported 86,821 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Thursday, bringing the case count to 6,312,584, according to the Union Ministry of Health. The country also reported 1,181 new deaths from the virus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 98,678. India has 9,40,705 active …
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One-tenth of all patients infected with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) become “super-spreaders” and account for 60% of new infections, while 70% of infected patients do not transmit the disease to anyone else , shows a study on transmission patterns of Sars-CoV-2 published in the journal Science: it is the first …
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The prevalence of antibodies to the Sars-Cov-2 virus in Delhi fell by more than four percentage points in a month, officials told the Delhi high court citing the recent serosurvey, yielding an epidemiological finding that now skews estimates of how many people may have been exposed to Covid-19 in the …
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The Center in its new reopening guidelines issued on Wednesday said state and Union Territory (UN) governments will not impose any local closures outside of the containment zones without first consulting. “State / UT governments will not impose any local closures (state / district / subdivision / city / town), …
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State governments have been given free rein to reopen schools after October 15 under the Center’s Unlock 5.0 guidelines announced by the Union Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday. Later a decision would be made on the opening of universities. Institutions that have doctoral and postgraduate researchers in science and …
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On Wednesday, the Center released guidelines in continuation with the gradual unlocking that began on June 8. Starting with essential activities for special train services to finally metro trains and schools and universities, the Center has been following a calculated step-by-step approach to ensure economic activities despite Covid-19 control. In …
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The Center announced on Wednesday new guidelines for the reopening of various activities, such as the re-opening of cinemas, entertainment parks, schools and universities, among other things. Since the country entered a complete lockdown in late March this year as a precaution against the growing spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19), …
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The Interior Ministry has announced a detailed guide for Unlocking 5, or for the reopening to be effective as of October 1 shortly. Despite a sharp increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country, the Interior Ministry has made it clear that there would be more relaxations and …
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