The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued an order for the status quo to be maintained in all activities allowed in the national capital so far, even as it allowed for two weekly markets per day per zone to be held instead of one from Thursday. The order issued …
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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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Written by Dipankar Ghose, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 30, 2020 10:55:48 pm Volunteers distribute face masks, monitor people’s temperature at Mumbai Deonar on Wednesday. (Express photo: Amit Chakravarty) Wednesday of the Ministry of the Interior of the Union came out with his latest set …
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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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Written by Dipankar Ghose | New Delhi | Updated: September 30, 2020 10:57:57 pm Healthcare personnel from a mobile medical van conduct rapid antigen tests at an ISKCON temple in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran) Unlock 5.0 Guidelines: Cinemas and multiplex cinemas will be allowed to open from …
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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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