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Govt says virus may cause damage after recovery phase too

New dimensions of post-covid sub-acute morbidities are coming to the fore, the health ministry said

1 min read19 Aug 2020
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India’s covid positivity rate rose by 1.31% in one month

Govt says higher number of tests will push the rate initially, but it will eventually declineWith 731,697 tests done in the past 24 hours, India is on its way to meet the target of 1 million daily tests

2 min read18 Aug 2020
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Variations in case fatality rates may be misleading

Difficult to compare nations; they may be less or more likely to report cases: WHOCountries may be using different case definitions, testing strategies or counting differently

2 min read17 Aug 2020
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Quarantine period of doctors to be treated as 'on duty': Health Ministry

The Supreme Court on 31 July had asked the Centre to ensure that the salaries of doctors and health workers involved in covid-19 duty are paid on time and their mandatory quarantine is not treated as leave

1 min read10 Aug 2020
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Covid-19: India ramped up testing infrastructure to 1370 labs now

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday informed that the country has substantively ramped up its testing infrastructure from one lab in January 2020 to 1370 labs as of now.

1 min read7 Aug 2020
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About 82% of covid cases are in 10 states, UTs: Govt

Fifty districts account for 66% of caseload; 28 states, UTs show positivity rate below 10%Case fatality rate is now at its lowest at 2.10% since the lockdown started on 25 March: Govt

3 min read5 Aug 2020
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State quarantine not mandatory for flyers with ‘negative’ report

Flyers to India may seek exemption from institutional quarantine by submitting a negative RT-PCR report on arrival

1 min read3 Aug 2020
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Covid vaccination effort set to dwarf previous exercises

Health ministry says India is not looking at developing herd immunity as a strategic option or choice as with a population of 138 crore, it can only come at a very ‘high cost’

1 min read31 Jul 2020
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Germany to introduce mandatory COVID tests for travellers next week

Germany announced plans on Monday for free, mandatory coronavirus tests for holidaymakers returning from high-risk countries in order to slow the spread of infections

1 min read29 Jul 2020
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Nepal's COVID-19 tally rises to 18,241

Nepal's COVID-19 tally rises to 18,241 with the detection of 147 new cases in the last 24 hoursIn the last 24 hours, 156 coronavirus patients have recovered, the spokesperson said. In total, 12,840 people have recovered from the disease and 5,358 active cases are undergoing treatment

1 min read23 Jul 2020