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South Africa Covid positivity rate at 5-month high and other global developments
In worrying developments, South Africa’s daily coronavirus test positivity rose over 30 per cent on Saturday for the first time in almost five months, driven by two sub lineages of the Omicron variant known to be spreading rapidly.…
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कोरोना से चीन में बेकाबू हो रहे हालात, बढ़ते केसों के बाद हाईस्कूल और कॉलेज के एंट्रेंस एग्जाम…
चीन के शंघाई में कोरोना का बुरा हाल है। यहां हालात अब तक कंट्रोल में नहीं आ सके हैं। कोविड के बढ़ते मामलों को देखते हुए प्रशासन ने शंघाई के कॉलेज और सीनियर हाई स्कूल के लिए प्रवेश परीक्षाओं को एक महीने के लिए स्थगित कर दिया है।
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Long Covid risk worse after Delta than Omicron, shows data
The risk of lingering symptoms after Covid-19 appears influenced by the strain of coronavirus that caused the infection, according to an analysis from the U.K., where an estimated 1.8 million people reported experiencing long Covid in early…
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Amid Outrage Over China’s Zero Covid Strategy, A Warning From Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping issued the strongest warning yet against anyone who questions the country's zero-Covid policy.
The move comes after many Shanghai residents have taken to social media to call for help and vent their anger over…
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US Limits Johnson & Johnson Covid Vaccine Use Over Rare Blood Clot Risk
The US said Thursday only adults who "have personal concerns" about mRNA vaccines, access issues or medical reasons for refusing them may now receive the Johnson & Johnson Covid shot, which has been linked to a rare but serious clotting…
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India rebuts WHO’s excess Covid death estimate, questions model used for data collection
India on Thursday expressed its strong objections to figures shared by the World Health Organisation (WHO) regarding coronavirus-related deaths in the country.
The global health said India reported 4.7 million excess Covid deaths between…
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Covid-19: Beijing returns to work from home as subway stations shut
Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by the coronavirus curbs.
Chinese authorities have pressed on with their zero-Covid policy involving…
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Covid-19: Some outbound flyers may be able to get boosters early
India may reconsider the nine-month gap between the second Covid-19 shot and the booster dose for those travelling overseas, especially to countries mandating that arriving travellers have been administered a third shot, people familiar…
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Delta or different variant may trigger another Covid-19 outbreak: Study
The Omicron subvariants may burn themselves out in the next couple of months and there could be another outbreak of Delta or a different coronavirus strain this summer, according to a modelling study conducted in Israel.
The finding,…
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India witnessed 82 lakh deaths in 2020, 1.48 lakh due to Covid-19: Registrar General
As many as 81.2 lakh people died in the country in the year 2020, an increase of 6.2 per cent than 2019 when the country had registered 76.4 lakh deaths, according to data prepared by the Registrar General of India (RGI).
In 2020, when…
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