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Anti-parasitic drug ivermectin not to be included for COVID-19 tre
Updated : 5 hours, 5 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry has decided not to include ivermectin medicine (anti-parasitic drug) in the National Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19 for the treatment of virus-infected patients.
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COVID-19 interventions can cut virus infections, severe outcomes a
Updated : 19 hours, 35 min ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): Non-pharmaceutical interventions such as voluntary shelter-in-place, quarantines, and other steps taken to control the COVID-19 can reduce the peak number of infections, daily infection rates, cumulative infections, and overall deaths, a new study suggested
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Indore's I&B department launches campaign to spread PM Modi's
Updated : 22 hours, 47 min ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): Responding to the clarion call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on COVID-19 awareness, the Information and Broadcasting Department (I&B) of Indore, along with school children launched an awareness campaign on the virus-related protocols o
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Couple booked for negligence after COVID-19 positive wife skips tr
Updated : 1 day, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): A couple has been booked under charges for negligent act likely to spread infection of a disease dangerous to life in Delhi after the wife left a hospital, where she tested positive for the virus, to avoid being shifted to a dedicated corona centre.
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Lockdown may have gone but coronavirus hasn't, people need to be c
Updated : 2 days, 10 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged people to not let their guard down against coronavirus, saying that the situation that the country has reached in its fight against the disease should not be allowed to be adversely impacted and that "lockd
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Durga Puja pandals in WB to be no-entry zones for visitors: Calcut
Updated : 3 days, 11 hours ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 19 (ANI): In view of the COVID-19 situation in the state and to contain the spread of the virus, the Calcutta High Court on Monday said Durga Puja pandals would be no-entry zones for the visitors.
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Nepal Government not to bear expenses of all COVID-19 patients, no
Updated : 3 days, 22 hours ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 19 (ANI): Amid the continuous surge in COVID-19 cases, the Nepal government has decided not to bear expenses of all virus-infected people and not to bury infected people who died during home isolation.
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High levels of ultraviolet light 'most strongly' associated with r
Updated : 4 days, 7 hours ago IST
Connecticut [US], October 18 (ANI): A new study, in which scientists looked at statistical models of the link between weather and the maximum growth rate of COVID-19 globally, found that high levels of ultraviolet light are "most strongly" associated with reduced growth of the deadly virus.
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Study reveals antibodies fade quickly in recovering COVID-19 patie
Updated : 4 days, 9 hours ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): The antibody levels in the blood of COVID-19 patients drop rapidly during the weeks after their bodies have cleared the virus and symptoms have subsided, suggest the findings of a new study.
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Data from mobiles may reveal dynamics in a positive relationship b
Updated : 4 days, 12 hours ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): A new research suggests that accurately estimating human mobility and gauging its relationship with virus transmission during a pandemic is critical for control of the spread of COVID-19 and any other highly contagious disease.
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Uttarakhand's COVID-19 death audit report raises eyebrows
Updated : 4 days, 19 hours ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 18 (ANI): The COVID-19 death audit report of Uttarakhand government brought to light the delay and negligence of state hospitals in reporting fatalities related to the virus.
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Nine ways to celebrate Navratri amid pandemic
Updated : 5 days, 8 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): As COVID-19 has hit this year's Navratri celebrations, people have found different ways to observe over a week-long fasting and Kanya Poojan keeping all health protocols in mind to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
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