Coronavirus
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Suspecting of COVID-19 call centre employee ends life
Hyderabad: Suspecting of contracting corona virus, a call centre employee committed suicide at his house in Santoshnagar on Saturday night. According to Santosh Nagar police, Syed Sadiq Ali , who…
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Bengaluru’s ‘Mercy Angels’ gives dignified send off to COVID-19 victims
Bengaluru: Volunteers from Mercy Angel and their helping hand team prepare to perform the last rites of a COVID-19 victim, at Khuddus Saab burial ground in Bengaluru, Saturday, July 11,…
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Cop who was in car transporting Vikas Dubey tests positive for COVID-19
Kanpur: An Uttar Pradesh Police constable, who was in the vehicle that was transporting dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey from Ujjain, has tested positive for COVID-19, an official said on Sunday.…
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Abhishek Bachchan also found COVID Positive
Mumbai: Actor Abhishek Bachchan also found COVID POSITIVE after father Amitabh Bachchan admitted to Nanavati Hospital for coronavirus. more details awaited.
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Amitabh Bachchan tests COVID-19 positive, hospitalised
Mumbai: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to Nanavati Hospital on Saturday evening. In a Twitter post, the actor has confirmed that he has tested COVID-19 positive. “T 3590 -I…
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Relatives of dead COVID-19 patient carry body in own auto in violation of norms
Hyderabad: In violation of COVID-19 norms, relatives of a deceased coronavirus-infected patient at Nizamabad in Telangana allegedly carried his body in their own autorickshaw for burial after they managed to secure…
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Unlock 2.0 in Kolkata
Kolkata: Members of family wearing protective masks walk down a street during Unlock 2.0, in Kolkata, Friday, July 10, 2020. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) (PTI10-07-2020_000111B) Kolkata: A municipal corporation worker sprays…
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Fear of coronavirus killing more than the virus itself!
Hyderabad: Starting April this year, several hospitals in the city received many calls from family members of patients who have suffered “strokes” and are struggling for survival. These family members…
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Is COVID- 19 airborne or not?
Sruthi Vibhavari The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, July 10 confirmed the possibility of the airborne or aerosol transmission of COVID-19. In its updated scientific brief on the modes…
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Psoriasis Injection approved for emergency use in treating COVID-19 patients
New Delhi: India’s drug regulator has approved Itolizumab, a drug used to cure skin ailment psoriasis for “restricted emergency use” to treat COVID-19 patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress,…
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India’s COVID-19 tally reaches 8.2 lakh with 27,114 new cases
New Delhi: With a record single-day increase of 27,114 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally zoomed past the eight-lakh mark on Saturday, just four days after crossing the seven-lakh post, according to…
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Telangana reports 1,278 new COVID-19 cases; eight deaths take toll to 339
Hyderabad: COVID-19 cases continued to surge in Telangana on Friday, with as many as 1,278 new cases and eight related deaths being reported, taking the tally of positive cases in…
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Telangana conducts over 10,000 COVID-19 tests in single day
Hyderabad: For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, Telangana conducted over 10,000 tests in a single day, while the number of new cases showed a declining trend for…
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Zomato expects July net loss under $1mn as COVID-19 hits business
New Delhi: Foodtech unicorn Zomato expects its net loss in July to be under $1 million even as Covid-19 has set it back by about a year in terms of the…
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106-yr-old woman, family recover from coronavirus in Taif
Taif: A centenarian has recovered from the novel Coronavirus in Taif. 106-year-old woman underwent treatment at King Faisal Medical Complex with her sons, daughters and grandchildren. The woman belongs to…
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Dr Vijay Yeldandi: Three simple ways to contain Coronavirus
Dr Vijay Yeldandi, who is a specialist in Infectious Disease and Public Health, professor of Medicine and Surgery, at University of Illinois, Chicago gives a short talk on the containment…
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Aerial view of Mumbai Coronavirus Hotspots
Navi Mumbai: City roads wear a deserted look during an intensified lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Navi Mumbai, Monday, July 6, 2020. (PTI Photo) (PTI06-07-2020_000108B) Mumbai:…
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COVID-19 screening in Mumbai
Mumbai: Health workers wearing PPE suits arrive to conduct screening of the residents in a COVID-19 containment zone in Ambujwadi area, in Mumbai, Friday, July 10, 2020. (PTI Photo) (PTI10-07-2020_000088B)…
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Why kids are often spared from severe COVID-19, reveals study
New York: Differences in lung physiology and immune function in children could be why they are more often spared from severe illness associated with COVID-19 than adults, say researchers. According to…
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Yogi asks govt officials to take extra care against coronavirus
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government which has announced fresh restrictions for a 55-hour period beginning Friday night, directed officials to take extra precautions in government offices, where Covid-19 cases are…
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NRIs and local Hyderabadis form task force to fight coronavirus
Hyderabad: A city-level task force of medical experts, philanthropists, social activists and Medical College Alumnus Association has been set up to fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The task force monitored…
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WHO: Indoor airborne spread of coronavirus possible
London: The World Health Organisation is acknowledging the possibility that COVID-19 might be spread in the air under certain conditions after more than 200 scientists urged the agency to do…
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BSDU students develop a 3-in-1 COVID safety device
Jaipur: When COVID-19 brought the nation to a standstill, the students of the School of Entrepreneurship Skills at Bhartiya Skill Development University (BSDU) have developed a 3-in-1 COVID safety device that…
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Panic buying leads to shortage of oxygen cylinders
Sruthi A New Delhi: In India, the exponential rise in COVID-19 cases is giving rise to a multitude of problems- the dire lack of hospital beds, medical and support staff…
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COVID-19: Medical checkup in Mumbai
Mumbai: A health worker scans temperature of an elderly woman while conducting door-to-door medical check-up of the residents of Dharavi slum, amid COVID pandemic in Mumbai, Thursday, July 9, 2020.…
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Preventing skin damage due to face masks — Shahnaz Husain
Shahnaz Husain Let’s face it, medical face masks are going to be a part of our life for a while. Masks play a vital role in reducing the spread of…
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Where was Telangana heading before the peak of pandemic?
Hussain Saify Hyderabad: The state has made headlines multiple times for having a considerably low testing rate. It gets obvious that low testing rate would result in lower figures on…
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Disappearance of KCR from public view triggers questions about his health
Gali Nagaraja Hyderabad: A couple of bike-borne young enthusiasts made a dramatic appearance before Pragati Bhavan, the official residence of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with placards on Wednesday in…
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No need for panic over research of coronavirus being airborne
Hyderabad: People need not panic over new research findings that coronavirus is airborne as studies cited by a group of over 200 scientists only convey it can be ‘at least…
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COVID-19: Hospital mix-up causes family to cremate ‘kin’ twice
Thane: A family from Kopri in Thane city, who had cremated a stranger due to a goof-up by a COVID-19 hospital, will now again have to perform the last rites of…
