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TopicCoronavirus

Topic: Coronavirus

Coronavirus or Covid-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a viral disease that turned into a pandemic in early 2020. The first known case was recorded in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Coronavirus has multiple variants such as Delta and Omicron, and its most common symptoms are fever, chills and sore throat.

US helping India, other countries to produce Covid vaccines by themselves: Biden

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Biden also said the US was committed to becoming the arsenal of vaccines & will continue to donate millions of doses.

Covid shots targeting Delta variant may become necessary, UK study says

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The study found that the effectiveness of vaccines at stopping infection fell to 49%, down from 64% in a month earlier.

Britannia to hike price of products to offset sharp rise in cost amid Covid

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The company has invested Rs 130 crore in capacity building in the current fiscal, and is also eyeing at a greater revenue share from e-commerce.

Covishield production projected to reach 120 mn doses/month, Covaxin to 58 mn doses: Mandaviya

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Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya while responding to a question on the current capacity to manufacture Covid vaccines said it is projected to go forward from August to December 2021.

No death occurred due to oxygen shortage at Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi Police tells court

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The hospital presented a contradicting stand, saying there was a link between oxygen supply and the deaths as no oxygen was supplied to them for 30 hours despite several alerts.

Increased risk of heart attack, stroke in first 2 weeks of Covid, Lancet study finds

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The study compared the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction or heart attack, and stroke in 86,742 Covid patients with 348,481 control individuals in Sweden.

India’s R-value more than 1 in eight states, second Covid wave still not over, govt says

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A govt official said the pandemic is far from over and highlighted that more than 4.7 lakh infections are being recorded every day across the world.

4 more Indian pharma firms expected to produce Covid vaccines by Oct-Nov, Mandaviya says

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Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Rajya Sabha that Biologicals E and Novartis vaccines will soon be available in the market & Zydus Cadila will also get emergency-use nod soon.

CBSE announces class 10th results

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Class 10th board exams were cancelled this year in view of the aggressive second wave of Covid. The result has been announced on the basis of an alternate assessment policy.

India registers 30,549 new coronavirus infections, active cases fall after 6 days

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According to the health ministry data, the death toll climbed to 4,25,195 with 422 new fatalities. The recovery rate has increased to 97.38%.
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