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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicCovid-19 infections

Topic: Covid-19 infections

Delhi hospitals to conduct mock drills Tuesday to check Covid-19 readiness

Hospitals across the city will conduct mock drills, including availability of beds & manpower, to deal with any increase in Covid-19 cases, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said Monday.

Covid reinfections aren’t always mild. But don’t worry, they can boost your immunity too

Why are reinfections rising? Our immunity is no longer enough to prevent them. But here's the good part—they can strengthen you in long term.

Booster dose raises antibody level, improves protection against Omicron: Epidemiologists

The virologists and epidemiologists underlined that booster doses of any vaccine (except live attenuated like oral polio vaccine or OPV, measles) exponentially raise antibody levels.

covid19india.org, source of ‘legitimate’ Covid data since Feb 2020, decides to shut shop

Analytical platform covid19india.org says those who work for it are volunteers who have to return to normal lives, and hence it will shut down by 31 October. 

Covid nails — These changes to your fingernails can show if you’ve had coronavirus

At best, we should regard these as potential indicators of a past infection – and not definitive proof.

Drug to treat black fungus earlier in limited supply, now being ramped up, says health ministry

Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Sadananda Gowda announced an allocation of 23,680 additional vials of Amphotericin- B to various states and Union territories.

India records single-day spike of 3.49 lakh new Covid cases, 2,767 deaths

Active cases have increased to 26,82,751 comprising 15.82% of total infections, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 83.05%.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.