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Wednesday, July 30, 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

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.