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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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Topic: COVID-19

Delhi’s Covid situation in control as long as positivity rate is under 1% —Satyendar Jain

The Delhi health minister said 407 cases were reported Sunday and the positivity rate in the national capital was 0.60%, which is much below the one per cent-mark.

Cold, seasonal flu cases dip amid Covid. Doctors say it’s due to use of masks, hand-washing

Data indicates sales of medicines for cold and flu have seen a 14% drop — from Rs 3,154 crore to Rs 2,712 crore between February 2020 and February 2021.

Reasons behind Maharashtra’s disastrous Covid showing dragging the India story down

Maharashtra has 56% of India’s active Covid cases, but just 9.3% vaccinations and 7.6% tests. Experts say need of the hour is to prioritise high-burden districts for vaccinations.

India’s Covid caseload rises by 25,320 in last 24 hours, highest single-day jump in 84 days

The country's active caseload increased to 2,10,544. A total of 161 Covid deaths were registered in the last 24 hours, the highest in 44 days.

Amarnath yatra to commence on 28 June, registration process to start from 1 April

The yatra was restricted to a group of Sadhus last year due to the Covid pandemic, while a year earlier it was called off on 2 August mid-way due to a "terror threat".

Punjab closes all anganwadi centres amid rise in Covid cases in the state

34 more fatalities due to Covid-19 were reported in Punjab on Friday, taking the death toll to 6,030.

Edward Snowden to Sanjay Shah — Why people end up living at the airport

The most famous involuntary long-term airport resident was Mehran Karimi Nasseri, whose story reportedly inspired the movie ‘The Terminal’, starring Tom Hanks.

Overall evidence suggests AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine is safe. Here’s what you need to know

Health authorities are right to investigate any possible risk related to Covid vaccines, but a balance needs to be struck. Moreover, real-world data has shown effectiveness of the shot.

Maharashtra’s double whammy with Covid, and West Bengal’s political ‘khela’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Tokyo cases surge, Canada rethinks Astra-Zeneca vaccine policy & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?