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Topic: Covid cases

Jitendra Tyagi arrest, exodus from BJP in UP & Covid surge — what made Pg 1 news in Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Polish scientists ‘discover gene that more than doubles risk of severe Covid, even death’

Research from Medical University of Bialystok estimates gene could be present in 27% of Indians. It’s the 4th most important factor determining severity of illness, it says.

India registers 1,59,632 new Covid cases, highest in 224 days

With 327 new fatalities, the death toll climbed to 4,83,790 Sunday. An increase of 1,18,442 cases has been recorded in active caseload in 24 hours, according to health ministry.

Delhi records 20,181 new Covid cases, 7 deaths in last 24 hours, positivity rate at 19.6%

Nearly 1,586 patients are admitted to hospitals, with 375 patients on oxygen support, of which 27 are on ventilator, according to data by Delhi's health department released Saturday.

Delhi’s Covid cases may shoot up to 20k with positivity rate of 20%, says Satyendar Jain

Maintaining that the city government is well prepared, Delhi's health minister said infrastructure has been augmented keeping in mind the high number of Covid cases.

India’s R value recorded at 4, Covid peak expected in first half of Feb, says IIT Madras

R indicates number of people an infected person can spread Covid to, and depends on transmissibility probability, contact rate and expected time interval in which infection can happen.

India makes 7-day home quarantine mandatory for international arrivals, Covid test on 8th day

The guidelines will come into force from 11 January. Previously, travellers coming from 'at risk' countries had to get their Covid test done upon arrival and wait till results were out.

Over 3,100 new Covid cases, one death in UP

Among new cases, a maximum 600 were reported from Gautam Buddha Nagar, 408 from Lucknow, 401 from Meerut and 382 from Ghaziabad, a health department release said.

Telangana logs 1913 new Covid cases, 2 deaths

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation accounted for the most number of fresh cases with 1,214, followed by Ranga Reddy (213) district.

MoS health Bharati Pawar tests positive for Covid, under home quarantine

Pawar is among a growing list of politicians who have contracted Covid. Earlier, Lok Sabha MP Arvind Sawant and Maharashtra minister Eknath Shinde had also tested positive.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.