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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Topic: covid testing

Weekly tests, 14-day isolation most cost-effective way to control Covid spread — Lancet study

Study by researchers from the US and Hong Kong is based on a multi-scale model, which looks at eight Covid-19 strategies that factor in costs of tests, hospital admission and salary loss.

Delhi records lowest number of daily Covid cases in 8 months, positivity rate dips to 0.44%

The infection tally in Delhi stood at over 6.31 lakh and the death toll mounted to 10,732 with 10 new fatalities.

India records lowest daily Covid cases in over 6 months, active cases below 3 lakh

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 99,75,958 pushing the national recovery rate to 96.32%, while fatality rate stands at 1.45 %

India registers 20,035 new Covid cases in a day, recoveries surge to 98.83 lakh

There are 2,54,254 active Covid infections in the country, comprising 2.47% of the total caseload. The total number of deaths due to coronavirus has increased to 1,48,994.

What went wrong in 2020? The Covid mistakes that top the list

Epidemiologists and virologists on what would go a long way toward saving lives — and making 2021 more bearable than 2020.

India’s daily Covid cases dip below 20,000 for third time in Dec, recoveries cross 98 lakh

The death toll increased to 1,48,153 with 252 new fatalities while a total of 16,432 new infections were reported in a span of 24 hours.

India records 23,067 new infections in 24 hours, recoveries cross 97 lakh

The number of active Covid cases in the country stayed below three lakh for the fourth consecutive day. The death toll has increased to 1,47,092.

Thailand travel industry faces ‘nail in the coffin’ after virus outbreak in seafood market

Thailand discovered a record cluster of infections in Samut Sakhon province last week, prompting a 14-day lockdown of the industrial district.

Abbott’s $25 rapid Covid test cleared for home use in US by FDA

The Abbott news follows FDA’s clearance of the first at-home, over-the-counter Covid test on Tuesday from East Brisbane, Australia-based Ellume.

India’s Covid tally rises to 96,08,211, recovery rate at 94.28%

There are 4,09,689 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprise 4.26% of the total caseload, according to health ministry data.

On Camera

Trump has called Delhi a big abuser of tariffs. India-US economic ties are about to change

How Trump responds to the growing Russia-China alliance and their anti-American diatribes will require some strategising among the Indian foreign policy and national security mandarins.

How Adani halving power supply to Bangladesh could land the country in ‘dire straits’

Bangladesh is already reeling from low coal-fired power production & inability to import enough coal, gas. Now, Adani has cut supplies over unpaid dues. However, this could hurt Adani too.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.