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Topic: covid testing

Covid deaths & cases rising, tests down — Bengal stares at grim scenario ahead of Durga Puja

Experts say late reporting to hospitals is contributing to the rising death toll. The Bengal govt claims people are unwilling to get tested due to social stigma and fear.

India’s daily positive cases drop below 60,000, active Covid infections stay under 9 lakh

The total cases mounted to 71,75,880. However, India has been recording less than 75,000 new infections daily for the fifth day and fatalities below 1,000 for 10 straight days.

India registers over 78,500 new Covid infections in a day, total cases cross 68 lakh

The total recoveries have surged to 58,27,704 while there are 9,02,425 active Covid cases, comprising 13.20% of the total caseload. The death toll stood at 1,05,526.

White House outbreak shows testing alone can’t halt Covid spread

Trump, now at the center of a growing cluster of Covid cases at the White House, is Exhibit A of the strategy that’s becoming clear was destined to fail.

Argentina has world’s highest positivity rate, Kenya on verge of 2nd wave & other 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.

India’s Covid tally crosses 66 lakh, recoveries surge to 55.8 lakh

There are 9,34,427 active cases of the coronavirus infection in the country, while the death toll climbed to 1,02,685.

Covid reduces male sex hormone levels, could be reason why more men die of it, study says

Study by Turkish researchers, published earlier this month, says low serum total testosterone level at baseline has 'a significant increased risk for ICU & mortality' in Covid patients.

Saliva tests have logistic edge, can quickly detect asymptomatic Covid cases, study says

Researchers at Japan's Hokkaido University say self-collection of saliva is painless and eliminates close contact with the examiners, reducing the risk of viral exposure

Organ smuggling, ‘false’ results — rumours are stopping rural Punjab from taking Covid tests

Rumours spread through social media have taken a firm hold in rural Punjab. Although govt has taken action, they seem to have stymied its efforts to control the virus.

Lancet says India putting ‘too positive spin’ on Covid data, warns against ‘false optimism’

The Lancet editorial praises India’s early lockdown, and says country’s leaders must capitalise on expertise in public health, research, and manufacturing to lead it through the pandemic.

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.