Tag: covid-19
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Testing scaled up as Bihar set to cross 1-lakh mark
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Bihar scaled up the testing to more than 1 lakh even as the covid-19 positive cases paced fast, close to reaching the 1-lakh mark on Thursday. With the addition of 3,906 cases, the cumulative tally to 94,459, while the testing in the last 24 hours was 1,04,452. CM Nitish Kumar had…
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Single-day recovery rate improves to 70%
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): India recorded its highest single-day coronavirus disease recoveries, in excess of 56,000, taking the overall recovery rate to 70%. “The record highest single-day recoveries at 56,110 registered in the last 24 hours are the result of the successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive and comprehensive testing coupled with the standardized…
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A Survey on Antibody count…
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Vijayawada: A special survey is conducted in Krishna district regarding the antibody count in the people of Krishna. District Collector Mohammad Imtiyaz, in a press conference on Tuesday, stated that The agenda of the survey is to track the health status of the people. This started on the 6th of August and will…
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No Corona testing for Bangalore Passengers
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Vijayawada Bus Station: Passengers traveling from Vijayawada to Bangalore are not tested for Corona. Initially, all the passengers traveling from Bangalore to Vijayawada via government bus services are sent for swab tests, said Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport officer. But due to the dissolution of lockdown, now, passengers can directly go back to…
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Why this Stigma?
(Rishitha Jaladi, Intern Journalist)Vijayawada: In recent days, the number of COVID-19 cases is shooting up each day. Both the central and state governments are doing their best to improve the living standards of people. Definitely, in these tough times, there is no doubt everyone is trying their best to protect themselves from the virus. Once, a…
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Self-treatment of corona
(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) Kanpur: Home isolation of corona patients is becoming a problem for the Health Department. The patients are beginning their own treatment at home. Timarders themselves are installing oxygen cylinders and reaching medical stores for antiviral drugs. This is making the situation worse. The number of patients increasing in-home isolation is not…
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Bihar aims to increase Covid-19 testing to over 1 lakh
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the state plans to raise the testing rate for covid-19 to over one lakh per day. Kumar, who was joined by his counterparts in nine other states at the video conference meeting on coronavirus situation, said the state was…
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Bihar Election will not be delayed due to Covid-19
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: The Election Commission has once again said that assembly elections will be held in Bihar on time. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said that election preparations are going on keeping in mind the Covid-19 epidemic. Thus, the Election Commissioner has rejected the demand to postpone the elections. Talking to a…
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US crosses 5mn cases of Covid-19
Saloni Subha ( Intern Journalist ) In US more than 5 million people are infected with Coronavirus cases on Saturday, while deaths in Brazil crossed 100,000, the US has set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday. with one out of every 66 citizens of America are infected with the virus, the US leads the…