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![]() | Covid -19 still a global health emergency, but in transition point: WHOThe WHO’s advisory committee urged the WHO to propose “alternative mechanisms to maintain the global and national focus on Covid-19 after the PHEIC is terminated.” |
![]() | ‘Pandemic saw sale of condoms & pills shoot up, while sterilisations declined’In terms of sheer numbers, these are 33.70 crore units of condoms sold in 2021-22 compared to 31.45 crore in 2020-21. |
![]() | Norovirus: No new cases; one student dischargedDistrict medical officer Dr. Sreedevi S said out of the three students, who were undergoing treatment for norovirus, one child was discharged on Tuesday after recovery. |
![]() | Norovirus detected among students in Kochi school, 3 under treatmentThe school is shut for the next 2-3 days following the detection of norovirus. |
![]() | China logs nearly 13,000 Covid deaths in a weekThe death toll came a week after China said nearly 60,000 people had died with Covid in hospitals in just over a month. |
![]() | New Zealand PM Ardern announces shock resignation, sets October electionDeputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson announced he wouldn't be contesting for the leadership of the Labour Party, throwing the competition open. t's unclear who will take over as prime minister. |
![]() | China's trade surplus swells to USD 877.6 billion as exports growThe country’s politically volatile global trade surplus expanded by 29.7% from 2021′s record, already the highest ever for any economy. |
![]() | Govt panel recommends market authorisation for Covovax jab as heterologous booster doseCovovax is manufactured through technology transfer from Novavax. It has been approved by the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorization. |
![]() | Government expects Jan Covid surge, next 40 days crucialOfficials said 39 international passengers tested positive for Covid-19 out of the 6,000 arrivals screened at airports across the country in the last two days. |
![]() | Covid cases rising in many countries, be vigilant: PM Modi to peopleThe central government has stepped up measures against the virus, with the cases on a rise, especially in China where the lifting of zero-Covid policy has caused a spread of the pandemic |
![]() | India has developed herd immunity; BF.7 variant may not be as serious as in China: CCMB chiefMaintaining that at this point it cannot be asserted that there may or may not be a wave in India, Nandicoori said as of now it does not seem to be that alarming that a wave is coming right away. |
![]() | Mock drills to be conducted at all health facilities across country in wake of covid alarmDetailing the focus on the parameters during the mock drills, it said that the main focus will be on the bed capacities including isolation, oxygen-supported and ICU beds at the health facilities. |
![]() | New Covid guidelines: Ensure oxygen supply, RT-PCR mandatory for passengers from ChinaThe Centre advised the states and union territories to ensure the availability of Liquid Medical Oxygen, cylinders and other equipment like ventilators at hospitals. |
![]() | 'So many people dying': Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums as COVID roils China"There's been so many people dying," said Zhao Yongsheng, a worker at a funeral goods shop near a local hospital in Beijing. "They work day and night, but they can't burn them all." |
![]() | India doesn't need to ban int'l flights or impose lockdown under present Covid scenario: ExpertsPast experiences show that banning flights is not effective in halting the transmission of infection, he said. |
![]() | Bharat Biotech's intranasal Covid vaccine gets government approval, to be available on CO-WINThe vaccine, iNCOVACC, is the world’s first intranasal vaccine for Covid to receive approval for the primary 2-dose schedule and heterologous booster dose. |
![]() | BF.7 variant of coronavirus not worrisome for India, assures senior scientistMishra added that the Chinese population is not exposed to natural infection and they did not use the time to vaccinate the elderly people. |
![]() | Chaos, confusion plague China’s crematoriumsOne middle-aged man carrying an urn told AFP an elderly relative died after testing positive for the virus. |
![]() | Two per cent arrivals to be tested from SaturdayIn the review meeting, Modi directed officials to strengthen surveillance and stressed the need to ensure that the entire Covid infrastructure is maintained at a high level of preparedness. |
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