COVID-19

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Govt Says Virus Variants Not Behind Upsurge In Cases

India said on Tuesday mutated versions of coronavirus were not responsible for an upsurge in cases in two states, a…

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Maha: Covid Resurgence Forces Fresh Containment Measures

Alarmed by signs that a second wave of the coronavirus epidemic is building, India’s richest state of Maharashtra ordered fresh…

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India Coronavirus Infections At Three-Week High

India reported on Friday its biggest jump in new coronavirus infections in three weeks, with 13,193 cases, while thousands of…

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Heart Damage Found In Over 50% Severe Covid-19 Patients

Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who have raised levels of a protein called…

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India’s Covid-19 ‘Human Barricade’ To Keep Cases Under Control

With falling rates of COVID-19 infection in India and surveys suggesting nearly 300 million people may already have antibodies, some…

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India, Pharmacy Of The World, Falls Behind On Vax At Home

India has won plaudits for gifting and selling COVID-19 vaccines around the world, but it will have to crank up…

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Chhattisgarh Rejects Covaxin Approved Without Efficacy Data

An opposition-ruled state said on Thursday it had asked the federal government to halt the supply of a homegrown COVID-19…

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Here’s Why India’s Coronavirus Cases Have Fallen Sharply

With its 1.3 billion population, India has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus infections -- more than 10.8 million --…

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Vaccine Passports: A Path Back To Normality?

Governments and developers around the world are exploring the potential use of “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening the…

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Over 300 Million Indians May Have Covid-19

About one in four of India’s 1.35 billion people may have been infected with the coronavirus, said a source with…

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Over Half In New Delhi May Have Had Covid: Govt Survey

More than half of New Delhi’s 20 million inhabitants may have been infected with the coronavirus, according to a government…

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A Year After Covid-19’s Arrival, India’s Active Cases Fall

India reported its lowest active number of novel coronavirus cases in seven months on Saturday, a year after the virus…

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Factory to Faraway Village: Behind India’s Mammoth Vaccination Drive

Reena Jani rose early, finished her chores in the crisp January cold and walked uphill to the road skirting her…

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A Year After Wuhan Lockdown, A World Still Deep In Crisis

Nearly a year to the day after the Chinese city of Wuhan went into lockdown to contain a virus that…

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Biden Rolls Back Trump Policies On Health, Climate, Wall, Muslims

U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by…

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Govt. Urges Frontline Workers Not To Refuse Vax As Targets Missed

India appealed to frontline workers on Tuesday not to refuse vaccines for COVID-19, after almost all states failed to meet…

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China, WHO Could Have Acted More Quickly: Probe Panel

The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the…

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‘Advisable To Not Take Vaccine If’: Covaxin Factsheet

India has launched a massive exercise to inoculate its population against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) which has claimed more than…

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One ‘Severe’, 51 ‘Minor’ Cases Of Post-Vaccination Adverse Events

One "severe" and 51 "minor" cases of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) were reported among health workers who were administered…

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Covid Vaccination Campaign: Sanitation Worker Gets First Shot

Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister…

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‘World’s Largest’ Vaccination Campaign Starts Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the “world’s largest” vaccination campaign today, as India tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic…

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WHO Team Arrives In Wuhan For Coronavirus Origin Probe

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to probe the origins of the…

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Environmentalists Support Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground

Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy sources, environment-friendly jobs and healthier…

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India Gears Up For ‘World’s Biggest Ever Vaccination Drive’

Indian carrier Spicejet carried a large consignment of COVID-19 vaccines from the city of Pune to the capital New Delhi…

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Could The Himalayas Harbour The Next Pandemic?

by Beth Walker/ The Third Pole The world is in an “era of pandemics”. Unless the destruction of the natural…

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