Covid-19: Delhi registers eight deaths in a day – highest figure in nearly six months

Meanwhile, coronavirus cases increased by nearly 79% in Mumbai on Wednesday as compared to the previous day.

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· 17 hours ago

Centre approves Corbevax as precautionary dose for adults vaccinated with Covishield, Covaxin

In June, the Drugs Controller General of India had approved Corbevax as the first mix-and-match booster dose in the country.

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· Yesterday · 04:33 pm

Desperate long Covid sufferers are trying every therapy, from ozone treatment to stem cell infusion

Mainstream medicine hasn’t yet found enough evidence-based treatments for long Covid. No wonder sufferers are turning to unproven therapies.

Deborah Lupton, The Conversation

· Aug 08, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Delhi registers 2,423 new Covid-19 cases, positivity rate highest since January 22

This was the fifth straight day on which the daily coronavirus count was higher than 2,000.

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· Aug 08, 2022 · 08:26 am

Covid-19: Centre asks seven states to increase testing, vaccination amid rise in cases

The weekly positivity rate in Delhi has gone up from 5.90% in the seven-day period ending in July 29 to 9.86% this week.

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· Aug 06, 2022 · 05:49 pm

Covid-19: Delhi reports 2,202 new cases – highest since February 4

Some people who had the virus a few months back are testing positive again due to new mutations of the virus, a health expert said.

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· Aug 05, 2022 · 08:26 am

Delhi HC rejects Ramdev’s clarification on Coronil, says it seems like a ‘pat on your own back’

The yoga guru had issued the statement after a doctors’ body filed a plea challenging his claim that the product could cure Covid-19 in seven days.

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· Aug 04, 2022 · 08:23 pm

Covid-19: Delhi records 2,073 cases, positivity rate above 10% for third straight day

Meanwhile, a 31-year-old foreigner tested positive for the monkeypox disease in the national capital. The city’s tally of the disease has now reached four.

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· Aug 03, 2022 · 11:00 pm

No data on doctors who died due to Covid-19, Centre tells Rajya Sabha

The statement, however, contradicts the government’s claims from February 2021 that 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers died due to the virus.

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· Jul 27, 2022 · 03:28 pm

Centaurus: Why the new Covid-19 variant becoming common in India doesn’t offer much cause for alarm

Data indicates that BA.2.75 may have already peaked in India. Besides, it hasn’t caused big increase in hospitalisations or deaths.

Ben Krishna, The Conversation

· Jul 26, 2022 · 07:30 pm

Covid-19: Compensate family members of victims without wasting time, SC tells states

Applicants whose compensation claims have been rejected can approach the grievance redressal committee, the court says.

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· Jul 18, 2022 · 07:00 pm

Coronavirus: O Panneerselvam admitted to hospital after testing positive

The former Tamil Nadu Deputy chief minister’s condition is stable and he is on medication.

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· Jul 16, 2022 · 05:42 pm