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273 COVID deaths, over 13K cases in Delhi

8:34 pm May 9, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi recorded 273 more coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the lowest since April 21, and 13,336 new infections with a positivity rate of 21.67 per cent, the Health Department said. The number of new cases, the lowest since April 12, can be attributed to a smaller number of tests — 61,552 — conducted on […]

Isolation hitting mental health of COVID-19 patients: Experts

3:48 pm April 30, 2021

Nagpur: Undergoing treatment in isolation without the presence of family members or loved ones can leave a negative impact on the mental health of COVID-19 patients as they may lose hope of recovering from the illness, medical experts feel. They say that the presence of family members and regular interaction with them should be made […]

One new COVID-19 case in Mizoram, tally at 4,428

Study says physical distancing may help ease burden on hospitals, but only to a point

7:46 pm July 16, 2020

Washington: Scientists have found that longer periods of social distancing alone are not successful when it comes to slowing COVID-19 spread, an advance that may help make better decisions in countries where a second wave of the pandemic is expected. “Conventional wisdom was, the more intense and long-term the social distancing, the more you will […]

Formulate ‘staggered’ exit strategy from lockdown: PM to CMs

11:20 pm April 2, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told chief ministers to focus on COVID-19 containment measures — testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine — in the next few weeks with a common goal to ensure minimum loss of life, and pitched for formulating a staggered exit strategy from the ongoing lockdown. As the country witnessed […]

Tenor Placido Domingo feels ‘fine’ after coronavirus

4:08 pm March 31, 2020

Mexcio City: Tenor Placido Domingo said Monday he is resting at home after catching the new coronavirus. Domingo said in a statement that he is “at home and I feel fine.” The 79-year-old was reportedly hospitalized in Mexico after publicly acknowledging on March 22 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and said he was […]

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