Important announcement on Ram Navami mela likely today
Important announcement about going ahead with Uttar Pradesh government’s proposed plan to hold the annual Ayodhya Ram Navami Mela from
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Coronavirus: Allowing huge congregation during Ram Navami mela is dangerous at this time
At a time when the virus is marching across countries infecting thousands and felling hundreds each day, lakhs of people
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COVID-19: Kerala takes a regressive step by narrowing testing criteria
If samples of people with mild symptoms to be tested each day is indeed delaying testing of more severe cases
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COVID-19: Contacts with mild symptoms will not be tested, Kerala says
Kerala’s revised novel coronavirus testing guidelines are in contradiction with ICMR’s. Already, only those who have returned from countries with ongoing
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COVID-19: IMA’s dangerous advice runs counter to best public health practices
All countries release data on novel coronavirus cases and deaths on a daily basis. South Korea was releasing the data
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COVID-19: Not a time to panic but to act decisively
In addition to testing sick people and their contacts, India should adopt a more aggressive approach by looking for cases
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Soon all 52 labs to confirm COVID-19 cases, but what about sequencing?
Finally, by March 13, to avoid delay, all 52 labs will be able to confirm novel coronavirus cases without sending
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Novel coronavirus cases in India shoot up to 28, marks local transmission
On March 4, 22 confirmed cases were reported from India taking the total to 28. India has for the first
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Coronavirus cases in India increase to six, numbers expected to rise
Two Indians who arrived from Italy and Dubai and an Italian tourist in Jaipur were found to positive for novel
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Explainer: When can people transmit the novel coronavirus?
Doctors at two independent labs in Munich in Germany isolated infectious virus from the pharynx of patients experiencing mild symptoms.
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Coronavirus: India’s health system, preparedness under test
Since the novel coronavirus was declared public health emergency, the virus has been galloping and infecting hundreds and killing tens
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AYUSH’s dangerous prescription: Unani medicines for ‘symptomatic management of coronavirus infection’
The AYUSH Ministry appears to be encouraging people to self-medicate. It has sent out a press release listing out specific
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Can the novel coronavirus spreading with renewed vigour be stopped?
Even as 18 countries/regions have reported 67 cases of novel coronavirus as on January 28 morning, no confirmed case has
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