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Primary healthcare focus area of govt: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant

Primary healthcare is the government's focus area where it is taking steps to provide quality medical facilities at the grassroots level

How much coronavirus we encounter affects the outcome. So wear a mask

The findings, released at a conference on the new disease, suggest that face masks and other measures lead to milder disease even when they fail to thwart transmission

Majority of Americans remain susceptible to coronavirus: CDC chief

Robert Redfield, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said that a majority of Americans remain susceptible to the novel coronavirus

Mizoram coronavirus update: 46 new Covid-19 cases; tally rises to 1,759

Forty-six more people, including 14 BSF jawans have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mizoram, taking the state's coronavirus tally to 1,759 on Thursday

Uttar Pradesh corornavirus update: Agra reports 104 fresh Covid cases

The Agra region continues to battle Covid-19 spread after in the past 24 hours, 104 fresh cases of the coronavirus were reported and one death

Amarinder urges PM for steps to ensure medical oxygen supplies for Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure adequate medical oxygen supplies for Punjab from other states

Karnataka coroanvirus update: Covid tally crosses 540,000 with 6,997 cases

With 6,997 new cases across the state, Karnataka's Covid-19 tally touched 5,40,847 on Wednesday while active cases rose to 94,652

Covid-19 impact: Private hospitals running losses, despite 'high' prices

During the ongoing pandemic, this stark difference has rekindled the debate over the cost of private and government healthcare

Make access to internet a human right

All online services and applications must be available in all major Indian languages, says the author

Arunachal Pradesh coroanvirus udpate: 210 fresh cases take tally to 7,595

Arunachal Pradesh's Covid-19 tally rose to 7,595 on Tuesday as 210 more people, including 13 security personnel, tested positive for the disease

Italy orders coronavirus testing for travellers coming from France

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza has ordered mandatory Covid-19 testing for travellers coming from seven regions of France, including Paris

Telangana coronavirus update: 10 more deaths, 2,166 new Covid-19 cases

Telangana recorded 2,166 new Covid-19 cases and 10 related deaths, pushing the tally of positive cases to 174,000

Lok Sabha passes two Health Ministry Bills in midnight proceedings

The Lok Sabha in a midnight proceeding on Tuesday passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020

Adopt proactive approach in dealing with coronaviurs: J-K official

Amid rise coronavirus cases in Jammu, a top government official directed heads of departments to adopt proactive approach in dealing with COVID-19, besides monitoring the situation round-the-clock

Karataka coronavirus update: Recoveries exceed new Covid cases in the state

Reversing the trend, recovery from Covid-19 was more at 9,925 than 7,339 new cases registered in Karnataka on Monday

Covid-19 Factoid: India records 90,000 recoveries, third day in a row

While the US crosses the 7 million mark in total cases, in India recoveries cross 4.4 million and Satara has the highest test positivity rate in India

Covid-19 in numbers: Here's the Latest data on cases and deaths globally

Refer to the following tables for data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths and recoveries in India and across the world

Threat of lethal autumn in Europe as Covid-19 returns in older population

The virus has started spreading in older populations again, according to data from France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK

Global Covid-19 cases top 30.6 mn, death toll at 955,000: Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 30.6 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 955,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

London: Over 30 arrested during protest against Covid-19 restrictions

On Friday, London Mayor Sadiq Khan expressed extreme concern over the accelerating speed at which the coronavirus had been spreading in London