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Little evidence that protests spread coronavirus in US: Health experts

There is little evidence that the protests that erupted after George Floyd's death caused a significant increase in US coronavirus infections, according to public health experts. If the protests had driven an explosion in cases, experts say, the jumps would have started to become apparent within two weeks -- and perhaps as early as five days. But that didn't happen in many cities with the largest protests, including New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Washington, D.C. In what's considered the first systematic look at the question, a team of economists determined that only one of 13 cities involved in the earliest wave of protests after Memorial Day had an increase that would fit the pattern. It was Phoenix, where experts say cases and hospitalizations surged after a decision by Gov. Doug Ducey to end Arizona's stay-at-home order on May 15 and eased restrictions on businesses. Arizona residents who were cooped up for six weeks flooded Phoenix-area bar districts, ignoring social ...

World Bank approves US $500 mn budgetary support for Pak to tackle Covid-19

World Bank has approved US $500 mn in budgetary support for Pakistan to address the immediate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, achieve macroeconomic stability and support reforms, local media said.

Team of AIIMS doctors, IIT-Delhi students launch app to track plasma donors

AIIMS doctor along with a team of IIT-Delhi students have developed an app -- COPAL-19 -- that enables users to track willing plasma donors who have recovered from coronavirus.

Covid-19 Factoid: Tamil Nadu adds nearly 4,000 cases for 3 straight days

Over 1,200 people have died in southern state due to Covid-19 and over 50,000 cases have recovered so far. Maharashtra and Delhi, meanwhile, have shown some improvement lately

Another Covid challenge

Medical waste treatment capacity has to be ramped up urgently

Coronavirus updates: 21 new cases in Nagaland, state tally reaches 480

As many as 21 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Nagaland on Wednesday, taking the total number of positive cases to 480.

Govts trying to give sense that COVID-19 problem not as bad: Rahul Gandhi

Govts are trying to manage perception about coronavirus infections and give a sense that problem is not as bad, Rahul Gandhi said asserting that it is important to accept the problem and fight it.

Coronavirus daily updates: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rises to 7,316

Odisha reported 251 new Covid-19 patients, including an NDRF personnel, taking the state's tally to 7,316, a health department official said on Wednesday.

Coronavirus updates: 78 new cases reported in Rajasthan; tally at 18,902

Rajasthan recorded 78 fresh cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 18,092, according to an official report here.

Coronavirus update: Jharkhand reports 60 fresh cases; tally rises to 2,490

Sixty more people, including three CISF jawans, were tested positive in Jharkhand, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 2,490 in the state, a government bulletin said.

Coronavirus update: 4 more test positive in Arunachal; tally rises to 191

Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday reported four fresh coronavirus cases, taking the states Covid-19 count to 191, an official said.

With five fresh casualties, Covid-19 death toll reaches 68 in Bihar

The death toll in Bihar rose to 68 with five more fatalities in the last 24 hours, while the state's tally inched towards the 10,000-mark with 370 fresh cases reported, health department said.

Assam records highest single-day spike of 613 cases, tally above 8,000-mark

Assam recorded its highest single-day spike of 613 fresh Covid-19 cases, with the state's tally crossing the 8,000-mark and the death toll rising to 12, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

Covid-19 Factoid: Ahmedabad has highest death rate among all districts

Hyderabad, with almost 12,000 confirmed cases, has the lowest death rate of 0.2 per cent

OMRON India enters telemedicine segment via partnership with PhableCare

Healthcare monitoring equipment maker OMRON Healthcare India will provide remote hypertension management services at home

At 66.03%, Delhi's Covid-19 recovery rate higher than national average

In June, the national capital added over 64,000 fresh cases to its tally, while over 47,357 patients recovered, were discharged or migrated

PM Modi extends PM Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana till end of November

The scheme which was to cost Rs 60,000 cr initially will now cost Rs 90,000 cr adding up to Rs 1.5 trillion in expenditure by the govt

Tablighi Jamaat: HC allows shifting of 65 foreigners to alternate location

Delhi High Court Tuesday allowed shifting of 65 foreign nationals connected to Tablighi Jamaat, who participated in the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz event, to alternate accommodation.

HIV drug combo have no benefit for COVID-19 patients in UK trial

A combination of antiviral drugs commonly used to treat HIV showed no beneficial effects in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a large-scale randomised trial, scientists in the UK have found.

India's Covid-19 tally climbs to 566,840, TN surpasses Delhi in case count

With 18,522 people testing positive in a single day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 566,840, while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities,according to the Union Health Ministry data.