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Impossible to predict when Covid-19 pandemic will be controlled: WHO
"This virus may never go away. The number of people infected by Covid-19 so far is relatively low," said Dr. Michael Ryan, in a news briefing on Wednesday
 "Impossible to predict when Covid-19 pandemic will be controlled: WHO")
UN holds policy talks stressing multilateral solutions to ease pandemic
While this virus impacts everyone, it has not been an equaliser, but instead has exposed and compounded inequalities in societies
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WHO denies report claiming China pressurised it to withhold Covid-19 info
German weekly Der Spiegel reported that Xi asked Tedros during the call to hold back information about human-to-human transmission of the virus and delay declaring a pandemic
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WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing
Several countries are ramping up contact tracing, or the process of finding, testing and isolating individuals who crossed paths with an infectious individual
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Countries should pay attention to the most vulnerable: Tedros Ghebreyesus
He said, more than 3.5 million cases of Covid-19 and almost 250,000 deaths have now been reported to WHO.
Covid-19: WHO warns of new lockdowns if transition not managed carefully
"The risk of returning to lockdown remains very real if countries do not manage the transition extremely carefully and in a phased approach," WHO chief said at a virtual briefing in Geneva.
Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases near 50,000-mark; death toll at 1,693
Coronavirus LIVE update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on coronavirus, lockdown, death toll, and cases across the world
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There are chances no coronavirus vaccine could be around, ever: Report
An effective vaccine for dengue fever, which infects as many as 400,000 people a year according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), has eluded scientists for decades
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Covid-19 woes: Ease lockdown slowly, be ready for new cases, says WHO
Vulnerable people in institutions, including those in long-term care facilities, prisons and migrant dormitories, must be protected
Is it safe to come out of the lockdown? Check the sewer
Wastewater could provide early, painless data about the rise or fall of coronavirus levels
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Coronavirus is a matter of lives versus lives, says Jay Bhattacharya
He says that the epidemic is more widespread than we believe, not less widespread
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Free at last! Spaniards get outside to exercise after 49 days of lockdown
In Madrid, cyclists and skateboarders streamed along the city's wide boulevards. Barcelona's beachside was packed with runners, while surfers and paddle-boarders were out enjoying the waves.
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Coronavirus LIVE: 105 Covid-19 deaths in West Bengal; 459 in Maharashtra
Coronavirus LIVE updates: The tally of Covid cases in India has risen to 35,043. Worldwide, there are 3,308,548 cases. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates
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Coronavirus LIVE: Air India set to resume partial services from mid-May
Coronavirus India updates: The tally of corona cases in India has risen to 33,069. Worldwide there are 3,220,346 cases. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates
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India coronavirus dispatch: 'Lives vs lives', not 'lives vs livelihoods'
From making labour systems work, to post-Covid-19 economic models, and why cities have become epicentres of coronavirus outbreaks - read these and more in today's India digest
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Gilead Sciences reports positive data in remdesivir trial for Covid-19
The company issued a news release early Wednesday commenting on the study from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases without providing details of the results.
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Covid-19 Factoid: Most deaths in a day take India's total past 1,000 mark
While Turkey has turned the corner with its number of daily new deaths falling consistently, the number of cases in the US is now equal to the combined total of the next 6 worst-hit nations
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Has Covid-19 made a unified response to a national crisis the new normal?
While the Centre and the states have been nimble in launching joint action plans to contain the disease, there is sceptism that this is just a one-off
Asia-Pacific international air traffic drops 72% in March over Covid-19
Demand in revenue passenger kilometres fell by 70.7%
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Govt says plasma therapy in trial stage; India toll 939
The tally of corona in India has risen to 29,435
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