8.48 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research says a total of 7,67,17,728 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till Thursday. COVID-1...
8.48 am: The Indian Council of Medical Research says a total of 7,67,17,728 samples have been tested for Covid-19 till Thursday.
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8.46 am: Uttarakhand Cabinet minister Harak Rawat, who tested positive for the coronavirus on September 23, was hospitalised on Friday after complaining of breathing problems, ANI reports.
8.44 am: A group of scientists in the United Kingdom warned that even an effective coronavirus vaccine will not return life to normal. The report by researches of the Royal Society said the world needed to be “realistic” about what a vaccine could achieve and by when.
8.42 am: Amazon on Thursday said over 19,800 of its employees have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of March, AFP reports.
8.36 am: A second sero-survey in Mumbai conducted in mid-August has found that 45% of the slum population surveyed, and 18% in non-slum areas, was exposed to the coronavirus, The Indian Express reports. The first survey in July had put the figures at 57% and 16% respectively.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation survey covered 5,384 people from three wards: Matunga (F-North), Dahisar (R-north) and Chembur (M-West). Of 728 health care workers surveyed in slums, 27 % had developed antibodies against coronavirus. Besides this, more women were found exposed to and with antibodies...
