Less than 20 lakh tests have been conducted for the first time since 18 May. Remdesivir allocation Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday announced that additional 22.17 lakh vials of Remdesivir have been allocated to all states and UTs for the period of 23 to 30 May.Remdesivir is an anti-viral drug used in the treatment of Covid-19.Earlier, 76.70 lakh vials of the drug were made available to all the states till May 23.

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Amazon says it will no longer test jobseekers for marijuana use

NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Tuesday that it will stop testing jobseekers for marijuana.The company, the second-largest private employer in the U.S. behind Walmart, is making the change as states legalize cannabis or introduce laws banning employers from testing for it.In March, a New York man sued Amazon, saying the company rescinded his job offer at an Amazon warehouse because he tested positive for marijuana, even though the city banned employers from testing job applicants for cannabis in 2020.Amazon said in a blog post that it will still test workers for other drugs and conduct "impairment checks" on the job.

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594 doctors died in Covid-19 second wave, most of them in Delhi: IMA

Covid-19 in the country so far, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said. The medical body shared a list of the number of medics dying across different states and union territories in the country.

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Singapore govt directs airlines to ensure passengers carry negative Covid report

Singapore have ordered airlines to ensure that the flyers landing in the country carry a negative Covid-19 test report. "Airlines must not allow a passenger to board the flight to Singapore if that passenger fails to produce the result of the required PCR test or if the result of that PCR test is positive," said Margaret Tan, the security director at the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore."They will be responsible to carry a person who is denied entry into Singapore back to the point of departure," Tan added.

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BRICS supports proposal by India, South Africa to temporarily waive patents on COVID vaccines

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Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new Covid hybrid variant replicating quickly: Report

WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19, said currently the variant detected in Vietnam was understood to be the B.1.617.2 variant, possibly with an additional mutation, but that more information would be provided when it was received.On Monday, the WHO, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group and World Trade Organisation (WTO) warned of a "two-track pandemic" where inequitable vaccine distribution was leaving millions vulnerable to the virus and creating deadly variants to boomerang around the world.Like many other countries in Asia-Pacific region, Vietnam has struggled to obtain vaccines, and to date has only reached 1 per cent of its 96 million-strong population with a first dose, reported The Telegraph.This week, the government

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Only one strain of Covid delta variant first detected in India is now 'of concern': WHO

Covid-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern", while two other strains had been downgraded.The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India's explosive outbreak, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is split into three lineages.The UN health agency last month declared the entire strain a "variant of concern", or VOC, but on Tuesday, it said only one of the sub-lineages deserved that label."It has become evident that greater public health risks are currently associated with B.1.617.2, while lower rates of transmission of other lineages have been observed," the World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic.The B.1.617.2 variant remains

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Covid update: India's total deaths surpass 3 lakh mark as new cases fall to 2.22 lakh

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