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Delhi: 9 in 10 people with Covid symptoms missing from official data, finds survey

Delhi NCR residents with symptoms are missing from officially reported case figures as they skip taking the Covid test or opt for at-home antigen test. The survey found that of those who had Covid symptoms in Delhi-NCR in the last 30 days, only 12% took a RT-PCR. The survey was conducted in the past 30 days. A questionnaire was given to people as part of the survey which received 10,821 responses.

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Covid positive Commonwealth Games star hugs team-mates after claiming gold medal

cricket star Tahlia McGrath didn't seem too bothered about her positive Covid test as she celebrated winning gold at the Commonwealth Games by hugging teammates.However, the decision to play her has come under fire from critics given the country's apparent hardline stance over the virus, which saw Novak Djokovic barred from playing the Australian Open in January over his refusal to be vaccinated. Furthermore, those who test positive down under are still required to isolate for a mandatory seven-day period.That is no longer the case in the UK though, with McGrath, 26, waking up the morning of Sunday's final with mild symptoms.

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CVS plans to bid for signify health

Deal would help CVS fulfill its ambition to become even bigger provider of medical services CVS Health Corp.

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What type of health insurance is best for seniors?

I am nearing retirement and so far I was covered under my corporate insurance policy. I will retire in the next 1 year and my age is 58. Please suggest a good health Insurance plan for me and my wife (55) as we both are senior citizens. Should we go for senior citizens specific plans or the normal health Insurance plan? What cover should we look at buying? We do have PEDs- I am a heart patient & my wife is diabetic. - Manohar Kumar Life after the age of 60 is considered as a new innings with the least responsibilities and maximum time for self and family.

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Hong Kong cuts Covid hotel quarantine to 3 days on arrivals

southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in the world, together with mainland China, to require a quarantine to guard against travelers spreading COVID-19 to the local population. The policy taking effect Friday will be Hong Kong's shortest quarantine for arrivals since the pandemic began. Hong Kong leader John Lee said arriving travelers must quarantine three days in a designated hotel, then undergo four days of medical surveillance during which their movements will be restricted via the use of a health code system.

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This Chinese tourist hotspot becomes nightmare due to Covid-19 lockdown

Covid-19 outbreak in China, even as some 80,000 visitors were enjoying its beaches at peak season. Many are now stuck inside hotels until next Saturday, if not longer. Yang, along with her husband and child, are staying at a four-star hotel paid out of their own pocket.

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India reports over 16,000 new covid cases, 41 deaths in a day

New Delhi: India reported 16,167 new covid-19 cases and 41 deaths in the last 24 hours New Delhi: India reported 16,167 new covid-19 cases and 41 deaths in the last 24 hours. The country has 1,35,510 active cases so far while 4.41 crore cases have been reported in the last two years. So far, more than 5,26,730 deaths have been recorded in the country.

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Despite being COVID-19 positive, this Australian all-rounder was allowed to play in final against India

Also Read: India's Eldhose Paul, Abdulla Aboobacker win gold, silver in triple jump Australia defeated India by nine runs in the Commonwealth Games women's cricket gold medal game on Sunday at Edgbaston. India, which was expertly led by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, pushed top-ranked Australia to the limit before taking seven wickets in the final five overs to secure victory.

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India sees decline in daily Covid-19 cases, logs 16,167 new infections

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,35,510. India once again witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Monday, with the country recording 16,167 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With this, the active caseload of the country currently stands at 1,35,510. The data shows that a total of 15,549 people recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the country's cumulative recoveries to 4,34,99,659.

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Modi to launch three health schemes on Aug 15

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi may unveil an umbrella healthcare programme on 15 August that will subsume existing flagship schemes, three officials aware of the plans said. The new scheme, tentatively called the PM Samagra Swasthya Yojana, will aim to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality healthcare. Apart from this, Modi will also launch two more schemes—Heal by India to send doctors abroad to perform medical procedures; and Heal in India to promote medical tourism in the country, the officials cited above said on the condition of anonymity.

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Covid-19: Maharashtra reports 1,812 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest cases from Mumbai

Covid-19 cases and nine Covid-19 deaths. Maharashtra health department further informed that 16 patients of BA.2.75 and three patients of BA. 4 and 5 sub-variants have been found in the state, adding that, so far, all these cases have been reported from Pune.

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Delhi's Covid positivity rate surges to 14.97%, highest since 22 Jan. Details here

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US President Joe Biden leaves White House for first time since getting Covid-19. Read here

PTI report citing AP, the United States President Joe Biden had tested negative Saturday, clearing the way to emerge from an isolation that lasted longer than expected because of a rebound case of the virus. The White House physician, Dr.

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India logs 18,738 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,34,933 India recorded 18,738 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the active caseload to 1,34,933 at present, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The daily positivity rate is 5.02%, while the weekly positivity rate is 4.63%. A total of 18,558 people have recovered from the coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, while the total number of recoveries stand at 4,34,84,110.

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President Biden tests negative for COVID, isolating until 2nd negative

President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday but will continue to isolate at the White House until a second negative test, his doctor said. Dr. Kevin O'Connor wrote in his latest daily update that the president, “in an abundance of caution," will abide by the "strict isolation measures" in place since his “rebound" infection was detected July 30, pending a follow-up negative result.

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Centre notifies new condition for tax exemption given to Covid aid

₹10 lakh. Such sum will not be counted as taxable under the head ‘income from other sources,’ if it meets all the conditions.

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Covid surge: Centre asks 7 states to maintain vigil, ramp up pace of vaccination

Rajesh Bhushan, union health secretary, has written to the health secretaries of Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, to step up vigil as mass gatherings are expected during various upcoming festivals. New Delhi: The Union government has directed seven states that are reporting a spike in covid-19 cases to continue to monitor the spread of infection and increase the pace of vaccination, especially the administration of free precaution doses.

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Covid-19 cases rise in Delhi, doctor flags concern, says 'booster shot must'

Covid-19 cases are rising in Delhi, positivity rate has gone up along with hospitalization. 51 Covid patients are admitted to LNJP, and 14-15 cases are coming every day. The increasing positivity is a matter of concern," Dr Kumar told ANI news agency.

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Snapshot of jobs market as it reaches pandemic recovery milestone

Covid-19 altered industry hiring trends, who is in the workforce and put pressure on wages that is driving high inflation U.S.

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Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj S Bommai tests positive for Covid-19 again

CM Bommai tested positive for Covid in the early morning on Saturday. while he has isolated himself at home, his Delhi trip also stands cancelled Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai tested positive for Covid-19 in the early morning on Saturday. He revealed this in a tweet in which he has asked people who have been in close contact with him to isolate themselves.

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All you need to know about long Covid-19 symptoms: 10 points

long Covid-19 infection with symptoms in an uninfected person as well as measuring symptoms in individuals both pre- and post-Covid-19 virus. It laid emphasis on the symptoms most often associated with long Covid-19 and gives an estimate at how likely it occurs in the general population. A total of 76,400 adults in the Netherlands were asked to fill out an online questionnaire on 23 common long Covid-19 symptoms.

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India sees marginal dip in daily Covid-19 cases, logs 19,406 fresh infections

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,34,793. Covid-19 cases in India on Saturday witnessed a marginal decline with the country reporting 19,406 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country's active caseload to 1,34,793 at present, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The daily positivity rate stands at 4.96% while the weekly positivity rate stands at 4.63%.

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Covid vaccine update: India administers over 100 million precaution doses

देश में लगी 10 करोड़ से अधिक प्रिकॉशन डोज।10 crore people now have an extra layer of safety. Under PM @NarendraModi Ji's leadership, 'COVID Vaccination #AmritMahotsav ' is going on in full swing to provide free Precaution Dose for all adults. pic.twitter.com/8UVkuXic5T This comes after government started providing free precautionary for all adults in the age group of 18-75 years at government COVID vaccination centres as part of the Central government's 75-day booster drive.

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Covid-19: Delhi reports 2,419 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest in six months

Covid-19 cases crossed the 2,000-mark. Interestingly, Delhi on Thursday recorded 2,202 Covid cases, with a positivity rate of 11.84 per cent, while four more people died due to the disease. Also, this was the fourth day in a row that the positivity rate breached the 10-per cent mark.

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Maharashtra sees 12 COVID deaths in past 2 days

On Friday, Maharashtra saw 5 COVID deaths, while 7 fatalities were recorded on Thursday Maharashtra on Friday recorded 2,024 COVID-19 cases and five deaths linked to the infection, which took the tally to 80,55,989 and the toll to 1,48,129, a health department official said. On Thursday, the state recorded 1,862 and seven fatalities.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Japan approves Covaxin booster dose for travellers

Covaxin, Japan also recognizes Pfizer's Comirnaty, AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria, Moderna's Spikevax, Janssen's JCOVDEN, and Novavax's Nuvaxovid. Last month, the Hyderabad-based company announced that the administration of the third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) after six months of two-dose vaccination dramatically increased neutralizing antibody responses, and showed increased memory B cell response in subjects in controlled clinical trials.

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US employers add 528,000 jobs, unemployment falls to lowest since pandemic struck in 2020

WASHINGTON : Defying anxiety about a possible recession and raging inflation, America's employers added a stunning 528,000 jobs last month, restoring all the jobs lost in the coronavirus recession. Unemployment fell to 3.5%, lowest since the pandemic struck in early 2020. July's job creation was 130,000 more than than those produced in June, and the most since February.

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Delhi: LNJP hospital conducts study on Covid-19 variants amid steep surge in cases. See details here

Covid surge. The study report on Covid strain will come out early by next week." While expressing concerns over the steep surge in the Covid-19 infection in the national capital, Dr Kumar said people are not following Covid appropriate behaviour and stated that while the cases are rising, the severity is mild, according to news agency ANI report. Additionally, he said, “we are not reporting hospitalisation cases because people have taken booster dose as well.

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No chatting at lunch: This is how Japanese companies are grappling with Covid-19

Supply Chains The disruption has particularly important implications for a job market at its tightest in decades, especially for the small and medium-sized enterprises that make up the majority of Japan's companies. Yoshiaki Katsuda an occupational health expert at the Kansai University of Social Welfare, said big companies can hire temporary workers to replace those who have to take time off but they are still vulnerable to supply chain headaches. "If smaller companies that supply products ...

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India reports 70 covid deaths, 20,551 new cases in a day

New Delhi : India has logged more than 20,551 covid cases and 70 deaths in the last 24 hours New Delhi : India has logged more than 20,551 covid cases and 70 deaths in the last 24 hours. There are around 1,35,364 active cases at present, the union health ministry data stated on Friday. Since the onset of the pandemic, India has reported more than 5,26,600 deaths and 4.41 crore covid cases.

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One in eight patients develop these long Covid symptoms, Check full list

long Covid-19 as more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the onset of this global pandemic. During this study, a total of 76,400 adults in the Netherlands were asked to fill out an online questionnaire on 23 common long Covid-19 symptoms.

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Covid-19: India logs 20,551 new infections in past 24 hours

Covid-19: India's active caseload currently stands at 1,35,364. India recorded 20,551 fresh Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country's active caseload to 1,35,364 at present, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The daily positivity rate stands at 5.14% while the weekly positivity rate stands at 4.64%.

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Do long Covid-19 symptoms affect people after getting recovered? Read here

The study says that there has been rising concern about the lasting symptoms seen in people with long Covid-19 as more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the onset of this global pandemic. One in eight Covid-19 infected person develops at least one symptom of long coronavirus infections that lasts 90 to 150 days after getting recovered, according to the most comprehensive studies on the condition to date suggested on Thursday. The study as quoted by news agency ANI says that there has been rising concern about the lasting symptoms seen in people with long Covid-19 as more than half a billion coronavirus cases recorded worldwide since the onset of this global pandemic.

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Monkeypox: US declares public health emergency

monkeypox outbreak that has infected over 6,600 Americans. The announcement will further free up money and other resources to fight the virus, according to the news agency Associated Press. Xavier Becerra, Head of the Health and Human Services department said that the country is prepared to take response to the next level in addressing the monkeypox virus and urged the citizens to take the infection seriously.

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President Biden is still COVID positive, physician says on day

U.S. President Joe Biden, who tested contracted COVID earlier this week, tested positive again for the virus on Thursday.

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COVID 4th wave in India? 3 reasons why cases are surging again. Read here

COVID infections are on the rise again and experts point out that this is because “People letting their guard down and not following social distancing norms". India on Thursday reported 19,893 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,40,87,037, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,26,530 with 53 new fatalities reported on Thursday.

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India sees steep rise in Covid-19 cases: Health experts on Covid-19 symptoms to watch out for

Covid-19 cases to 4,40,87,037, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 5,26,530 with 53 new fatalities reported on Thursday. Another health expert has recommended getting tested timely as an important way to navigate the situation.

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Covid-19: India reports 53 deaths in a day

With increasing number of covid cases and low uptake of booster doses across India, the Union health ministry has announced providing free-of-cost booster doses to all individuals above 18 years of age at government-run vaccination centres NEW DELHI: India recorded 19,893 fresh coronavirus infections and 53 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to an update issued by the Union health ministry on Thursday. The country’s active caseload now stands at 1,36,478, pushing the tally of cases to 4,40,87,037 since the pandemic hit in March 2020.

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Ancient poem, written by Chinese Nostradamus Liu Bowen, predicts when COVID-19 pandemic will end

Covid-19 update: India sees another rise with 19,893 cases in 24 hrs Notably, Chinese New Year in 2019 was on February 5. Every Chinese year is symbolised by an animal. And, 2019 was the year of the Pig.

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Covid-19 update: India sees another rise with 19,893 cases in 24 hrs

Covid booster doses due to the rising number of cases, a panel has recommended a different vaccine for Indian adults. Government panel National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended Biological E's Corbevax as a precaution dose for adults fully vaccinated with either Covishield or Covaxin.

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Covid ‘rebound’ symptoms: Why some test positive again, like US President Joe Biden?

What is Paxlovid and how does it work? Paxlovid is a combination treatment that uses two different antivirals: nirmatrelvir and ritonavir. Nirmatrelvir works to prevent the virus replicating. It does this by stopping a viral enzyme called a protease.

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News Scan for Aug 03, 2022

Dynamic restrictions on nonessential foreign travel into Canada helped slow COVID-19 variant introductions in early 2020 and 2021, allowing the government more time to scale up vaccination, testing, and contact tracing programs, according to a study published yesterday in eLife.A team led by University of British Columbia researchers geneti

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The guide to picking the health insurance you need

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Biden still testing positive for COVID, his doctor says

COVID for the first time on July 21.

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2,073 new Covid cases in Delhi today, 37% higher than yesterday

Active cases at 5,637 pic.twitter.com/xJwWJ2nYGp The national capital has been reporting over 1000 cases for a week now. The city has been witnessing a massive jump in Covid numbers, after it had declined in the past month. On Tuesday, Delhi had reported 1,506 fresh Covid-19 cases.

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Delhi High Court to function in hybrid mode as Covid cases rebound

Covid caseload has surged to 19,56,593 while the death toll stood at 26,313. On August 1, the south districts recorded 406 Covid cases--highest in the city. While the northeast district reported the lowest number of daily Covid-19 cases at 67.

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Can monkeypox spread like Covid-19? Who is at higher risk? Dr Rajiv Dang explains

Monkeypox is a simple viral illness, which presents like any other viral flu, but associated with this are lymph nodes Enlargement or Lymphadenopathy. These are the check post which are there around the neck which doctor can examine and detect. Mint spoke to Dr Rajiv Dang, senior director and HOD of Internal Medicine and Medical Director at the Max Hospital in Gurugram to get an overview of the situation.

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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