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Moderna CEO targets emergency use for Covid-19 vaccine by December

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Manchester at war as it is dragged into highest Covid-19 Tier in UK

The region of Greater Manchester in northern England remained at war with the central government on Tuesday as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped in to forcibly place it within Tier 3 of the strictest Covid-19 lockdown restrictions from later this week.

 

After talks failed over a substantial financial package to support the region's complete temporary shutdown as part of efforts to control the spread of coronavirus, Johnson declared in a briefing from Downing Street that he bitterly regrets the move but was left with no choice as Manchester is among the areas of the country bearing the brunt of the second wave of the virus.

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Covid-19: Delhi Police focus on crowd management at markets during festive season

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Assam reports 9 more coronavirus deaths, 666 new cases

Nine more people succumbed to Covid-19 in Assam on Tuesday taking the death toll to 884, while the state's caseload went up to 202,073 after 666 new infections were detected during the day, Health and Family Welfare Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

 

He said that 1,201 patients recovered from the disease and were released from various hospitals and Covid Care Centres. The recovery rate is now 86.31 per cent.

 

Altogether 1,74,411 people have been cured of coronavirus in the state so far.

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41 more Covid-19 deaths in Delhi take toll to 6,081; infection tally 336,000

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WTO members discuss proposal of India, South Africa for easing IP rules for Covid-19

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Private hospital group opens post-Covid recovery clinics

A private hospital group on Tuesday announced opening of post-recovery clinics across its network of facilities to address complications faced by people who have recovered from Covid-19.

 

These clinics will cater to a "rising number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 but are suffering from the mid-term and long-term persistent effects of the infection," according to a statement issued by the Apollo Hospital group.

9:51 PM

8 deaths, 520 fresh virus cases in Punjab

The Punjab health authorities on Tuesday reported eight more coronavirus deaths as 520 fresh infections took the state's case tally to 128,590.

 

So far, the infection has claimed 4,037 lives in the state, according to a medical bulletin.

 

The places which reported new coronavirus cases included Hoshiarpur (109), Bathinda (57) and Ludhiana (46), the bulletin said.

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City of London lays out reinvention roadmap to bounce back from Covid-19

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Surat coronavirus update: 231 new cases, 244 people discharged and 2 deaths

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Mumbai reports 1,090 new cases and 1,470 recoveries. Infection count at 244,262

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Highest single-day spike of 4,029 fresh cases takes West Bengal's Covid-19 tally to 329,057

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Karnataka reports 6,297 new Covid-19 cases, tally at 776,901

8:59 PM

241 more test positive for Covid-19 in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand's coronavirus infection tally rose to 58,601 on Tuesday with 241 more people testing positive for the virus, while 13 more infected patients died at different hospitals.

 

Dehradun reported the highest number of 90 cases, Haridwar 37, Nainital 23, Almora 20, Uttarkashi 18, Pithoragarh 15, Udham Singh Nagar eight, Chamoli seven, Pauri seven, Tehri six, Champawat six, Rudraprayag three, and Bageshwar one case, according to a state health department bulletin.

 

Thirteen more Covid-19 patients died at different hospitals in the state taking the overall toll to 946 so far, the bulletin said.

 

As many as 51,862 infected people have recuperated, 429 have migrated out of the state and 5,364 are under treatment, it said.

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Virus can hit recovered Covid patients once antibodies start depleting: ICMR

Patients who have recovered from Covid-19 can again get infected by the virus once the antibodies of the viral disease starts depleting, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Tuesday. "According to the Centre for Disease Control (USA), you call it a reinfection (of Covid-19) if the person is reinfected after 90 days from turning negative to the Sars-CoV-2 after testing positive to it.

 

"However, there are multiple studies which suggest that the antibodies that develop after Covid-19 sustain for up to five months," said Balram Bhargava, Director-General of ICMR, while answering a query in the weekly press briefing of the Union Health Ministry.

 

"Since the disease is new, we do not have any further information about it. However, people can recontract the infection if antibodies start depleting from the body," he added.