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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Denying community spread hampers Covid response

Covid fiscal response and India's standing, Goa struggles to control third wave, and why cough droplets travel longer when it's cold & humid-a roundup of news on how India is dealing with the pandemic

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Health workers wearing PPE kit check the temperature, blood oxygen screening of a child for COVID-19 symptoms at a residential building at Adarsh Nagar area of Malad, in Mumbai on Saturday.

Sarah Farooqui New Delhi
Managing Covid-19
As Goa reopens for tourism, state struggles to control a third wave of Covid-19:
Amid a rising spate of Covid-19 cases, Goa, as part of Unlock 2.0, officially reopened for tourism on July 2. Approximately 250 hotels registered with the state tourism department have been allowed to open following guidelines set by the state. While the state has received a mixed response to this decision, the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise.  Read more here
 
How denying community transmission is hampering India’s Covid-19 response: Even as Kerala confirmed there was community transmission in the state, the

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