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09 Jan 2023

Chinese doctors asked to avoid writing Covid-19 as primary cause of death

Warnings on Chinese social media urging doctors not to "carelessly write Covid-19" on the death certificates WHO accuses China of "under-representing" the severity of its COVID-19 outbreak Covid-19 patients who die with pre-medical conditions do not count as COVID-19 death in China

Zero-Covid policy

12 Dec 2022

China relaxes 'zero-COVID' policy, decides to drop travel tracing requirement

China will drop a travel tracing requirement as part of an uncertain exit from its strict "zero-COVID" policies that have elicited widespread dissatisfaction At midnight on Monday, the smartphone app will cease to function, meaning residents' travels will not be traced and recorded The move follows the government's snap announcement last week that it was ending many of the most draconian measures

20 Oct 2022

Covid-19 is still an international health emergency, WARNS WHO

The WHO`s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee said after its quarterly assessment meeting last week that despite a decline in severe cases of Covid-19, and the falling number of weekly deaths, deaths from Covid-19 nevertheless remain high compared with other respiratory viruses.

11 Sep 2022

WHO makes BIG claim, says Covid ‘kills one person every 44 seconds globally'

“The number of weekly reported deaths may have dropped by more than 80 per cent since February, but even so, last week one person died with Covid-19 every 44 seconds,” Ghebreyesus said.

22 Jul 2022

COVID-19 fourth wave: Uttarakhand govt takes these measures amid rising cases

Amid rising COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, the state government said that it has been following all guidelines related to coronavirus India on Thursday saw a single-day rise of 21,566 coronavirus cases, the highest in 152 days, taking its COVID-19 tally to 4,38,25,185 The number of active cases in the country climbed to 1,48,881 on Thursday, according to Union health ministry data

15 Jul 2022

Covid-19 deaths rising globally, be PREPARED for new waves: WHO top scientist

Covid-19 deaths are rising globally WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has warned in the latest tweet She has urged people to be ready for new Covid-19 waves

Covid-19 fourth wave scare

14 Jul 2022

Covid-19 fourth wave alert? India records over 20K new cases after 145 days

After a gap of 145 days, India on Thursday recorded over 20,000 COVID-19 cases A total of 20,139 new COVID-19 cases were reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the total tally of cases to 4,36,89,989 The death toll also climbed to 5,25,557 with 38 new fatalities, the health ministry data updated at 8 am stated

24 Jun 2022

COVID-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh deaths in India in 2021: Lancet study

"For India, we estimate that 42,10,000 deaths were prevented by vaccination in this period. This is our central estimate, with the uncertainty in this estimate ranging between 36,65,000-43,70,000," lead author of the study, Oliver Watson from the Imperial College London said.

12 May 2022

Covid-19 deaths in US cross1 million mark

The 1 million mark is a stark reminder of the staggering grief and loss caused by the pandemic even as the threat posed by the virus wanes in the minds of many people, Reuters reported.

COVID-19 deaths

05 May 2022

India rejects WHO's excess Covid mortality figures

India has rejected the use of mathematical models by WHO for projecting excess mortality estimates. Full death toll associated with Covid-19 is described as “excess mortality”. India has objected to the use of Global Health Estimates 2019 in one of the models.

17 Apr 2022

India questions WHO’s methodology to calculate Covid-19 deaths

The Health Ministry has shared its concerns with the methodology along with the other Member States through a series of formal communications including six letters issued to WHO, reported ANI.

05 Apr 2022

'No confirmed Covid-linked deaths due to oxygen shortage in 20 states, UTs'

The govt told Rajya Sabha that "as of April 4, 2022, states/UTs have reported a total of 5,21,358 deaths due to COVID-19'' in the country,

16 Mar 2022

New Covid deaths fell by 17% globally last week, but surge in daily cases: WHO

The biggest rise in new Covid-19 cases was seen in the Western Pacific and Africa. 43,000 new deaths were reported globally, as per WHO's weekly report.

03 Feb 2022

India reports 1,72,433 new Covid-19 cases, 1,008 deaths in last 24 hours

The death toll climbed to 4,98,983 with 1,008 fresh fatalities, including 500 from Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 3.67 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has decreased to 95.14 per cent, the Ministry said.

16 Jan 2022

81 Mumbai, 31 Pune police personnel test positive for Covid-19 in last 24 hrs

The Mumbai Police informed that over 81 policemen tested positive for Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. 31 police personnel in Pune also tested COVID-19 positive on Saturday.

COVID-19 deaths

14 Jan 2022

Centre refutes media reports claiming under-reporting of COVID deaths

Media reports of under-reporting of COVID deaths are fallacious and ill-informed They are not based on facts and are mischievous in nature, said Centre's statement A large number of states have regularly reconciled their death number, said the Centre

13 Jan 2022

265 police personnel in Maharashtra died from COVID-19 till date

At least 126 Mumbai Police personnel lost their lives to COVID-19. Currently, there are 2,145 active cases of COVID-19 in the Maharashtra Police.

Omicron outbreak

28 Dec 2021

Omicron outbreak: UK records 98,515 COVID cases, 143 deaths in past 24 hours

The UK reported 98,515 COVID-19 fresh cases and 143 deaths in the past 24 hours on Monday In the past seven days, the UK has recorded 763,295 infections and 742 deaths

15 Dec 2021

Amid Omicron concerns, US COVID-19 death toll hits 8,00,000, most in the world

US death toll from COVID-19 has hit 8,00,000. It has the highest reported toll of any country. US accounts for about 15% of the 5.3 million known deaths from the coronavirus.

05 Dec 2021

India reports 8,895 new COVID-19 cases, 2,796 deaths as Bihar reconciles data

India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 3,46,33,255, the data updated at 8 am showed. India had recorded a single-day rise of 3,998 fatalities on July 21 after Maharashtra carried out the 14th reconciliation exercise of its Covid data.

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