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Most experts agree that the first such move, the national lockdown, indeed helped but the government did little to make use of the opportunity to prepare the nation for a successful engagement with the virus later on. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Centre can't stand by and watch at this critical hour

There are no immediate chances of the numbers going down what with the Union government allowing opening of more social...

8 Jun 2020 5:32 PM IST

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

With nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, India now 5th worst-hit nation

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday

7 Jun 2020 1:58 PM IST

Closer home, while we await a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, social media is flooded with plasma donation pledges. PTI Photo

Does plasma therapy really help COVID-19 patients?

Experts weigh in whether convalescent plasma therapy is as dependable in fighting COVID-19 as celeb tweets claim

20 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

Passengers wearing face masks arrive at Jai Prakash Narayan Airport during total lockdown in Patna. PTI Photo

Lost & found items at airport now pose risk of COVID-19

The newest addition to the things forgotten by flyers are thermometers and bags or pouches containing sanitisers and...

19 July 2020 6:35 PM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response:...

Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective...

23 Jun 2021 12:38 PM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger entering the city to test for COVID-19, at a railway station in Ahmedabad, India. (AP)

India logs 39,097 new COVID-19 cases today, daily positivity rate at...

The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 4,20,016 with 546 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours

24 July 2021 11:29 AM IST

Locking people up is an easier way for the governments and authorities to bring down the rate of infection than devising ways to use the scientific tools optimally. Representational Image. (PTI)

AA Edit | Keep focus on vaccinations, new lockdowns not way out

People's livelihoods have been hit hard and they have little or no idea when they will be able to get back to their...

2 Aug 2021 2:27 AM IST

Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force concluded that there is no current evidence that an anticipated the third wave will target children specifically. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | Feasibility, agility key to successful school return

The threat from the virus may never fully recede, which means that education cannot be held up forever

3 Sept 2021 1:26 AM IST

A health worker administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at a vaccination centre, in Gurugram (PTI Photo)

Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 15,636

A reduction of 886 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

26 April 2022 11:27 AM IST

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A.P doctor refused cremation in Chennai

The doctor, hailing from Nellore, had checked into a private hospital here with Covid-19 symptoms

14 April 2020 9:44 AM IST

The report also revealed the Weddingz.in-app downloads were higher in Tier-II cities. (Photo: ANI)

Over 14,000 weddings postponed in MP due to virus outbreak

Fearing lockdown extension, hosts are cancelling marriage hall, hotel bookings

12 April 2020 10:34 AM IST

Amid lockdown, children beg for survival

As per estimates, there are around 30,000 beggars in Hyderabad.

7 April 2020 10:13 AM IST