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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 15, 2020, 22:28:48 IST
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Coronavirus live updates: Bihar becomes 8th state to cross 1L Covid case tally
India’s Covid-19 caseload crossed 25 lakh on Friday, just eight days after going past the 20-lakh mark, even as more than 65,000 fresh infections were reported for the third straight day while the daily death toll from the virus remained close to 1,000. Stay with TOI for live updates
15:46 (IST) Aug 14
New Zealand extends Auckland lockdown as virus cluster grows
New Zealand's government on Friday extended a lockdown of its largest city Auckland for another 12 days as it tries to stamp out its first domestic coronavirus outbreak in more than three months. The outbreak has grown to 30 people and extended beyond Auckland for the first time. Until the cluster was discovered Tuesday, New Zealand had gone 102 days without infections spreading in the community. The only known cases were travelers quarantined after arriving from abroad.
14:58 (IST) Aug 14
"Remember the press conference when I said the recovery rate was 9 per cent. Since then, there had not been a single day when the day's recovery rate was not better than the previous day's. Also, fatalities have also been decreasing with each passing day," he said.
14:21 (IST) Aug 14
Kerala is likely to witness a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the months of August and September with daily infections expected to touch between 10,000 to 20,000, State Health Minister K K Shailaja said. "Experts have opined that during the months of August and September we may witness a surge in COVID-19 cases. We may report between 10,000 to 20,000 cases per day," she said in a video campaign urging the youth to join the "Covid Brigade" to halt the pandemic spread.
14:18 (IST) Aug 14
Hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers on Friday faced the prospect of having to go into self-isolation for 14 days when they return home after the British government reimposed quarantine restrictions on France following a recent pick-up in coronavirus infections.
13:29 (IST) Aug 14
States most affected by coronavirus in India
12:52 (IST) Aug 14
The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, show the test called N1-STOP-LAMP, is 100 per cent accurate in diagnosing samples containing SARS-CoV-2 at high loads.
12:44 (IST) Aug 14
Researchers at Duke University in the US who analysed 14 types of masks — from N95 to the homemade varieties — found that most are quite effective although some can be better than others. Here's how the masks ranked.
12:16 (IST) Aug 14
SC says that there is world wide view that judiciary should not interfere executive decision in an emergency situation like Covid
12:14 (IST) Aug 14
SC says that it is not in favour of appointing a commission of inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country but did not pass order and adjourned the case filed by a group of former bureaucrats.
12:07 (IST) Aug 14
A senior expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is currently in conversation with Russia to get additional information about the Covid-19 vaccine that Russia will start production soon.
11:24 (IST) Aug 14
Vietnam's health ministry has registered to buy a Russian Covid-19 vaccine, state television reported on Wednesday, as the Southeast Asian country fights a new outbreak of the coronavirus following months of no local cases. "In the meantime, Vietnam will still continue developing the country's own Covid-19 vaccine," state broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) said.
11:12 (IST) Aug 14
New Zealand extends Auckland virus lockdown by 12 days: PM Jacinda Ardern (AFP)
10:52 (IST) Aug 14
India's Covid-19 caseload surpassed 24 lakh on Friday after 64,553 people tested positive in a day, and the recoveries rose to over 17 lakh, the health ministry said.
10:47 (IST) Aug 14
The move may trigger a potential price war in Covid-19 therapy. Zydus’ price of its drug, Remdac, is nearly 50% cheaper than Hetero’s drug at Rs 5,400, which was the first entrant in June. Cipla’s drug costs Rs 4,000, and Mylan has priced it at Rs 4,800 per vial. Recently, Jubilant Life Sciences launched it’s version at Rs 4,700 per injection.
10:23 (IST) Aug 14
10:13 (IST) Aug 14
There has been no such day in previous months when recovery rate of a day is not better than its previous day & fatality rate of a day is not less than its previous day. People & Covid warriors have fought strongly against coronavirus & will win soon.
Harsh Vardhan, Union health minister
10:05 (IST) Aug 14
Single-day spike of 64,553 infections and 1,007 deaths registered on Thursday, as per the latest health ministry data
09:58 (IST) Aug 14
Telangana's coronavirus tally soars to 88,396 with 1,921 new cases; nine fresh deaths take toll to 674: State health department
09:57 (IST) Aug 14
Health authorities said Friday they were investigating whether shipping workers were a source of New Zealand's first domestic coronavirus outbreak in more than three months. The outbreak has grown to 30 people and extended beyond Auckland, the country's largest city, for the first time.
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