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Coronavirus Outbreak: Understanding What Is Flattening The Curve And Its Importance

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April 1, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak: Understanding What Is Flattening The Curve And Its Importance
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India is under lockdown till April 14, a measure which is seen as the correct strategy across the world to flatten the curve of coronavirus spread. But what exactly does the term “Flattening the curve” mean, we speak to doctors and experts to know all about the term, lockdown and if it will help in breaking the chain of  infection  ...
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Fight Against Coronavirus: A Look Inside India’s First Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital In Mumbai

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April 1, 2020
Fight Against Coronavirus: A Look Inside, India's First Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital In Mumbai
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India’s very first COVID-19 dedicated 100-bed hospital comes up in Mumbai as a partnership between Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ...
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Social Distancing Lessons From West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee Draws Circles On Road To Educate People About The Mandate To Fight Coronavirus

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March 27, 2020
Social Distancing Lessons From West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee Draws Circles On Road To Educate People About The Mandate To Fight Coronavirus
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Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee shows how to follow social distancing norms like a pro during the time of pandemic - COVID-19 ...
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Coronavirus Outbreak: Reckitt Benckiser Pledges £32 Million To ‘RB Fight For Access Fund’ To Help Control The Spread Of COVID-19

March 27, 2020
As part of this fund, an £32M has been mobilised to address the urgent collective fight against the spread of COVID-19 by breaking the chain of this fast-spreading infection
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The RB Fight for Access Fund will benefit from 50 per cent funding from corporate, matched by funding from each of the three business units, Hygiene, Health & Nutrition ...
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Public Distribution System Items To Be Supplied At Doorsteps In Haryana

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IANS
March 27, 2020
The Haryana Food Supplies Department has issued a list of 22 items under the PDS, adding masks, sanitisers and gloves
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Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, who holds the portfolio of food and civil supplies, told officials during a meeting that ration/provisions that ought to be given under the Public Distribution System during April ...
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So Much Information Circulating About COVID-19, Says Priyanka Chopra As She Sits Down With WHO Experts For A Q&A

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March 26, 2020
More than 45,000 fans participated in the Priyanka Chopra's Instagram live session on COVID-19
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WHO General-Director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Technical Lead Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, joined actor Priyanka Chopra for an Instagram live conversation about the coronavirus outbreak ...
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Coronavirus Lockdown: ‘No One Will Go Hungry,’ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announced 1.7 Lakh Crore Scheme For The Poor

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March 26, 2020
Almost 8.3 crore families who are below poverty line will get free cooking gas cylinders for the next three months, the Finance Minister announced
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 1,70,000-crore scheme, titled ‘Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan scheme’ to address the concerns of poor, migrant workers and those who need help ...
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National Health Mission Guidelines For Health Care Workers

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PTI
March 26, 2020
The health ministry also sensitised the health workers to differentiate between myth and facts on the spread of the infection, as it would contain rumours on the spread of the infection
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According to the National Health Mission document, frontline workers role in the fight against the spread of coronavirus is two-fold: Spread key messages in the community about measures to prevent the infection; and take actions for early detection and referral of suspected COVID-19 cases ...
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COVID-19 Crisis: Jharkhand To Give Two Months’ Ration In Advance Amid The Coronavirus Lockdown

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PTI
March 26, 2020
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren also appealed to the people to abide by the 21-day lockdown order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has claimed that the move will benefit around 90 per cent of the families in the state ...
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Kerala Records 118 Cases Of COVID-19 Cases, Attempts To Strengthen Measures To Control The Pandemic

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March 26, 2020
There is a possibility of more coronavirus cases surfacing in the state, a government official told NDTV (Representational Image)
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The Health Minister of Kerala, KK Shailaja Teacher in an exclusive chat with NDTV said that the state is trying hard to tackle the problem ...
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Warm, Humid Climate Linked To Slower COVID-19 Transmission, Reveals A Study From Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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PTI
March 26, 2020
The scientists from MIT noted that Asian countries experiencing monsoon may see a slowdown in transmission as absolute humidity is generally above 10g/m3 during monsoon
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The findings, described in SSRN repository, show that 90 per cent of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, transmissions until March 22, 2020 have occurred in regions with temperature between 3 and 17 degrees Celsius ...
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India Fights Coronavirus: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Imposes A Complete Lockdown To Help Control The Coronavirus, Will it Help?

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March 24, 2020
India has reported 519 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 with nine casualties
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to state governments to ensure that rules and regulations of the coronavirus lockdown are enforced strictly ...
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