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Covid-19 Factoid: France and Iran face similar fight, Germany stands out

Around 20 cases are being registered and at least two people are losing their lives almost every minute due to coronavirus across the globe.




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Covid-19 Factoid: Over 3,000 dying daily, and three other data trends

The US, Italy and Spain together share almost half the total Covid-19 cases across the globe




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Covid-19 Factoid: Gap between daily new cases and recoveries widening

The world is adding over 70,000 cases everyday while the daily recoveries are still sub-15,000 on an average in the last three days.




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Covid-19 Factoid: Counting the dead - from the US to Punjab and Iran

The US remains the most affected country with over 340,000 cases and the death toll at over 11,000




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Covid-19 Factoid: Pain and recovery as cases set to cross 1.5 mn mark

Germany, where 40 per cent of all infected persons are recovering, is doing the best by that metric among the five worst-affected nations




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Covid-19 Factoid: Just 3 states account for half of new India cases in Apr

While North America and Europe account for the bulk of all coronavirus cases globally, half of new cases reported in India have come from Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu alone




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Covid-19 factoid: Alarm bells ring as India adds 1,500 cases in a day

Country's death toll consistently rising too, taking just two days to add the last 50 fatalities to the total.




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Investors in FPIs and PE funds go back on payment commitment amid Covid-19 uncertainty

Several sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, university endowments, limited partners, corporate investors and high net worth individuals have reached out to FPIs and PE fund managers in the last few weeks to convey their decision to partially or fully defer their commitments, people in the know said.




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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank approves $500 million loan to support India’s Covid-19 operations

On April 17, the AIIB had doubled its initial COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility to $10 billion from $5 billion earlier, which made funds available to its members for urgent economic, financial and public health pressures and quick recovery from the crisis.




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Demographic determinants of testing incidence and COVID-19 infections in New York City neighborhoods [electronic resource] / George J. Borjas

Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020




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Covid-19: Cadila Pharmaceuticals shuts down Ahmedabad plant after 26 employees test positive

A senior government official said Cadila Pharmaceuticals closed its Ahmedabad plant as five employees tested positive last week, and 21 this week.




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Agra: Journalist among two new Covid-19 deaths

Priyanka Gandhi asked the Uttar Pradesh government to provide insurance cover for journalists.




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Covid-19: Migrant worker, wife die in road crash in Lucknow while trying to cycle to Chhattisgarh

Their children – a three-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter – survived.




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Covid-19: China ‘either made a terrible mistake or it was incompetence’, says Donald Trump

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the formation of the China Task Force to investigate the country’s role in the spread of the pandemic.




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Covid-19: Migrant workers gather at Mangaluru railway station following rumours about special trains

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashok said the government was awaiting consent from other states to send the migrant workers home.




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Covid-19: CBSE to hold remaining Class 10, Class 12 exams from July 1 to 15

The exams had to be abruptly postponed in March due to a nationwide shutdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.




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Covid-19: APMC wholesale market in Navi Mumbai to be shut from May 11 to 17

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region is the worst-affected region in the country, with over 10,000 reported cases.




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Covid-19: SC stays Orissa HC order directing state to let in only migrants who test negative

The Supreme Court stayed the order after the Centre said it was ‘unworkable’ and passed without consultation.




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Covid-19: ICMR gets approval to conduct second phase of plasma therapy trials, says health ministry

The trials will be conducted in 21 hospitals across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, TN, Madhya Pradesh, UP, Punjab, Karnataka, Telangana and Chandigarh.




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Coronavirus: BMC chief transferred as Covid-19 cases in Mumbai cross 11,000

Iqbal Singh Chahal will now take over Praveen Pardeshi’s post.




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Covid-19: Madras HC orders closure of all state-run liquor shops in Tamil Nadu, day after re-opening

The court noted that there was a “blatant violation” of its guidelines regulating the sale of liquor.




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Here’s what we know (and don’t know) about asymptomatic Covid-19 patients

A physician answers five common questions.




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Covid-19: Uddhav Thackeray dismisses rumours of Army being called in to handle situation in Mumbai

‘If we need more forces, we will ask for central forces in order to give some rest to our police,’ he said.




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Covid-19: Scientific journals are now pumping out research faster than ever

While there is an urgent need for data, false information can be worse than none at all.




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What does the end of India’s Covid-19 lockdown mean for you?

The lockdown has not ‘killed’ the virus and was never going to. We will have to learn to live with Covid-19, possibly until 2022.




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Orissa court order on testing migrants highlights needless judicial intervention in Covid-19 crisis

While courts have an important role in ensuring that the rights of citizens are protected, it is essential that they avoid adjudicating on policy matters.




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Covid-19: Karnataka allows restaurants, pubs, bars to sell liquor but only as takeaway

The establishments will be allowed to sell liquor from 9 am to 7 pm.




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Covid-19: Bengal not allowing trains reach state is injustice to migrant workers, says Amit Shah

In his letter to Mamata Banerjee’s state government, the Union home minister said that this may further create hardship for the labourers.




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Covid-19: Over 1,000 migrant workers clash with police in Surat, demand to be sent home

The police have arrested over 60 people and another 60 have been detained.




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Covid-19: Teachers to evaluate CBSE Class 10, 12 exam papers at home from Sunday, says Centre

The answer sheets will be delivered to the teachers’ homes from 3,000 schools designated as exam centres.




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COVID-19 Diary Week 3: I've Never Been More Emotionally Exhausted

After a week seeing cancer patients with COVID-19 as the inpatient consult attending, Don Dizon finds himself more emotionally exhausted than he's ever been before.
Medscape Oncology




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Community Cancer Practices Battered by Closures, Now COVID-19

Since 2018, there has been a 20.8% increase in practices merging or being acquired, and more recently they have also taken a beating from COVID-19.
Medscape Medical News




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Androgens May Explain Male Vulnerability to COVID-19

Striking differences in how men and women are affected by COVID-19 might be explained by deleterious effects of androgens in males, say Italian researchers.
Medscape Medical News




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Let's Not 'Waste' COVID-19: Opportunities for Improvement

Dr Kathy Miller discusses beneficial changes that have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for the future of medicine.
Medscape Oncology




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As the Global Community Continues to Grapple with COVID-19, Mathematica is Remotely Maintaining our Operations

At Mathematica, our mission has always been to protect and improve public well-being. In this time of increased concern over the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the health and safety of all Mathematica employees, clients, and partners is our top priority. We are adhering to guidance and best practices issued by health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).




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COVID-19 Data Primer from Mathematica

Mathematica continues to partner with our clients and groups like the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) to respond to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the area of data analytics.




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Supporting Child Welfare Agencies During COVID-19

Before the COVID-19 pandemic changed our daily lives, resource-constrained child welfare agencies across the country already faced challenges with implementing parts of the new Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) of 2018.




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A COVID-19 Primer: Analyzing Health Care Claims, Administrative Data, and Public Use Files

This primer is designed to help researchers, data scientists, and others who analyze health care claims or administrative data (herein referred to as “claims”) quickly join the effort to better understand, track, and contain COVID-19.




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KKCTH treats a child with atypical symptoms for COVID-19 infection

“COVID-19 is a respiratory disease but world over we see children coming with diarrhoea and abdominal pain,” says a doctor




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LSAT entrance exam to be held online due to COVID-19

US-based The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has decided to administer the 2020 LSAT-India entrance examination online for the first time ever fr




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UK declines to use Apple-Google framework for Covid-19 contact tracing app

UK's health organisation, NHSX, in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing




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Microsoft revenue beats estimates as Covid-19 crisis boosts cloud business

Microsoft benefited from strong demand for its Teams collaboration software, which now has 75 million users




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TikTok hits 2 bn downloads; becomes most installed app amid Covid-19 crisis

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs




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Apple Q1 earnings pinched by Covid-19 pandemic; iPhone hardest hit segment

The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world's best-known companies is faring as the US economy plunges into its first recession in more than a decade




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Covid-19: Apple issues cheapest bonds in years to fund buy-backs, dividends

The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years




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Covid-19 lockdown: Realme resumes online sales of smartphones, accessories

Realme has extended warranty on products, which expired during the lockdown period, till June 30




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In times of COVID-19, a day in the life of a banker

‘Our role is no less significant than that of doctors or policemen’




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Covid-19: Central team asks State about frontline staff, quarantine facilities

A.P. is ahead of other states with regard to testing capacity, Medical and Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said the government was taking measures to contain the spread of the virus




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Central team enquires about frontline workers who contracted COVID-19

It also seeks details of paid quarantine facilities and death rate




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10 fresh Covid-19 cases in Telangana