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3 corona patients die in Indore on Friday; case count rises to 1,727 till 8th May morning

Indore, May 8 () Three COVID-19 patients, two ofthem senior citizens, succumbed in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, taking the toll to 86 in the district, where the count of positive cases breached the 1,700-mark, a senior official saidon Friday. Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Praveen Jadiasaid with 28 more people testing positive for the virus inpast 24 hours, the count has reached 1,727 in the district,the worst-hit by the infection in the state.Three men, aged 82, 63 and 40, succumbed to COVID-19,the CMHO said, adding they were also suffering from different illnesses.Of the 1,727 cases reported in the district so far,663 patients have recovered, while 86 have died.According to the latest data, the case-mortality rate(that is total deaths out of total COVID-19 infections),stands at 4.98




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An Indian hospital is using robots with thermal cameras to screen coronavirus patients — here's how they work




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Maldives sees rapid spike in coronavirus patients

MALE, Maldives (AP) - The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation with one of the world's most congested capitals, has seen a rapid rise in coronavirus...




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Mizoram becomes coronavirus-free with recovery of lone patient

Aizawl, May 9 () Mizoram became coronavirus-free with the discharge of the lone COVID-19 patient from a hospital on Saturday, officials said. It now shares a similar status with four other northeastern states -- Manipur, Sikkim, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.Mizoram Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana said the state's lone COVID-19 patient, a pastor, was discharged from Zoram Medical College (ZMC) on Saturday afternoon after 45 days of intense treatment.He was discharged from the hospital after four consecutive tests turned negative, the minister said.The pastor, who is in his early 50s and working under the Baptist Church of Mizoram, returned to the state from Amsterdam on March 16. He was pursuing higher study in theology in the Netherlands capital.He tested positive for novel coronavirus




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Germany will build a new hospital for 1,000 coronavirus patients

The Berlin city government has agreed to build a new hospital for up to 1,000 coronavirus patients with the help of the military and other partners.




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Three men found dead in New York City hotel quarantining coronavirus patients

Three men, aged 42, 64 and 70, have been found dead over the weekend in at the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Manhattan that was used to quarantine recovering COVID-19 patients.




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Coronavirus is killing patients with silent hypoxia, or low oxygen

Emergency room doctors say coronavirus patients are coming into the hospital with pneumonia and low oxygen levels, but they aren't struggling to breathe, meaning they are in critical condition already.




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Coronavirus patient in New York died because her ventilator was turned up too high by junior doctors

New York City doctors in residence have said that coronavirus patients are dying while they being made to work on intensive care units with no prior training in the field.




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Kim Jong-un 'wheezing like a emphysema patient' according to Tucker Carlson

Carlson watched the notoriously heavy smoker speaking to Trump as Kim welcomed the US president into North Korea - the first ever to ever set foot in the secretive state.




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North Korea becomes the 29th country to record coronavirus as suspected patient struck in Denmark

The North Korean citizen returned from China before being tested positive for the deadly virus, according to local media. A woman from China has taken ill at Copenhagen airport, Denmark.




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North Korean coronavirus refugees are quarantined with terminal tuberculosis patients

North Korean refugees suspected of having caught coronavirus during their escape to China have been quarantined among terminal tuberculosis patients. Pictured: Pyongyang Hospital.




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Manhattan's first coronavirus patient is a healthcare worker who did not take public transportation

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tells a press conference on Monday that there will be more cases of the coronavirus in New York City and community spread is 'inevitable'.




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Lung bypass machines that oxygenate blood have kept 68% of critically ill coronavirus patients alive

A new study looked at 32 critically ill COVID-19 patients who were placed on ECMO machines at nine different hospitals and found that 68% were still alive at the time of analysis.




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Patients with blood and lung cancers three times more at risk of dying of coronavirus

A new study led by Wuhan University in China has found that people with blood and lung cancers are three times more likely to die from coronavirus compared patients with other tumors.




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Yale researchers lunch trial on asthma drug to test if it could treat coronavirus patients

Yale University will begin a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of asthma drug ibudilast after it was found to reduce lung inflammation caused by coronavirus in mouse models.




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Coronavirus can damage the heart in up to 20% of severely ill patients

Cardiologist Dr Robert Bonow says that in the US as well as Italy and China, coronavirus has attached itself to the hearts of infected people and even triggered heart attacks due to severe inflammation.




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Coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine fared no better, early study results find

Preliminary results of New York state testing of hydroxychloroquine to treat some 600 coronavirus patients suggest those treated with the drug fare no better than those who did not receive it.




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Arthritis drug may prevent severely ill coronavirus patients from needing life support

A small French study has found that severely ill coronavirus patients given tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, were less likely to be put on life support and less likely to die.




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Elderly coronavirus patients should be given anti-ageing drugs to make immune systems 'younger'

As a person ages, their immune system becomes suppressed and it takes longer for their body to recognise and attack the virus. Harvard scientists say this could be fixed by with NAD boosters.




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One in four coronavirus patients on ventilation suffer KIDNEY failure

Charities in the UK have warned the killer infection can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden serious condition that can be fatal if not treated immediately.




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Critically-ill coronavirus patient saved by quick-thinking doctor who gave him an arthritis drug

Dr Giorgio Gentile gave Leonard Whitehurst, being treated at Royal Cornwall Hospital, the drug tocilizumab as a last ditch attempt to save his life. He had heard promising results from early trials.




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The patients fast-tracked on new drugs BEFORE they've been approved

As many as 400,000 people a year in England and Wales are told they've reached the end of their treatment options, according to charity Marie Curie.




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High levels of protein in the blood could predict which coronavirus patients will need ventilators

A new study from Rush University Medical Center looked at the protein, known as suPAR, is a marker of disease severity and aggressiveness as well as activating of the immune system.




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75 coronavirus patients to get experimental HIV and cancer drug this month

Leronlimab is a drug in development for treating HIV and cancer. Two of seven critically ill coronavirus patients who were given the drug were taken off ventilators in a matter of days.




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Some patients have antibodies that protect cells while others' immune cells stop viral replication

A new study, led by Tsinghua University. found that recovered coronavirus patients had varying antibodies such as immune cells that stop the virus from attaching to our cells.




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Blood thinners could improve survival of hospitalized coronavirus patients by up to 50%

A new study from the Mount Sinai Health System found that patients on blood thinners died after about 21 days in the hospital compared to those not on the drugs who died after about 14 days.




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Arthritis drug may improve coronavirus patients - but experts warn effects are far from proven

A new study from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, found that 72% of 29 coronavirus patients given anakinra, an arthritis drug, had improved respiratory health and markers of inflammation.




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Coronavirus: Scientists estimate it kills 0.75% of all patients

Researchers from Australia compared 13 studies of numbers of people killed by the coronavirus and suggested a 0.75 per cent death rate, and a range of 0.45-1.01 was reasonable.




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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho urges Troy Parrott to remain patient

Spurs manager Mourinho has given Parrott the same pep talk he gave McTominay before he blooded the Scottish midfielder in his first season in charge of Manchester United.




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Joe Cole pleads that Tottenham need to be patient with Jose Mourinho

Joe Cole has pleaded that Tottenham need to give manager Jose Mourinho time as it is too early to pass judgement on the Portuguese boss.




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Doctors group claims that hydroxychloroquine helps 91% of coronavirus patients

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) claimed that 91.6% of coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine fared better - but they cite many anecdotal reports.




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Ebola fears in SWEDEN as patient is rushed to hospital with symptoms of the killer virus 

The patient was rushed to Skane University Hospital in Lund on Monday after suffering symptoms linked to the killer virus. Doctors say they can't rule out Ebola until test results come back.




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Nebraska doctors treat quarantined coronavirus patients with chicken soup and Tylenol

Doctors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where 13 Americans are quarantined for coronavirus, are providing patients with comforts such as chicken soup.




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NHS intensive care nurse who helped save Boris Johnson's life says he was 'just another patient'

Jenny McGee, 35, was singled out for praise alongside Luis Pitarma, 29, by the Prime Minister after treating him at St Thomas' Hospital in central London.




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Aetna sued for revealing scores of patients' HIV statuses

Patients were in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and D.C. Lawyers claim numerous patients' relatives and neighbors learned of their status.




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Georgia lawmaker wants HIV patients to be quarantined

Betty Price, a Republican state representative in Atlanta and a trained anesthesiologist, made the staggering claims at a hearing on Tuesday to discuss healthcare and HIV treatment.




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Most HIV patients have virus for 3 years before diagnosis

The CDC report, released today ahead of World AIDS Day, reveals a significant increase in early detection. The current three-year figure is a huge drop from 2011, and is dropping further.




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Aetna to pay $17,000 after revealing patients' HIV status

The company agreed on Thursday to pay at least $500 to each person whose privacy was breached by the blunder in eight states and Washington, D.C.




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HIV patients who are depressed have a greater risk of dying

Researchers at Northwestern University found that the proportion of time patients with HIV spend depressed is directly related to their likelihood of missing doctor appointments.




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HIV patients may soon be offered a once-a-month jab

Results from a Phase III trial, ran by ViiV Healthcare - a drug firm based in Brentford - show the monthly injection is as effective as the daily cocktail of pills patients currently take.




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NHS hospital confirms patient has monkeypox after catching the killer virus while visiting Nigeria

A person in South West England has been diagnosed with monkeypox, Public Health England said, and they are now being treated at St Thomas' Hospital in London (pictured).




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Six civil servants are suspended after posing for a selfie with a coronavirus patient in Pakistan

The picture was taken at a quarantine facility near Sukkur in virus-hit Sindh province. The employees -of the provincial land department - were visiting a local politician who was in quarantine.




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Colonel Tom Moore's millions is already bringing joy to patients

People unable to receive hospital visitors have been given the devices after the 100-year-old war veteran raised £32million for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his garden.




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NHS is facing 'ticking time-bomb' of claims from families of dead Covid-19 patients

At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action Against Medical Accidents. (Stock picture from library)




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Forcing suspected coronavirus patients into quarantine 'causes long-term mental health problems'

King's College London researchers found the psychological effects can last months and even years after the event. Pictured: Brits are whisked into quarantine after being flown home from Japan.




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Alex Trebek celebrates beating the one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients

The 79-year-old famed Jeopardy host admitted that his journey hasn't been easy and he's battled with bouts of 'great depression' through the process.




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The giant Nightingale hospital that hasn't treated ONE patient

The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and opened on April 10. But West Midlands mayor Andy Street admitted it has 'not needed to be used'.




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Britain's barely-used NHS Nightingales may FINALLY see patients

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to reopen key areas of the NHS for routine care - including cancer treatment starting from today - and 13,000 people could move to the UK Nightintgales.




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Multiple coronavirus patients are accidentally transferred to New York hospital ship

Less than five patients were transferred from the city's Javits Center to hospital ship Comfort on Friday in New York City.




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FDA warns AGAINST using hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus patients outside of hospitals

The FDA made its warning against using hydroxychloroquine after several reports of abnormal heart rhythms and rapid heart rates in patients who took the medication.