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UK PM Boris Johnson Mulls National Lockdown For England As Corona Cases Surge
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was considering putting England on a month-long lockdown next week in the wake of a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official documents. ....
Bracing For 2nd Wave, BMC Starts 244 More Free Covid Test Centres
Bracing for a possible spike in coronavirus cases, BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday launched 244 free Covid-19 test centres across the city, officials said. ....
Delhi Witnesses Slight Decline In New Coronavirus Cases
The national capital witnessed a slight downturn in Covid cases on Monday with 4,001 new cases, taking the total tally to 3,96,371. ....
France Sees Record Number Of Daily Covid Cases, Hospitalisations Spike
Amid a second nationwide lockdown in France, the country reported 52,518 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, an all-time single-day high, which increased the overall tally to 1,466,433, according to the Public Health Agency. ....
Over 850 People Die From Covid In France In 24 Hours
Another 854 people have lost their lives to Covid-19 in France, bringing the death toll since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country to 38,289, showed data released by the health authorities. ....
Pakistan Rules Out Complete Lockdown
Despite a continued spike in the number of new Covid-19 cases, Pakistan's National Coordination Committee (NCC) has ruled out imposing a complete lockdown in the country to stem the virus spread. ....
4-week Lockdown Comes Into Force In England
Amid an ongoing second Covid-19 wave, a new four-week lockdown in England came into force on Thursday, under which people will have to stay at home, while non-essential shops, pubs and gyms will remain closed. ....
US Reports Over 125K New Covid Cases, Sets World Record
The US has set a new record for the number of daily coronavirus cases, after more than 125,000 people tested positive for the disease in a 24-hour period, the highest since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....
Centre To Delhi: Improve Testing, Healthcare To Fight 3rd Corona Wave
In view of the third wave of Covid-19 infection underway in the national capital, the Centre has advised the Delhi government to increase targeted testing and build medical care capacity to control the surge of patients incoming, informed the union health ministry in a press conference on Tuesday. ....
India Needs 1.7 Billion Covid Vaccine Doses For Adult Population
The key vaccines India is banking on are from Oxford/AstraZeneca, Novavax and J&J and the earliest efficacy data is expected by the end of November-December 2020 and in the best case, vaccines can be rolled out in January 2021. ....
