coronavirus in India

An Indian woman receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine during the vaccination drive at CV Raman General Hospital in Bangalore, India. Photo: EPA
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26 June 2021
Indian police probe fake vaccine scams in two cities
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 7, 2020, a researcher holds a sheet with paper strip samples for Covid-19 coronavirus tests developed by the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) which could give results at a similar speed of pregnancy tests, at a laboratory of the IGIB in New Delhi. Photo: AFP
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21 October 2020
India to roll out quick and cheap coronavirus...
A fast and cheap paper-based coronavirus test will soon be available across India, with...
Stubble burning after harvesting paddy crops is blamed for much of the pollution that regularly cloaks New Delhi (Photo: AFP)
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06 October 2020
Delhi races to cut pollution on coronavirus...
New Delhi unveiled a slew of plans Monday aimed at reducing the Indian capital's annual...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at a public rally after the inauguration the 'Atal tunnel', at Solang Nala area, about 14km from Manali, India, 03 October 2020. Photo: EPA
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04 October 2020
India virus reported deaths pass 100,000
Deaths from the novel coronavirus in India passed 100,000 on Saturday, official data...
Cinemas like this one in Mumbai have been closed in movie-obsessed India for months, but the government now says they can reopen at 50 percent capacity (Photo: AFP)
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01 October 2020
Schools, cinemas to reopen in India despite spike...
Schools, cinemas and swimming pools will be allowed to reopen in India after a months-...
An Indian medical official collects a swab sample for a coronavirus and COVID-19 disease test at government medical college hospital in Jammu, India, 29 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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30 September 2020
More than 60 million Indians may have caught...
More than 60 million people in India -- 10 times the official figure -- could have...
A man is tested for coronavirus in Ghaziabad, India (Photo: AFP)
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28 September 2020
India coronavirus cases pass 6 million
India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on Monday as it surged closer to the...
Indian people wait in a queue for COVID-19 detection tests at a government hospital in Jammu, India, 22 September 2020. Photo: EPA
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26 September 2020
Indian state to allow quarantined virus patients...
Quarantined coronavirus patients in the Indian state of Bihar will be allowed to vote in...
India has reported some of the highest daily case jumps in the world recently (Photo: AFP)
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17 September 2020
India virus cases soar as EU warns against '...
Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as the EU's chief...
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 8, 2007 shows the sea off the rocky base at Port Blair in the Andamans. Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on August 27, fuelling concerns about the safety of the group and other indigenous people in the remote archipelago. Photo: Deshakalyan Chowdhury/AFP
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27 August 2020
Coronavirus hits isolated Indian island tribe
Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for the...
Orderlies (in blue) and a relative push a handcart carrying the body of a person who died from coronavirus to a furnace at the Nigambodh Ghat crematorium in New Delhi (Photo: AFP)
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24 August 2020
India's coronavirus tally crosses three...
India's confirmed coronavirus cases crossed the three million mark Sunday with nearly 70,...
Indian migrant workers arrive in Delhi in search of work, in New Delhi, India, 18 August 2020. Photo: EPA
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21 August 2020
India study suggests millions more may have...
More than a quarter of New Delhi's 20 million residents may have caught the novel...
(File) Cars in traffic in Connaught Place after the city eased the lockdown, during the extended nationwide measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic in New Delhi, India, 22 May 2020. Photo: EPA
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15 August 2020
India is a constructive, dependable actor globally
Through the pandemic, it has not only met its domestic requirements but taken a range of...

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