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Goa Chief Minister tests positive for COVID-19
Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant announced via his twitter handle that he has tested positive for Coronavirus. He also stated that he is asymptomatic and has thus opted for home isolation.
7 Foods that boost immunity for vegetarians
The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to find ways to boost our immunity. Till any vaccine becomes commercially available.
Goa Airport relaxes travel restrictions, domestic travellers can travel without COVID-19 negative certificate
The government of Goa relaxed travel restrictions for interstate travellers by removing the rule that requires them to produce COVID-19 negative certificate on arrival and testing.
32 members of a family test positive for COVID-19 in UP
Almost 32 members of an extended family tested positive for Coronavirus in Banda, UP on Tuesday, officials said. All of them reside in the same locality, Phuta Kuan in Banda district.
Immunity boosters for COVID-19 according to AYUSH ministry
India is currently the third country in the world in number of COVID-19 cases as well as deaths. The alarming increase in single day cases as well as deaths is indicating that India might become world's newest epicenter very soon.
US FDA permits all the COVID-19 patients hospitals to use Remdesivir
The US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has increased the use of remdesivir to treat all the hospitalised COVID-19 patients irrespective of the severity of the disease as the regulator believes the drug will be effective to all the suspected or laboratory confirmed COVID-19 in hospitals.
MHA announces Unlock 4 guidelines, will be in effect from September 1
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the guideline for the fourth phase of unlocking on Saturday allowing more activities outside containment zones.
UK to revise laws will allow emergency use of effective COVID-19 Vaccine
The Britain Government has now proposed regulations that would allow emergency approval of the COVID-19 vaccine. This will allow people to be immunized until the final licensing process is done.
India conducts over 4 crore COVID-19 tests till date
The central government has stated that more than 4 crore COVID-19 detection tests have been completed in the country since the outbreak of the virus. There has also been a rise in the number of tests conducted in a day and we have already achieved the testing capacity of 10 lakhs test per day.
Pranab Mukherjee health update: Renal parameters improve, continues to be on ventilator support
Former President Pranab Mukherjee has shown slight improvement in renal parameters following a renal dysfunction earlier but he still remains in a deep coma and on ventilator support.