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COVID-19
Coronavirus pandemic: French flock to hair salons before new lockdown takes effect
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
Hairdressers across France struggled to keep up with the constant stream of clients on Thursday, their last day of opening before a new lockdown goes into effect which will see them forced to close until Dec. 1. The new lockdown, intended to curb surging corona virus infections in France, entails the closure of bars, restaurants and other businesses open to the public, such as barber shops and hair salons, from Oct. 30, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday. At the Tchip salon in the northern French city of Cambrai, hairdressers were squeezing in as many appointments as possible due to the sudden demand, hairdresser Cathy Duhautbois told Reuters.
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Factbox: Back to lockdown - the new French measures to contain COVID-19 spread
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday gave details of the lockdown that will come into effect on Friday in an effort to put the brakes on a COVID-19 epidemic that officials say risks spiraling out of control.
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Macron orders France back into COVID-19 lockdown
Thu, Oct 29, 2020
France will go back into a nationwide lockdown starting this week to try to contain the COVID-19 epidemic that is again threatening to spiral out of control, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday.
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Video of thousands attending Dussehra ceremony in Kharagpur goes viral on social media
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
Flouting COVID-19 safety protocols, thousands of people gathered at a ground in Kharagpur in Paschim Medinipur district during the annual Dussehra ceremony with the video of the event going viral on social media in past two days.
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Trials of Russian Sputnik-V vaccine may end as early as March: Dr Reddy''s
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
Drugmaker Dr Reddy`s Laboratories Ltd on Wednesday rolled out a preliminary timeline for the India trials of Russia`s coronavirus vaccine candidate, with the late-stage expected to be completed by as early as March 2021.
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Smriti Irani tests positive for Covid-19, urges all who came in contact to get tested
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday became the latest Union Minister to be infected by coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Irani said: "It is rare for me to search for words while making an announcement; hence here`s me keeping it simple - I`ve tested positive for COVID and would request those who came in contact with me to get themselves tested at the earliest."
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Almost half a million Americans contract COVID-19 in past week as infections surge
Wed, Oct 28, 2020
Nearly half a million people in the United States have contracted the novel coronavirus in the last seven days, according to a Reuters tally, as cases and hospitalizations set fresh records in hot spots in the Midwest.
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Antibodies against the novel coronavirus declined rapidly in the British population during the summer: Study
Tue, Oct 27, 2020
Antibodies against the novel coronavirus declined rapidly in the British population during the summer, a study found on Tuesday, suggesting protection after infection may not be long lasting and raising the prospect of waning immunity in the community.
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Coronavirus pandemic: More English cities face tightest COVID-19 lockdown rules
Tue, Oct 27, 2020
Britain announced wider coronavirus pandemic restrictions on Monday which will take the number of people under England`s highest category of alert to nearly 8 million, as the government battles a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases.
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Maharashtra: Government cuts COVID-19 testing rates for 4th time; know rates here
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
The Maharashtra government has Brought down the rate for COVID-19 tests conducted at private laboratories by Rs 200, state health minister Rajesh Tope said on Monday. Tope, in a statement, said the new rates will be Rs 900, Rs 1400 and Rs 1800 per test, adding it was the fourth time rates had been revised from the original Rs 4,500.
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Coronavirus cases in US: America sees highest number of new COVID-19 cases in past two days
Mon, Oct 26, 2020
Coronavirus cases in US: The United States has seen its highest ever number of new COVID-19 cases in the past two days, keeping the pandemic a top election issue as Vice President Mike Pence travels the country to campaign despite close aides testing positive.
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All citizens in the country to get free COVID-19 vaccine: Sarangi
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday said that all people of the country will be given free COVID vaccine, amidst the demand by opposition parties in the country for it and not only in poll-bound Bihar as announced by the BJP.
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Maharashtra housing society office-bearers booked post COVID-19 death
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Mahrashtra: The chairperson and secretary of a Housing society in Dombivali, Thane were booked after a resident died of COVID-19 and the local civic body complained the duo had allowed a clothes sale in the premises in violation of lockdown norms, police said on Sunday.
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das coronavirus positive; says will continue to work from isolation
Sun, Oct 25, 2020
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Sunday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest high profile name in the country to contract the virus. "I have tested Covid-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright," Das said in a tweet.
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Everybody in India must get Covid vaccine free, says Arvind Kejriwal
Sat, Oct 24, 2020
According to the Delhi government, every Indian must get the Coronavirus vaccine free of cost, whenever it is ready. The BJP has included the promise of providing the Covid-19 vaccine free of cost in its manifesto issued for the Bihar assembly elections, stirring up a political controversy.
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