Divisional commissioner Deepak Mhaisekar said the authorities will conduct targeted testing in the five worst-affected wards of the Pune Municipal Corporation, which may increase the number of cases in the next eight to 10 days.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General (administration) Nasima Sultana said that two of the deceased were over 60 years while one was aged between 41 and 50 years.

The Indian government in March put a hold on exports of several drugs including paracetamol to secure supplies for its people after the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the industry's supply chain globally. COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus in India: Close to 9 crore users have downloaded the Aarogya Setu mobile application so far, a ministry official said.

Such studies, which pose significant potential dangers to subjects, may be considered in dire situations and with certain disclosures and protections, a working group of the United Nations health agency said in a report posted Wednesday on its website.

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Notably, there are questions that he has raised which are not different from what Indians are already asking and discussing about between themselves.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is also planning to submit additional 450 genome sequence data of coronavirus by May 15, its Director General Shekhar Mande said.

The current SARS-COV-2 tests by private labs adhering to Government guidelines are conducted on a molecular biology platform, which has been the standard procedure for more than 25 years.

India has turned to its age-old medicinal practice of Ayurveda to check if it can work against novel Coronavirus.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that countries must also be able to manage any risk of the disease being imported into their territories, and communities should be fully educated to adjust to what will be a "new norm".

No patient was discharged on Thursday and the number of cured people stood at 109, leaving 93 active cases in the district, the officials said.

The kit 'DiAGSure nCOV-19 Detection Assay' can meet the growing demand for testing equipment across the country to a certain extent.

According to the ‘Daily Mirror', Johnson's divorce from Wheeler, his second wife, was finalised with the grant of the decree just before the birth of the baby on April 29.

India has so far reported 52,952 cases out of which 15,267 have recovered and 1,783 have died. Among the top five states to be hit by Covid are Maharashtra (16758 cases), Gujarat (nearly 6625), Delhi (5532), Tamil Nadu (5400) and Rajasthan (3400).

Coronavirus Cases Latest Updates: Testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to 95,000 per day and total 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.

Hamirpur had become coronavirus-free on April 29 after the last two patients in the district tested negative for the infection.

Sixteen new asymptomatic cases were reported in the Hubei province, taking the total number of such infections in the country to 845. All such cases are under medical observation.

As per reports, in India, every year 10,000 children are being born with thalassemia which approximately accounts for 10% of the total world incidence of thalassemia-affected children and one in eight of thalassemia carriers live in India.

The telephonic study, whose results were published in the journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, examined characteristics and symptoms of 103 patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 over a six-week period.

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"All ward officers were present at the meeting, which was also attended by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. We discussed corrective measures that were being taken," the minister said.

While Delhi has seen over 1,400 of its nearly 6,000 cases since the beginning of the week, the death toll in the state stands at 66.

Traditionally, people all over the world used to donate blood on this day to mark the occasion. However, no such drives and big observations are being held this year.

It also said that the suspension of domestic flight operation will continue up to May 10. The earlier order was to expire on May 7.

Konrad Karcz, Professor of Medicine and Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Ludwig Maximilian University Clinic in Germany, spoke about the potential for chatbots to measure body temperature and other medical indicators in patients.

Out of the six fresh cases from Delhi, two were posted at the BSF's headquarters in the national capital and four were posted at other units in the city.

There is only one cure for Thalassemia major at present, which is a bone marrow transplant with a suitable donor.

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