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Headaches, confusion and delirium experienced by some Covid-19 patients could be the result of the coronavirus directly invading the brain, according to a study published Wednesday.

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"There has been an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 recoveries in India. There is a more than 100% increase in patients recovered and discharged in the past 29 days," the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

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Mumbai's current recovery is 79 per cent, he said.

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Should the survivor of a suicide bid be punished as per Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code or be rehabilitated with care by the government under Section 115 of Mental Healthcare Act?

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Maharashtra recorded nearly 25,000 new infections (24,886) on Friday, accounting for more than a fourth of the national count of 97,937 fresh cases, according to TOI’s data collated from state governments. Both the counts were the highest recorded in a single day so far.

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This DCGI's orders come soon after Serum Institute submitted their reply to Dr Somani giving an explanation on the show cause notice issued to the drugmaker as to why they did not halt the ongoing clinical trial of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate till doubts about patient safety are cleared.

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A Chinese virologist claims that the new coronavirus was created in lab in Wuhan and has vowed to publish proof that backs up her allegations. Dr Li Meng-Yan, a researcher at the Hong Kong School of Public Health, had previously accused Beijing of covering up the outbreak in Wuhan.

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In a commentary in New England Journal of Medicine, Monica Gandhi and George W Rutherford of University of California in San Francisco said face masks could work like variolation to generate immunity. and slow the spread of Covid infection.

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The cost of oxygen cylinders has shot through the roof in past few months, thanks to increased demand due to rise in Covid-19 cases.

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So far, 92 lower-income nations are seeking assistance via the COVAX facility, part of the WHO's ACT Accelerator to boost development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics to combat the pandemic.

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