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Separate beds, wards: How Covid-19 suspects are treated at hospitals

Initially, there were reports that dedicated facilities were allegedly not allowing suspected Covid-19 patients but later the government asked hospitals to attend to them as well

Delinking hotels from hospitals as Covid-19 situation improving: Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had attached around 40 hotels to hospitals to increase the bed capacity in the city

Hetero launches generic Covid-19 drug 'Favivir' at Rs 59 per tablet

It improves treatment accessibility to a significant amount of Covid-19 patient population, which have mild to moderate symptoms,Hetero said

Moderna's vaccine candidate triggers Covid-19 immunity response in monkeys

The candidate vaccine, mRNA-1273, has been co-developed by scientists at Moderna and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US

PM Modi to hold review meeting with banks, his first since Covid outbreak

Agenda not known yet, but meeting via video conferencing likely to be on credit flow especially to MSMEs

United Spirits Q1 hit by Covid-19, analysts sceptical about early recovery

Management believes worst is behind, but analysts say recovery will be tough

RBL Bank Q1 profit dips 47% on higher provisions for Covid-19, other risks

The gross non-performing assets ratio improved to 3.45 per cent as against 3.62% in March, but was higher than 1.38% in the year-ago period

3M profit misses Street estimates as coronavirus crisis hammers sales

3M is the world's biggest producer of N95 respirator masks and has seen sales surge as governments fought over supplies of protective equipment for healthcare and other essential workers

Global air travel unlikely to return to pre-Covid levels until 2024: IATA

Moreover, the overall domestic passenger traffic was 86.5 per cent less in June 2020 than what was observed a year ago, the global airlines body added

57% in slums, 16% in societies exposed to Covid-19: Mumbai sero-survey

The study further found that more women had been infected compared to men while, overall, 40 per cent had had the infection

France sends ventilators, test kits to assist India in Covid-19 fight

President Emmanuel Macron had recently announced the donation of medical equipment to India, as well as provision of technical expertise

Demand dip amid Covid-19, low crude prices may cut India's oil bill by 40%

For India, lower oil prices act as big incentive as the country depends on imports to meet 86% of its requirements

India economic revival worst in Asia; GDP growth to lose pace in Q3: Report

Oxford Economics,in a report titled 'India: A reopening gone wrong', said the central government's attempts to restart the economy are already running aground

Govt took comprehensive steps to reduce pandemic impact: Lok Sabha Speaker

The Lok Sabha speaker hoped a vaccine for Covid-19 would be found soon

Tea prices rise as floods, Covid-19 take a toll on production, inventory

According to All India Tea Traders Association and Gujarat Tea Traders Association, prices have shot up due to a fall in production and inventory levels, along with healthy demand for tea

Mustard seed up 26% in four months on short supply, spike in oil demand

Apart from a spurt in mustard oil prices, consumers are also being sold contaminated products by traders out to make a quick buck

Need awareness about higher Covid-19 risks due to comorbidities: Vardhan

Vardhan also congratulated Team ILBS for their "tireless efforts" in the fight against the ongoing pandemic

Reconvert some Covid-19 beds to other services, Delhi pvt hospitals demand

Many hospitals said more than half their dedicated COVID-19 beds are vacant as a large number of coronavirus positive patients are under home isolation

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Scientists identify alternative technique to speed up Covid-19 testing

The researchers from Heidelberg University in Germany noted that the technique is not as sensitive as quantitative RT-PCR, the current standard method for Covid-19 testing