France lays path for gradual easing of virus restrictions
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23/04/2021 - 09:04 French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday the peak of the third wave of the pandemic seems to be behind us , as France prepares to slowly reopen. REUTERS - POOL 2 min The French government has laid a path for a gradual easing of restrictions next month, with domestic travel limits to be lifted from 3 May – a week after some schools reopen. Advertising Read more
Amid an “improving” health situation, Prime Minister Jean Castex said French people would no longer need a certificate to travel more than 10 kilometres from their homes.
by Venu Gopal Narayanan - Apr 20, 2021 08:48 AM
A health worker collects swab sample for Covid-19 test. (representative image)
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While the epidemic is still raging in Gujarat, mortality rates of the second wave are mercifully lower than that of the first one.
This may in fact be an indirect indicator that our vaccines are working.
There has been some sustained commentary in the media of late, about a supposedly-abnormal heightening of death rates in Gujarat, during this second wave of the Wuhan virus.
This has led to frenzied WhatsApp forwards and some alarm, particularly among those in other states, whose family members reside in Gujarat in large numbers.
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The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is seen in an illustration released by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta January 29, 2020. CDC handout via Reuters
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PARIS, April 19 The global death toll from Covid-19 passed three million on Saturday, with the pandemic already having killed more people than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
But there have been notable exceptions. The post-World War I Spanish Flu wiped out 50 million people, according to some estimates. And over the decades AIDS has killed 33 million.
Covid spurt: Major markets in Delhi to voluntarily down shutters
April 19, 2021
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While some will be shut till April 21, others will keep stores closed till April 25
Many major market associations and traders in New Delhi have decided to close their stores voluntarily for a few days due to skyrocketing Covid cases in the capital city.
While some markets will be shut till April 21, others will be shut till April 25.
Some of the key markets that will remain shut include Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazar, Chawri Bazar, Bhagirath Palace, Old Lajpat Rai Market, New Lajpat Rai Market, Dariba, Nai Sadak, Khari Baoli, Chemical Market, Photo Market, Cycle Market, Mori Gate, Ashok Vihar, various markets of Karol Bagh, Gandhi Nagar, Shanti Mohalla Market and multiple markets of East Delhi, Computer Market and Rubber Plastic Market.