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Coronavirus LIVE, 8th May, Saturday: Experts said that there is increasing evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is not just a disease of the lungs as initially thought but can also cause dangerous blood clots which need to be immediately removed to save limbs in some cases. The average weekly test positivity rate – proportion of samples tested that return positive for Covid-19 – in Delhi has now dropped at least five percentage points in the past week
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Coronavirus LIVE, 8th May, Saturday: The average weekly test positivity rate – proportion of samples tested that return positive for Covid-19 – in Delhi has now dropped at least five percentage points in the past week, offering a much-needed glimmer of hope at a time when the Capital’s administration and its people are engaged in a brutal battle against the city’s fourth Covid wave.
New Delhi is set to push for European Union (EU) support for a waiver of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines during the India-EU Summit on Saturday, which is also expected to witness the launch of negotiations on three key trade-related agreements.
UK health officials on Friday labelled a coronavirus variant first found in India a “variant of concern” and said it appeared to spread at least as readily as the one they found last year, which went on to trigger new waves of Covid-19 and force several countries into lockdown.
There is increasing evidence to suggest that Covid-19 is not just a disease of the lungs as initially thought but can also cause dangerous blood clots which need to be immediately removed to save limbs in some case
#COVID19 vaccination center in Visakhapatnam, witnessed a massive rush of people earlier today.
Maharashtra showing some respite in numbers
Maharashtra reports 53,605 new #COVID19 cases, 82,266 recoveries and 864 deaths in the last 24 hours.
— ANI (@ANI) May 8, 2021
Total cases 50,53,336
Total recoveries 43,47,592
Death toll 75,277
Active cases 6,28,213 pic.twitter.com/VnXjXJjwP0
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