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People in their 20s, 30s and 40s are now driving COVID-19 pandemic: WHO

August 19, 2020, 4:35 PM

Sneha Shah | Mumbai

World Health Organisation (Representational Image)?

World Health Organisation (Representational Image)?

The World Health Organisation (WHO), on August 18, said that it was concerned that COVID-19 spread was now being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. WHO added that many of these people may be unaware about getting infected and hence may be a threat to vulnerable groups.

WHO Western Pacific regional director, Takeshi Kasai said during a virtual briefing: The epidemic is changing. People in their 20s, 30s and 40s are increasingly driving the spread. Many are unaware they are infected. This increases the risk of spillovers to the more vulnerable.

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?What we are observing is not simply a resurgence. We believe it’s a signal that we have entered a new phase of pandemic in the Asia-Pacific. While mutations had been observed, the WHO still saw the virus as relatively stable, Kasai added.

Technical officer and medicines policy advisor, Socorro Escalante, said that the WHO was coordinating with Russia, which this month became the first country to grant regulatory approval for COVID-19 vaccine. We hope to get the response in terms of evidence of this new vaccine, he said.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.