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Worldwide, the number of Covid-19 cases are close to 7.24 lakh; the death toll has crossed 34,000 and more than 1.52 lakh have recovered.
*Data as per Monday 12:15 PM
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US oil futures briefly dropped below $20 per barrel on Sunday after Trump’s announcement that social distancing guidelines would be extended through the end of April.
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As the number of coronavirus cases is rising worldwide, putting pressure on hospital systems that are running low on items such as ventilators, many automakers are developing new products to ease the shortage. As I said last day, General Motors has already kicked off the production.
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The US Food and Drug Administration has give a green signal to a molecular test that can diagnose Covid-19 infections within minutes. The test is created by Abbott Laboratories and is highly portable, can be used in a wide variety of settings, from hospital emergency rooms to urgent care clinics to physicians’ offices. It weighs about 3 kilograms.
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Spain’s Princess Maria Teresa, of the House of Bourbon-Parma, has died aged 86 after testing positive for Covid-19, her grieving royal family announced.
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The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on 23 July, 2021 and will run to 8 August after it was postponed for a year because of, yeah you know, corona.
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