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Mutated coronavirus strain found in Indonesia as cases jump: Report

Syahrizal Syarif, an epidemiologist with the University of Indonesia, warned Indonesians must remain vigilant, as his modelling suggests the country may see its caseload rise to 500,000 by the end of the year.

“The situation is serious …. Local transmission currently is out of control,” Syarif said, adding that the number of infections found daily could have been much higher if laboratories were able to process more specimens in a day.

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COVID-19 tally breaches 35-lakh mark,record single-day spike of 78,761 cases,4.14 crore tests conducted

With a record over 10.5 lakh tests conducted for detection of COVID-19 in a single day, the number of such tests performed in the country has crossed 4.14 crore, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.
Of the 948 fresh deaths, 328 are from Maharashtra, 115 from Karnataka, 87 from Tamil Nadu, 82 from Andhra Pradesh, 62 from Uttar Pradesh, 53 from West Bengal, 41 from Punjab, 22 from Madhya Pradesh, 16 from Jharkhand, 15 from Delhi, 14 from Odisha, 13 each from Gujarat and Rajasthan, 12 from Puducherry, 11 each from Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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Global COVID-19 cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record

The official number of global coronavirus cases is now at least five times the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World Health Organization data.

Around the world, there have been more than 840,000 deaths, considered a lagging indicator given the two-week incubation period of the virus. That has exceeded the upper range of 290,000 to 650,000 annual deaths linked to influenza.

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COVID-19: Nestle says consumer behaviour changing, essentials ”taking precedence” over luxury

“The words quality, safety, nutrition and trust have undergone sharper re-definition and consumers tend to favour ‘tried and tested’ brands and relationships formed herein,” the CMD said. There is a new word that has been added to the lexicon of consumer needs in the pandemic, which is ‘immunity’ for self and the family, said Nestlé India chairman Suresh Narayanan .

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Japan looks to AI as coronavirus challenges go-and-see quality control mantra

Global manufacturers have long used robots in production while leaving the knotty work of spotting flaws mainly to humans. But social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have prompted a rethink of the factory floor.

That has spurred the increased use of robots and other technology for quality control, including remote monitoring which was already being adopted before the pandemic.

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India’s sees record single-day spike of 76,472 Covid-19 cases; total death toll at 62,550

The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 34,63,972, with 1,021 people succumbing in a span of 24 hours, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am showed.

The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.81 per cent in the country.

There are 7,52,424 active coronavirus cases in the country currently, which account for 21.72 per cent of the total caseload, the data showed.

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