People more likely to contract coronavirus at home: Study

By age group, the infection rate within the household was higher when the first confirmed cases were teenagers or people in their 60s and 70s. South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their own households than from contacts outside the home. A study published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 16 looked in detail at 5,706 “index patients” who had tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 59,000 people who came into…

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As coronavirus spike continues, Six-day strict lockdown announced for Kashmir Zone

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday announced complete lockdown in areas of Kashmir zone which have been categorised as red zones due to spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. According to news agency ANI, the complete shutdown will be observed in all such areas of the Kashmir zone, except Bandipora, from Wednesday to July 27. “The agriculture/horticulture and construction activities will continue during this period,” the Information and Public Relations department of Jammu and Kashmir said in an order. Jammu district commissioner Sushma Chauhan has already announced partial…

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Unlock 1.0: Pandemic curve gets steeper, with 608 new cases tally crosses 15000 mark in J&K

The Covid-19 pandemic curve has got steeper in Jammu and Kashmir since the UT administration began ending the lockdown on June 8 as over 72 percent of the nearly 15,000 positive cases have been recorded for the period. In the 43-day-long Unlock 1.0 and Unlock 2.0 (till July 20), around 11,000 positive cases have been reported, while there has been a spike in the Covid-related deaths as well. The number of deaths went up to 255 on July 20 from 41 on June 7. In J&K, the first positive case…

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