India’s Home Ministry today asked all its states and union territories to relax Covid restrictions and night curbs amid substantial slump in cases across the country.
Category: Corona Virus/Covid-19
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India’s COVID pandemic will gradually slide into an epidemic stage, said a senior epidemiologist at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). “Looking at the COVID-19 vaccination status and the natural infection, we can say that very soon, the majority of us will be getting an infection.
