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The recent COVID-19 outbreak in Qingdao, Shandong province, was unlikely to have originated at the community level as no new positive result was found following citywide nucleic acid testing, officials said at a news conference on Thursday afternoon. There were no additional positive results beyond those already under quarantine, said Sui Ruwen, the city's vice-mayor and chief of the public …

Air quality of the city is showing no sign of improvement. The Air Quality Index peaked at 282 at the monitoring station in Sector 25 around 1pm on Saturday, worse than what was recorded even post Diwali. The city desperately needs rains, or the air quality will get even poorer.” Nautiyal said even though AQI spiked post Diwali, bursting of …

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New Delhi: Doctors in the national capital have advised residents to avoid stepping out or indulging in outdoor activities during the early morning and evening hours in view of “severe” levels of air pollution in the city. Associate Professor of pulmonary medicine at AIIMS Dr Karan Madan said lungs of the elderly and children are less capable of handling such …

New Delhi: With the level of pollutants and particulate matter in the air going up, hospitals in the city have witnessed a spurt in the number of people suffering from respiratory ailments, asthma and bronchitis. The condition of patients already suffering from respiratory diseases like asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease worsens during this time of the year as pollution …