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Letter #64 - Modi: Coronavirus is as lethal as it was in beginning / Delhi govt to launch job portal / Global COVID cases top 16 million

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Letter #64 - Modi: Coronavirus is as lethal as it was in beginning / Delhi govt to launch job portal / Global COVID cases top 16 million
By Salman Mushir • Issue #64 • View online
Today’s topics: Outbreak in India - Outbreak globally - Medical updates - Impact on Jobs - Other recommendations

Outbreak in India
CNBC-TV18
#COVID_19 India | Total cases see biggest single-day rise of nearly 50,000, taking national tally above 14 lk. Active cases see biggest single-day rise, recoveries lowest 1-day rise in last 4 days

Total testing above 5 lk for 1st time, at 5.15 lk Vs 4.42 lk on previous day https://t.co/apMBrygRNS
Total COVID19 positive cases stand at 14,35,453 including 4,85,114 active cases, 9,17,568 cured/discharged/migrated and 32,771 deaths
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The Prime Minister began his address to nation by remembering the jawans who laid down their lives during the 1999 Kargil War. He also spoke about how Covid is spreading faster and that its threat is high as ever.
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The government released a standard operating procedure for festivities at the national, state and district levels.
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Economic Times
Only one thing is saving #Delhi from complete Covid catastrophe: The way they are testing https://t.co/9HGECLh2XH
Outbreak globally
The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 646,000 people worldwide and over 16 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
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New York Times World
Vietnam, which had gone 100 days without reporting a case of local transmission of the coronavirus, said that a 57-year-old grandfather in the central city of Danang had tested positive. How he got the illness remains a mystery. https://t.co/sn3S9stYDk
Countries around Asia are confronting a second wave of coronavirus infections and are clamping down again to try to contain the disease, with Australia recording a record daily rise in cases and Vietnam locking down the city of Danang.
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Medical updates
About 20-30 lakh doses of the vaccine will be ready by the end of August 2020, the Executive Director of the SII added.
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ETimes Lifestyle
With #OxfordUniversity's encouraging clinical trial results, here are all the promising updates regarding a #COVID19 vaccine https://t.co/0jtV1OwSU8
SK Bioscience, the South Korean pharmaceutical company backed by Bill Gates, may be capable of producing 200 million coronavirus vaccine kits by next June, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder said in a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
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Impact on Jobs
The portal – jobs.delhi.gov.in – will serve as a “Rozgar Bazaar” for the recruiters and job aspirants, Kejriwal said, highlighting that many people had lost their jobs and businesses were affected due the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Airlines the world over have drastically cut back on flights due to border restrictions and a lack of appetite for travel, particularly internationally, because people are worried about contracting the virus and spending lengthy periods in quarantine.
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The weekly jobless claims tally has been over a million each week since March.
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Miscellaneous recommendations
Podcast: What a survey says about the spread of COVID-19 and achieving herd immunity - 3 Things
Podcast: What a survey says about the spread of COVID-19 and achieving herd immunity - 3 Things
In today’s episode, we’re speaking with The Indian Express’s Amitabh Sinha about the findings of a serological survey in Delhi. He explains what such a survey reveals and doesn’t reveal. Given the spread of the virus, we also discuss the concept of herd immunity and whether India can hope to achieve it against this virus. 
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Scientists are tracing where the COVID-19 pandemic came from—and predicting where it will go next. Here’s an inside look at their work.
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Britain today unveiled plans to tackle an ‘obesity time bomb’.Last month, he said Britain was fatter than most European countries
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A couple in Texas who has been married for 46 years beats COVID-19, cancer, and chemotherapy together.
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This newsletter is created by - @salmanmushir, from Bangalore, India. I host a podcast called Salman Needs A Job, and I create content about jobs on my Instagram and YouTube.
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