One year of COVID-19 outbreak in Maharashtra: Prevention norms key, says expert
Dr Patsute said people followed the COVID-19 prevention protocols in 2020 and as a result, the spread of the virus could be contained by the year-end.
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Passengers line up to get their temperatures checked at a train station in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Photo | AP) By PTI
PUNE: One year after the first case of COVID-19 was detected in Maharashtra, use of masks, physical distancing, hand hygiene and vaccination remain the key tools to contain spread of the viral infection, says an expert.
On March 9 last year, a Pune-based couple who had returned from a Dubai trip tested positive for coronavirus.
One year on, prevention norms key to stem Covid-19 spread: Expert
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Reporting Maharashtra s first COVID case, becoming one of vaccine hubs: Pune remains in focus
During the nine difficult months, the pandemic forced the city, like several other places in India, to witness a large-scale exodus of migrant workers.
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AstraZeneca-Oxford: Two doses a month apart, with trials showing different efficacy results (people who had received a half first dose had 90% efficacy while the ones who had received the full dose ha By PTI
PUNE: From earning the dubious distinction of reporting the first coronavirus positive case in Maharashtra in March this year to being the headquarter of one of the country s leading manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccine, Pune has remained at the centre-stage of the pandemic.