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India, has shown that it can lead to more repeat infections than its predecessors. Clinicians and experts largely believe that re-infections are not a cause for concern if a person has no symptoms, especially since RT-PCR tests can also throw up a positive test due to viral remnants.
Asymptomatic people are also far less likely to pass the infection on to others.
The student last year told HT she never thought she will be infected but once she was diagnosed with the infection, her main concern was her family members and others who she met after returning home. She spent 24 days at an isolation ward from January 27 to February 20, wearing personal protective equipment. She said her medical background helped her overcome the trauma.
An Indian Council of Medical Research study from January to October last year estimated 4.5% re-infection cases when in a study of symptomatic people. Another study by New Delhi’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) found the re-infection in over 10% of the people they routinely tested – these included silent re-infections that were measured by recording a sudden increase in antibodies, which occurs only when a person is exposed to the virus again. wanted to examine him, they could do so through virtual mode.
The Ghaziabad Police, on June 15, booked Twitter Inc, Twitter India, news website The Wire, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, besides Congress leaders Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani, Shama Mohamed and writer Saba Naqvi.
They were booked over the circulation of a video in which an elderly man, Abdul Shamad Saifi, alleges he was thrashed by some young men who also asked him to chant ‘’Jai Shri Ram’’ on June 5.
According to police, the video was shared to cause communal unrest as their investigation revealed that the incident was over a personal dispute.
The Loni assault video, which went viral on social media, reportedly shows a Muslim man being assaulted and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, with the miscreants also chopping off his beard.
Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari has been held accountable for the video that was shared on the social media platform, which the prosecution said fanned communal tension. The defense, on the other hand, argued that Maheshwari is merely an employee at Twitter, a company managed from the United States, and as such cannot be held accountable for a video uploaded by any user on the platform.
“Who am I? An employee,” Maheshwari submitted in his petition to the Karnataka high court, adding, “Twitter is not controlled or administered by me.”
The UP government says Maheshwari is to be held accountable for the video since he, being the managing director of Twitter India, is a representative for the firm. The video “resulted in violence” and thus the representative has a “responsibility to the people” to come clean before the investigating authorities.
The government also contended the jurisdiction of the Karnataka high court in hearing the case and deciding on the matter.
The alleged offence was committed in Uttar Pradesh, the prosecution pointed out, questioning the grounds under which the court is hearing the case.