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Brazil President Temer leaves hospital after heart surgery

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Rio de Janeiro, Nov 28 (IANS) Brazil President Michel Temer has been discharged from the Sirio-Libanes hospital in Sao Paulo after heart surgery.

Posting on Twitter after his release on Monday, Temer thanked the doctors for their help and Brazilian people for their support, Xinhua reported.

“I thank the medical team for their attention and the care of those who helped and prayed for me. I will soon return to work,” the President wrote on Twitter.

Temer was admitted to the hospital on Friday and received an operation called an angioplasty to remove obstructions in three coronary arteries and to place a stent in two of these.

A stent is a soft metallic tube that stops arteries from clogging up again.

According to doctors, the surgery lasted around 90 minutes, and was necessary to ensure that Temer, Brazil’s oldest ever president at 77, can continue to enjoy a good quality of life.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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