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Is AC safe during Covid-19, among top Google searches in India

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi  09.05.2020

: Queries around Covid-19 have spiked around the world, with people taking to the internet to search for prevention tips, new guidelines around the lockdown and symptoms of the virus.

In India, the top question that users asked Google in April was: Will lockdown extend after May 3? According to the trends report released by the technology giant for the month, the other top questions included, “What is plasma therapy for coronavirus”, followed by “Is AC safe during coronavirus?” Placed fourth and fifth were “how many cases of coronavirus in India” and “what is the recovery time for the coronavirus disease?”

“Search interest for coronavirus reached its daily peak in March but, aggregated monthly, search interest grew +10% over April.” While coronavirus tips spiked by 5000%, coronavirus prevention saw a spike of 2300%.

Coronavirus was the third most searched topic in India during April (behind Film and Meaning — both consistently highly searched topics in India), the report stated, adding that the highest search interest over April came from Meghalaya, followed by Tripura and Goa. Users also searched extensively for symptoms of coronavirus.

Full report on www.toi.in