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WHO designates new COVID-19 strain 'Omicron' as 'variant of concern'
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 27 (ANI): The World Health Organisation on Friday alarmed the siren among countries after a new variant of COVID-19 has been classified in South Africa, the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) said in a statement.
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With emergence of new Covid-19 strain, India's top health experts advocate
Updated : 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): With a new heavily mutant novel coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 reported in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana triggering alarms in India, the country's top health experts have urged for stringent surveillance at the government level.
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New COVID-19 strain: Mandatory RT-PCR test for passengers arriving in Mumb
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 1 (ANI): After the discovery of a new strain of the COVID-19 variant C.1.2, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for international passengers arriving at the Mumbai airport from September 3.
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COVID-19: Detected across 30 countries, Lambda variant 'deadlier' than Del
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], July 7 (ANI): A new COVID-19 strain called 'Lambda' is much more dangerous than the Delta variant, said the UK Health Ministry adding that it has been detected in more than 30 countries in the past four weeks.
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SAJA advises news organisations against using 'India variant' term for new
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 8 (ANI): The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) is advising news organisations against using the term 'India variant' or 'Indian variant', while describing the new strain of COVID-19 that reportedly originated out of India.
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Renowned Ayurveda proponent Acharya Manish emphasises on developing immuni
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 16 (ANI/ThePRTree): Even as India is witnessing one of the largest inoculation drives in the world to contain the spread of new COVID-19 strain, Guru Manish, a renowned proponent of Ayurveda, has stressed on the need to increase 'natural immunity', using Ayurveda, t
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We suspect new COVID-19 strain, samples sent to NCDC: Maharashtra Health M
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of new strains of COVID-19 in the state as "some patients are showing behaviours other than routine ones."
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Chinese vaccine CoronaVac might prove ineffective against Brazil's P1 COVI
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], March 11 (ANI): Amid an aggressive spread of the new COVID-19 strain from the Amazon in Brazil, a recent preliminary study has provided evidence that China's CoronaVac, the country's principal vaccine, might prove ineffective against the coronavirus variant.
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New COVID-19 strains not 'more infectious', need to aggressively monitor s
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): With two new strains of Covid-19, one each from the UK and Brazil, confirmed in a number of states, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that vaccines will be able to control the spread of coronavirus and lessen the mortality rate.
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New COVID-19 strains detected in India, UK strain highly transmissible, sa
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chandigarh, [India] February 24 (ANI): New COVID19 strains have been detected in India and the UK strain is highly transmissible, said Jagat Ram, Director of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on Wednesday, cautioning that all possible precautions must be ta
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New Covid-19 strain in India: No fresh case in last 24 hours, tally stands
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): No fresh case of the new strain of coronavirus was reported in the last 24 hours in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Sunday.
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Tally of persons testing positive for new COVID-19 strain in Meerut goes u
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 9 (ANI): Four persons tested positive for the new COVID strain in Meerut on Friday taking the total tally in the city to nine.
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