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WHO chief advices reducing sex partners to limit exposure to monkeypox
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday advised men to consider reducing their sexual partners for a moment after the UN health agency declared the growing monkeypox outbreak among men who have sex with
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Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, if world take risks seriously: WHO chie
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 27 (ANI): The Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, if the world takes the risks seriously, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday amid the rising number of cases.
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"We believe Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped": WHO
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 (ANI): A high-level World Health Organization (WHO) official on Tuesday said the rapidly spreading Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped with the right strategies.
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DDMA meeting to be held on Friday, decision on easing COVID-19 restriction
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): In view of declining COVID-19 cases in Delhi, decision on easing restrictions to contain the virus spread is likely to be taken during a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Friday.
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India likely to witness sharp spike in COVID cases in coming days; vaccina
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): With the high transmissibility of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, India is likely to witness a sharp spike in the number of cases in the coming days, however, following COVID appropriate behaviour and vaccination could help contain the spread of the d
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China's Henan halts provincial travel, imposes partial lockdown amid fresh
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 5 (ANI): Cross-provincial travel hit a pause from China's Henan province after a surge was reported in the COVID-19 cases in the region. Authorities have also imposed partial lockdown and suspension of public venues have also been put in place to curb further viru
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Stringent measures being taken to control COVID-19 spread in border distri
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], January 4 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that stringent precautionary measures have been taken to control the spread of COVID-19 in border districts, adding that long-term measures need to be drawn up for the control of vir
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Pakistan's COVID-19 positivity rate remains close to 7 pc
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 4 (ANI): The coronavirus positivity rate in Pakistan is still close to 7 per cent for the fourth consecutive day that has concerned officials to curb the virus spread.
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Philippines' COVID-19 cases tops 2 million as Delta virus spreads
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], September 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines crossed a grim milestone as COVID-19 caseload topped 2 million on Wednesday.
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S. Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit record high at 2,223
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 11 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea's daily COVID-19 cases hit a record high due to the continued virus spread in the Seoul metropolitan area, the health authorities said Wednesday.
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Delta variant surge: China reports 85 new COVID-19 cases, Henan province e
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 5 (ANI): China on Thursday reported 85 new coronavirus cases, including 62 new locally transmitted ones, as delta variant of the virus spreads in Chinese cities.
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New AI model could help predict viruses likely to spread from animals to h
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], June 16 (ANI): A recent study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg found a new model that applies artificial intelligence to carbohydrates improving the understanding of the infection process and could help predict which viruses are likely to spread from an
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