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South African coronavirus variant detected in California for first time
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], February 11 (ANI): Two cases of coronavirus strains first detected in South Africa have been reported in the US State of California, said Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday (local time).
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No case of South Africa variant of COVID-19 found in India so far: NITI Aa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): No case of South African variant of COVID-19 virus has been found in the country so far, said NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul on Tuesday.
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South African opposition slams govt vaccination drive amid halted AstraZen
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa's political opposition has slammed the country's government for its handling of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out after Johannesburg halted its plans to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, a Sputnik correspondent reported Monday.
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AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 (ANI): South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered reduced protection from the COVID-19 variant first identified there, CNN reported citing South African health officials on Sunday (
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African Union's executive leader Faki re-elected for another term
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has been re-elected for a second four-year term.
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Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to become next DG of WTO
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): Decks have been cleared for Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Friday to become the first woman and the first African to become Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after South Korea's candidate pulled out of the race for the job.
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Ivory Coast national held with heroin worth Rs 30 cr from Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 5 (ANI): Kullu district police in a joint operation with Delhi Police arrested a citizen of Ivory Coast allegedly with heroin worth Rs 30 crores from the national capital on Wednesday.
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PM Modi speaks to S Africa President Ramaphosa over COVID-19 management
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation on Thursday with South African President Matemela Cyril Ramaphosa, about the measures New Delhi and Pretoria are taking to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Merck Foundation trained 70 African doctors to be the first oncologists in
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Harare [Zimbabwe]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health, mark 'World Cancer Day 2021' themed 'I am and I will' through their Cancer Ac
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African ministers kick off meeting in framework of 34th AU summit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], February 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The 38th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council, which comprises ministers of the 55-member pan-African bloc, opened on Wednesday in the framework of the 34th AU summit.
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First case of South African coronavirus strain registered in Italy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The first case of the South African strain of COVID-19 has been registered in Italy in the city of Varese (Lombardy region), the city health service said in a statement.
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UK researchers suggest 1 dose of Pfizer vaccine not enough to kill S Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Not administering the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus on time may result in some elderly people contracting the South African mutated variant, according to lab test results obtained by the Cambridge University research
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