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India reports 16,432 new coronavirus cases, lowest after 187 days, recover
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): India continues to witness a declining trend of daily new caseload after 16,432 fresh coronavirus infections were added to the national tally in the last 24 hours after 187 days, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
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Premier League confirms 18 new coronavirus cases, highest since weekly tes
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], December 29 (ANI): Premier League on Tuesday confirmed 18 new positive coronavirus cases after its latest round of testing. This is the highest number of coronavirus cases reported by the league since weekly testing began.
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COVID-19: Spain will not reach herd immunity soon despite vaccination, say
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain will not reach herd immunity for a while even as mass vaccination is rolled out across the country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.
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Australia registers first case of new COVID-19 strain that emerged in Sout
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], December 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Australia has registered its first case of a new coronavirus strain, known as 501.V2 variant and linked to South Africa, in the northwestern state of Queensland, regional Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said on Tuesday.
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5 pc of COVID-19 positive samples in country will be subjected to genome s
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New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Five per cent of the coronavirus positive samples in the country would be subjected to genome sequencing, the government has said.
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First confirmed cases of UK COVID-19 strain detected in Pakistan
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Islamabad [Pakistan], December 29 (ANI): Pakistan on Tuesday reported its first confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant found in the UK after it identified the strain in three samples taken from passengers who had returned from Britain.
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Civil Ministry taking steps to maintain the integrity of cold chain during
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): With the country expecting COVID-19 vaccination drive in January, the Union Civil Ministry is making all arrangements to maintain the "integrity of cold chain" during the transportation of vaccine, a senior official said on Tuesday.
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No evidence that vaccines will not work against new COVID-19 variants: Cen
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccines will work against new variants of the virus detected in the UK and South Africa and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against these coronavirus variants, Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advis
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SC hears plea seeking prevention of circulation of fake COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court on Tuesday by lawyer, Vishal Tiwari, seeking a direction to the Union of India (UoI) and others, to issue strict guidelines and regulations under the Disaster Management Act by co
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Govt to increase number of genome sequencing for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The government will increase the number of genome sequencing for COVID-19 in view of the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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3 UK returnees found positive for new coronavirus variant in Karnataka, st
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 29 (ANI): In a view of the new strain of coronavirus cases in United Kingdom returnees, Karnataka Health Minister Dr Sudhakar K on Tuesday said that they will trace co-passengers and treatment will be done if needed.
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As Mass Vaccine Campaigns Begin, HMD's Auto-Disable Syringes to Play a Cru
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD), one of the top manufacturers of medical disposables worldwide, announced that it has ramped up production of its Kojak Auto Disable (AD) syringes in anticipation of a surge in demand for the corona
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