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COVID: South Africa's Health Minister unhappy with international reaction
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla told Sputnik on Sunday that he is unhappy with the travel restrictions that many nations imposed on his country and its neighbours after the emergence of the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
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Australia confirms two cases of 'Omicron' coronavirus variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Sydney, [Australia], November 28 (ANI): Australian health officials on Sunday confirmed two cases of the new 'Omicron' coronavirus strain in the country for the first time.
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Omicron Covid variant: Israel bars tourists, reimposes quarantine rules
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 28 (ANI): Israel is banning the entry of foreigners for two weeks to prevent the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, local media reports said on Sunday.
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Israel temporarily closes borders to prevent spread of Omicron COVID strai
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Israel is banning the entry of foreigners for two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett informs.
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Japan restricts entry from three more African countries over Omicron varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Japanese government has decided to impose restrictions on travel from Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia over the concern about the Omicron coronavirus strain, the Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday.
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Mutation is normal, virus will keep mutating: Top health expert
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Warning that new kinds of Coronavirus strains may be seen in the future as mutation is normal for viruses, Dr Mathew Varghese, public health expert, and former director, St Stephen's Hospital, New Delhi cautioned people that they need to be careful and follo
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi announces NOVID Act to protect US from risk of
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 20, (ANI): Following new CDC guidance that fully vaccinated Americans can remove masks and resume normal activities, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday (local time) announced the Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, an exp
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New anti-COVID drug 'should work against various strains': DRDO Chairperso
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) new anti-COVID drug 2-DG should work against various strains of the COVID-19 virus, DRDO chairperson Dr G Satheesh Reddy said on Monday.
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COVAXIN effective against coronavirus strains found in India, UK
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Vaccination with Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine - COVAXIN, has produced neutralising titres (concentration) against all key emerging variants tested, including the B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, first identified in India and the United Kingdom, the vaccine manufa
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Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine has 79.4 pc efficacy, effective
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): Russian developers of the Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday said that their single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4 per cent efficacy against the COVID-19 and it has proven effective against all new strains of coronavirus.
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Japan intends to limit number of arrivals to 2,000 per day amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] March 12 (ANI/Sputnik) The Japanese government intends to introduce a daily limit on the number of people arriving in the country, including Japanese nationals and foreigners, to 2,000 to control the possible spread of new coronavirus strains and ensure the effectiveness of
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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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