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France dispatches firefighters with COVID-19 test kits to UK border amid b
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], December 24 (ANI/Sputnik): France has deployed 26 firefighters with thousands of COVID-19 test kits to the port of Dover, a major transit hub between France and the UK, to help accelerate the passage for trucks blocked in the area due to fresh restrictions caused by the new coro
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Sikhs deliver hot meals to truck drivers stranded on UK's border with Fran
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London[UK], December 24 (ANI): Sikhs in the United Kingdom stepped forward to deliver hot meals to thousands of truck drivers stranded in southern England by the border with France that was closed over the fear of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus strain that has been reported to be
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Kerala to screen passengers who traveled from Europe, UK, Italy
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): In scare of new coronavirus strain in the United Kingdom (UK), Kerala on Wednesday decided to monitor passengers who traveled from Europe, Italy, and the UK at all airports in the state.
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Japan puts temporary ban on arrival of foreign nationals over new coronavi
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Tokyo [Japan], December 23 (ANI): In view of the threat posed by the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, Japan on Wednesday has decided to tighten entry restrictions on travellers from the United Kingdom.
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UK Secretary of State for Housing says clearing UK-France border backlog w
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London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick said on Wednesday that it will take days to clear the backlog of freight trucks stuck in the UK after France agreed to reopen the English Channel route it had temporarily closed over the fear of the new
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Kerala Health Minister holds meeting amid concerns over new coronavirus st
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 23 (ANI): A high-level meeting chaired by Kerala health minister KK Shailaja was held on Tuesday in the backdrop of the new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK.
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WHO calls on all nations to report detection of new SARS-CoV-2 strains
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Geneva [Switzerland], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends all countries to increase genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 viruses whenever possible and report if new strains of the coronavirus that raise concerns are detected, WHO representative to Russia Mel
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Telangana: 358 passengers from UK being traced amid concerns over new coro
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 22 (ANI): In light of the new strain of the coronavirus that was recently detected in the United Kingdom, as many as 358 travellers who arrived in Hyderabad from the UK are being tracked and identified, G Srinivasa Rao, the state Director of Public
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New coronavirus strain: Testing of flyers from UK underway at Delhi airpor
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New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Five out of 266 passengers and crew members of the Air India flight that arrived at Delhi Airport from London (UK) last night have tested positive for COVID-19. Their samples have been sent to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for research a
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Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus strain
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Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that's recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, CNN reported.
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Five countries ban flights from South Africa amid concerns over new corona
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Johannesburg [South Africa], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five countries have suspended flights from South Africa after a coronavirus variant was recently discovered in the country.
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Delhi: Five flyers from UK test COVID positive amid concerns over new coro
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New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): Amid rising concerns over the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus in the UK, five out of 266 passengers and crew members of a London to Delhi flight have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.
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