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Japan registers 11 cases of UK coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said it has detected the UK coronavirus variant in 11 more people, including six children under the age of 10, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Friday.
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Philippines detects 8 more cases of new coronavirus strain
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 5 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines has detected an additional eight cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant first found in Britain, bringing the total confirmed cases of the new strain in the country to 25.
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US confirms over 600 coronavirus variant cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): The United States on Thursday (local time) reported at least 618 cases of coronavirus variants across 33 states, CNN reported citing US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.
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Germany detects new coronavirus variant linked to Norway, Luxembourg in Ha
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 5(ANI/Sputnik): A new coronavirus variant, known as B.1.1.6 and previously identified in Norway and Luxembourg, was detected for the first time in Germany, in the central city of Halle, Mayor Bernd Wiegand said on Thursday.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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UK coronavirus variant to become more dominant in US by early spring, says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The new strain of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in the United Kingdom will become more dominant in the United States by the middle of spring, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said.
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Research shows Regeneron's COVID-19 antibody cocktail effective against co
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], January 28 (ANI): The tests conducted on two different variants of the coronavirus show that one of the two monoclonal antibodies in Regeneron's cocktail therapy can neutralize both, despite the mutations, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates 'neutralising impact' on ne
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New York [US], January 26 (ANI): US biotechnology firm Moderna announced on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated a 'neutralising impact' on coronavirus variants first found in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
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Israeli PM says to close Israel "hermetically" for 1 week
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel is going to be "shut down hermetically" for about a week, citing fears for the arrival of new coronavirus variants.
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Argentina confirms first case of new variant of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 17 (ANI): The government of Argentina on Saturday confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant in the country that was first identified in Britain and appears to be more contagious.
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Brazil detects the first case of re-infection with coronavirus variant
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A Brazilian woman has become the first person in the world to be re-infected with a variant of the novel coronavirus known as E484K, state-run news agency Agencia Brasil reported on Friday.
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New UK COVID-19 strain detected in 22 European nations
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK-linked coronavirus variant, which is much more transmissible than the original one, has been detected in 22 European countries, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said on Thursday.
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