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Mauritius to suspend air traffic from 6 countries in Southern Africa: Fore
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Port Louis [Mauritius], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mauritius will suspend flights from six countries in Southern Africa starting Sunday amid the spreading new Omicron coronavirus variant, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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South Africa to share Omicron strain samples with foreign biosecurity bodi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa will share the samples of the new Omicron coronavirus variant with biosecurity agencies of other nations, the director of the country's Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Tulio de Oliveira, said on Saturday.
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Czech Republic testing traveler from Namibia for Omicron strain
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The central laboratory of the Czech Health Ministry is testing a woman who arrived from Namibia for the new Omicron coronavirus variant, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Saturday.
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UNICEF has no plans to evacuate staff from S Africa amid spread of new COV
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], November 27 (ANI): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it does not have a plan to evacuate its staff from South Africa amid the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
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Biden confirms new travel bans from South Africa, 7 other countries
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Friday confirmed new travel restrictions for foreign travellers from eight countries in southern Africa due to the emergence of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in the region.
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US officials discuss travel restrictions amid new COVID-19 variant concern
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Biden administration has been discussing the possibility of imposing travel restrictions on passengers from southern Africa amid concerns over a new coronavirus variant emerging in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Swiss Airlines continues South Africa flights as EU mulls air travel ban
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland's national airline told Sputnik on Friday that it continues flying to and from South Africa despite concerns in Europe over the emergence of a new coronavirus variant.
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FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup South Africa put on hold due to new CO
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], November 26 (ANI): Following the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa, the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the South African Hockey Association and the North-West University of Potchefstroom have jointly decided that the FIH Hockey Wome
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With emergence of new Covid-19 strain, India's top health experts advocate
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): With a new heavily mutant novel coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 reported in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana triggering alarms in India, the country's top health experts have urged for stringent surveillance at the government level.
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Matters concerning new coronavirus variant a 'developing story': MEA
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): The matters concerning the new coronavirus variant identified in southern Africa is a "developing story" and WHO has held a meeting on the matter, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.
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Equity indices fall by nearly 3 pc; realty, metal drags Sensex to 1687.94
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 26 (ANI): As concerns of a new coronavirus variant surface, the key equity indices fall by nearly 3 per cent each on Thursday, leaving the Indian markets bleeding.
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Philippines logs 1,547 new COVID-19 cases, 128 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], November 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,547 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 2,818,511.
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