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Philippines registers first cases of South African variant of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], March 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The first six cases of the coronavirus variant originating in South Africa have been detected in the Philippines, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Pfizer and its partner BioNTech on Thursday said that they have begun to test how well the third dose of their authorised vaccine stacks up against new coronavirus variants.
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Worrisome Covid mutation that may weaken effectiveness of vaccines found i
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], February 25 (ANI): A new form of coronavirus variant is spreading rapidly in New York City and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to The New York Times.
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India detects two new variants N440K and E484Q of COVID-19: Health Ministr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): Even as the country's COVID-19 trajectory is declining, India has detected two new variants of the virus-- namely N440 K and E484Q in Maharashtra and Kerala, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 variant N440K spreading more in southern states: CSIR-CCMB
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines can protect against coronavirus variant: Study
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 18 (ANI): Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351, according to report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday.
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South African coronavirus variant detected in California for first time
Updated : 5 years, 3 months 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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UK variant of coronavirus strain detected in 86 countries: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday (local time) announced that coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which was first identified in the United Kingdom on September 20, has been reported in 86 countries.
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Argentina confirms first cases of COVID-19 variants detected in Brazil
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentine Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia confirmed on Monday the first cases in the country of the novel coronavirus variants detected in Brazil.
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Johnson confident in COVID-19 vaccines as South Africa pauses AstraZeneca
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government is "very confident" about the effectiveness of all the COVID-19 vaccines that the country has approved for use so far, despite South Africa's decision to pause the rollout of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine over fears that it
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UK COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly across US, may soon become dominant
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], February 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The mutated coronavirus variant, which was originally discovered in the United Kingdom and is found to be more contagious, is rapidly spreading across the United States and may become the dominant strain in many states as soon as by March, a new study s
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France begins distributing AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid UK variant warni
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 7 (ANI): France began distributing the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday as epidemiologist Arnaud Fontanet warned the coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 -- first identified in the UK - could be dominant in the country by March.
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