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China perceived 'Zero Covid strategy' from beginning of COVID-19: Experts
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, the co-chairman of the National Indian Medical Association (IMA) Covid Task Force on Monday said that through multiple battles with different coronavirus variants, China has perceived a "Zero Covid strategy" from the beginning, which ha
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Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants, infects vaccinated
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that evidence has shown Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants.
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Avoid travel to UK due to COVID variants spread: US tells Americans
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday has recommended that Americans avoid travel to the United Kingdom due to the prevalence of the coronavirus variants in the country.
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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): Recently a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study found that although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control
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Delta variant prime suspect in COVID-19 cases across Varanasi: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi has collaboratively sequenced genomes of coronavirus variants in Varanasi and adjoining areas and have come across at least seven major strains of
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US not fully safe with vaccinations unless coronavirus variants curbed: US
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is not assured of being fully safe from the coronavirus even with its high rate in vaccination unless it extends the global fight to defeat the variants from the scourge, US Agency for International Development (USAID) COVID-19 Task
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Moderna CEO advocates 3rd vaccine dose to protect people at risk
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Vaccination with a booster shot among as many people as possible is a good way to protect those most at risk against ever-emerging new coronavirus variants, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said on Sunday.
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Over 13,000 coronavirus variants detected in Russia, says vaccine develope
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], May 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian scientists have already identified more than 13,000 coronavirus mutations, but most of them do not have any significant impact on the course of the pandemic, Rinat Maksyutov, the director of the Vector research center that developed the Epi
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Negative air passenger demand trend continues globally: IATA
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Apr 8 (ANI): The total demand for air travel in February measured in revenue passenger kilometres was down 74.7 per cent compared to February 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.
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US reports over 13,000 coronavirus variants infections
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The United States has recorded more than 13,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants, according to the latest data of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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771 cases of COVID-19 variants detected across 18 states
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in India, the Health Ministry on Wednesday informed that a total of 771 cases of coronavirus variants detected across 18 states in the country.
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Pfizer, BioNTech begin testing of third dose against new COVID-19 variants
Updated : 5 years 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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