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India detects two new variants N440K and E484Q of COVID-19: Health Ministr
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre to be closed by next week due to patient nu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to close India's largest COVID-19 care facility - Sardar Patel COVID-19 Care Centre and Hospital - due to substantially reduced load of patients owing to improvement in the coronavirus situation in the na
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Lankan cabinet approves purchase of 10 million COVID-19 vaccines from Indi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 23 (ANI): Sri Lankan cabinet has approved the purchase of 10 million doses of 'Made in India' AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India (SII), local media reported.
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Indonesia reports 9,775 new COVID-19 cases, 323 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 9,775 within one day to 1,298,608, with the death toll adding by 323 to 35,014, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
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Odisha reports 62 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 23 (ANI): Odisha has reported 62 new COVID-19 cases and 59 recoveries in the last 24 hours, according to the State Health Department on Tuesday.
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Russia records 11,823 COVID-19 cases, 417 deaths in past day
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has logged 11,823 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 12,604 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,189,153, the coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand: COVID-19 test mandatory for people arriving from five states
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], February 23 (ANI): The Uttarakhand government on Tuesday issued an order to make the COVID-19 test mandatory for people coming from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the wake of a surge in coronavirus cases in these states. Read More
'The likelihood of a Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic boycott is increasing by
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, February 23 (ANI): Beijing is going to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics from February 4 - February 20, but shadow looms over its successful organisation due to global condemnation over its repressive policies on Tibetans, Uyghurs and coronavirus pandemic.
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Real Madrid president tests negative for coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], February 23 (ANI): Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who had contracted coronavirus earlier this month, has returned negative COVID-19 results in the two PCR tests he took in the last 48 hours, the club announced on Tuesday.
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India reports 10,584 new COVID-19 cases, 78 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): As many as 10,584 new COVID-19 cases and 78 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance improves when efficacy increases beyond 70 pc:
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 23 (ANI): According to a study by Robert M Kaplan and Arnold Milstein, COVID-19 vaccine acceptance has improved when the efficacy of the vaccine increased beyond 70 per cent.
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US coronavirus toll surpasses 500,000 mark
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): The United States continues to remain the worst affected due to COVID-19 with the death toll in the country surpassing 5,00,000 on Monday (local time).
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