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Dr Fauci terms Delta strain of COVID-19 as 'nasty variant'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday (local time) characterised the Delta strain of COVID-19 as a "nasty variant".
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Bangladesh posts record daily COVID-19 deaths since pandemic began
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 11 (ANI): Bangladesh coronavirus situation continues to worsen as the daily caseload hit a new high again on Sunday as the country registered 11,874 infections and 230 COVID-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours.
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Pak reports highest COVID-19 infection rate since May 30, experts warn of
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 11 (ANI): Pakistan has recorded the highest COVID-19 positivity ratio at 4.09 per cent in the last 24 hours since May 30, Geo News reported, citing the National Command and Operations Centre's (NCOC) data.
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COVID-19: Sputnik V demonstrates strong safety profile during vaccination
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 11 (ANI): The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), an investor in the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus, announced that the vaccine demonstrated strong safety with no hospitalisation cases and tolerability among the elderly in San-Marino during the inocula
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COVID-19: Nearly 100 pc of Delhi Police staff, kin vaccinated
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Delhi Police has been at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19, with over 90 per cent of the staff fully vaccinated against the virus, while nearly all receiving the first jab.
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COVID-19: Kerala observes weekend lockdown
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 11 (ANI): People in Kerala continued to observe a full weekend lockdown on Sunday amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sputnik V gives 90 pc protection against Delta strain of COVID-19: Scienti
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], July 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk State University's Laboratory and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Scien
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Arunachal govt mulling lockdown as COVID cases rise
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): After recording a COVID-19 positivity rate of over 5 per cent for the last few days, the Arunachal State government has recommended a complete lockdown in Itanagar to curb the spread of the virus.
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COVID-19: Sydney imposes stricter rules to curb spread of Delta variant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], July 11 (ANI): Authorities in Australia's largest city, Sydney imposed new stricter rules to curb the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus.
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Tourists throng Kasauli despite third COVID wave warnings
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kasauli (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 10 (ANI): Despite several warnings from experts about a possible third COVID-19 wave, a large number of tourists have reached Kasauli to recover from lockdown blues.
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Zika not spread by contact, not cause of concern for public right now: Hea
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Zika virus, of which 14 cases have been reported in Kerala, is not spread by aerosols or contact and is not a major cause for concern at this time, said Dr Mathew Varghese, Public health expert and former director of St Stephens Hospital in Delhi.
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Goa reports 155 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 10 (ANI): Goa on Saturday reported as many as 155 new COVID-19 cases, 183 recoveries and seven deaths, the state health department informed.
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