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Jharkhand Health Minister urges PM Modi to halt international flights in v
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], November 28 (ANI): Amid rising concern about a new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' first detected in South Africa, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to suspend international flights that were recently opened.
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UK registers first 2 cases of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], November 27 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Saturday reported first two cases of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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People coming from new COVID-19 variant affected countries to take RT-PCR
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 27 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister, Dr K Sudhakar on Saturday said that the people coming from new COVID-19 variant affected countries has to take RT-PCR after landing in Bengaluru.
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Australia announces border security measures to combat new COVID-19 varian
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt Saturday announced that the government would implement additional precautionary border security measures in response to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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Coronavirus known to mutate, can't lower guards: Expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): Following the reports of the emergence of a new novel variant of coronavirus in South Africa, a senior consultant of a Delhi Hospital on Friday said the virus is known to mutate and urged people not to lower guards against COVID.
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Delhi CM urges experts to suggest necessary steps in view of new Covid var
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): In view of the threat from a new COVID variant from African countries, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has requested experts to make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and suggested necessary steps in
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No new variant of COVID-19 detected in Bengaluru, says Karnataka health se
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 11 (ANI): Karnataka Health Secretary D. Randeep said no new variant of COVID-19 has been detected in Bengaluru.
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COVID-19: Schools in Bangladesh to remain closed till May 22
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 29 (ANI): All the primary schools and kindergartens in Bangladesh will remain closed till May 22 due to an expected highly transmissible variant of the COVID-19 virus.
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WHO says COVID-19 fatalities in Africa surged amid new variants
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], February 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 related deaths in Africa has spiked as the continent grapples with local transmission of highly contagious strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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Botswana confirms presence of COVID-19 variant discovered in South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Gaborone [Botswana], January 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) has confirmed the presence of the COVID-19 new variant 501Y.V2 first detected in neighbouring country, South Africa.
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UK PM imposes harsh lockdown for England amid COVID-19 new variant
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], January 5 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reimposed a lockdown in England on Monday as a more transmissible variant of Covid-19 fuels a surge in infections and hospitalizations across the country.
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