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Accepting vaccinated passengers should be global best practice: IATA
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 20 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has applauded growing number of countries making data and evidence-driven decisions to open their borders to vaccinated travellers.
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Cargo demand remains high in A-Pac, passenger traffic still dismal
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Apr 29 (ANI): Preliminary traffic figures released on Thursday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that international passenger markets remained weak with unabating border restrictions particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
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India's COVID-19 situation 'beyond heartbreaking', says WHO chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 26 (ANI): Highlighting that several countries are still experiencing intense COVID-19 transmission, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that situation in India is "beyond heartbreaking".
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'Longer lockdown only tool to break the chain of transmission'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): As India reported its highest-ever single-day spike of COVID-19 cases with over 2.34 lakh new cases and more than 1,300 deaths on Saturday, Dr Shyam Agrawal of Delhi's Sir Gangaram Hospital stressed that only a longer period of lockdown can break the cha
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WHO confirms possibility of COVID-19 transmission from humans to cats, dog
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 5 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirms the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 from humans to cats, dogs, minks, raccoon dogs, lions and tigers, WHO representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Monday.
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Japan registers 1st possible case of mother-to-newborn COVID-19 transmissi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A newborn in Japan is believed to have contracted COVID-19 from the mother in what may be the first case of mother-to-baby coronavirus transmission in the country, the NHK public broadcaster reported on Monday.
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Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distanci
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 20 (ANI): In-school COVID-19 transmission is rare - even among close school contacts of those who test positive for the virus - when schools heed public health precautions such as mandatory masking, social distancing and frequent hand-washing, according to results of a
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Researchers highlight outcomes of COVID-19 transmission from mother to fet
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 19 (ANI): Researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology studied a case of vertical COVID-19 transmission from mother to her unborn child that resulted in major complications in the pregnancy, premature birth and death of the child. The consortium then u
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Implementing one-way customer traffic at retail stores can dramatically re
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Researchers in a study suggests that implementing one-way customer traffic at retail stores can dramatically reduce COVID-19 transmission. The study was conducted by Robert A. Shumsky, Laurens Debo, Rebecca M. Lebeaux, Quang P. Nguyen and Anne G. Hoen
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COVID-19: Schools urgently need guidelines on improving ventilation in cla
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
London [England], February 6 (ANI): There is an urgent need for guidelines on how schools can use ventilation to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the classroom, according to doctors at Imperial College London and the headteacher of a secondary school in Pinner, Middlesex.
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Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developers claim that it reduces COVID-19 trans
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], February 4 (ANI): As per a report by developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, claimed that it can reduce the transmission of COVID-19 virus, reported The Washington Post.
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Tool calculates risk of Covid-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated spaces:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 23 (ANI): A recent report published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, show that social distancing measures alone do not provide adequate protection from the virus, and further emphasise the vital importance of ventilation and face masks in order to s
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