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India well-equipped to swiftly detect, contain new COVID variants: Ex-ICMR
Updated : 9 months ago IST
As of Tuesday morning, India has reported 6,815 active COVID-19 cases. According to data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), 163 cases of the new COVID-19 variant XFG have recently been detected across the country.
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Pakistan: 3 passengers test positive for JN.1 Covid-19 variant at Karachi
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Three travellers who landed at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi tested positive for JN.1 sub-variant of coronavirus.
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Delhi govt keeps vigilant eye on new Covid-19 variant JN.1, health ministe
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Keeping a vigilant eye on the new variant JN.1 of the coronavirus, the Delhi government is in action mode, taking all the requisite steps.
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"We need to be cautious, not panic": Ex-WHO chief scientist on new Covid v
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI exclusively, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former DG, of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, "We need to be cautious, but we don't need to worry because we don't have any data to suggest that this variant JN.1 is more severe or it's going to cause more pneumonia,
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Amid a surge of COVID cases, Jammu hospitals prepare to fight against new
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As the Union Health Ministry has sounded a new alert on COVID, preparations to fight against the disease have been started in Jammu. In Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital, one of the major hospitals in the region, a COVID ward has been set up.
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"No need to panic": NITI Aayog member VK Paul assures preparedness as COVI
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
NITI Aayog member Dr. VK Paul on Wednesday asked fellow citizens not to panic about the new COVID-19 variant JN.1 and assured that the Centre is taking the necessary precautions to combat the new variant.
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Covid subvariant JN.1 case detected in Kerala, raises concerns
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The India SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which is a multi-laboratory, multi-agency, pan-India network tasked with sequencing and keeping an eye on new threatening Covid-19 variants, has done surveillance where this variant has been found in Kerala.
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WHO designates Covid's BA.2.86 as ‘variant under monitoring’
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
World Health Organization (WHO) designated COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 as a ‘variant under monitoring’ on Friday due to the large number of mutations it carries.
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New Covid-19 variant EG.5 on the rise in US
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
New Covid-19 variant EG.5 is on the rise in the US. The variant is causing about 17 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases in the country compared to 16 per cent for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
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Current Covid-19 variants are mild, senior citizens can take booster doses
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While addressing the mediapersons in Pune, Adar Poonawala said, "We have produced 5-6 million doses as stock, current demand is zero in all hospitals. Current variants are mild and not severe. Senior citizens can take booster doses as a precaution".
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Study: Pregnancy-related mortality rising due to COVID among reproductive-
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Following the emergence of the highly contagious Delta and Omicron COVID-19 variants, pregnancy-related mortality rates in the United States increased faster in 2021 than the previous year, according to a new study (UMD).
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Mansukh Mandaviya to hold virtual meeting with state health ministers toda
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the status and preparedness of public health response to COVID-19 and emphasised the need for strengthened surveillance with a focus on genome sequencing and increased testing.
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