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J-K: Director Health visits Srinagar international airport, asks officials
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 29 (ANI): Kashmir Health Services Director Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Monday visited Srinagar International Airport in view of fresh guidelines for international arrivals.
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Kerala: Travellers from 'Omicron' risk countries will have to undergo 14 d
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 29 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday said the travellers from the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' risk countries will have to undergo for fourteen days quarantine.
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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami chairs high-level meeting on 'Omicron' COVID variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], November 29 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday chaired a high-level meeting on the new COVID-19 variant, 'Omicron' in Dehradun.
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Hong Kong records 3rd case of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 29 (ANI): Hong Kong has recorded its third case of a new coronavirus strain first detected in Southern Africa, health officials said.
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Do not panic, it is being tracked, checked regularly: CM Bommai on Omicron
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], November 29 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Monday asked people not to panic about the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', and suggested them to follow covid precautionary measures strictly.
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Covid Omicron variant: 'Concerning, but not alarming', says top official
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Following the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', which has led to travel bans and new restrictions in many countries across the world, DG Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr Shekhar C Mande said that India is observing the
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Policy on booster, additional COVID-19 vaccine doses in two weeks, says Dr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): With the emergency of new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', COVID-19 task force chairman Dr N K Arora said that a comprehensive policy on the booster and additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be announced in two weeks.
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Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over Covid-19 variant: PM Kishida
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 29 (ANI): Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said that the easing of entry rules for foreigners introduced earlier this month is being cancelled and the border ban is being reinstated in order to prevent the spread of new COVID strain Omicron.
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PM Modi urges people to stay alert in view of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged people to stay alert against the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
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Covid Omicron variant: WHO criticizes travel bans on southern African coun
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] November 29 (ANI): The World Health Organization has urged countries across the world not to impose travel bans on southern African countries due to the ongoing concerns over the new COVID-19 variant "Omicron".
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COVID: US health expert says it will take two weeks to have definitive inf
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 29 (ANI): A top US health expert on Sunday (local time) informed that it will take approximately two more weeks to have more definitive information on the transmissibility, severity, and other characteristics of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.
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Jordan announces new restrictions following Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Jordan on Sunday announced precautionary measures to prevent the spread of new COVID-19 variant Omicron in the country.
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