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US State of South Carolina confirms two cases of S. African COVID-19 varia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The US state of South Carolina has confirmed the first two known cases in the United States of the South African novel coronavirus strain, the state's Health Department said in a press release on Thursday.
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Botswana confirms presence of COVID-19 variant discovered in South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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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Uttarakhand confirms first case of UK COVID-19 variant
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand has reported the first positive case of the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 from Dehradun district.
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Iranian health minister confirms 4 cases of UK COVID-19 variant
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Four cases of the mutated coronavirus strain, which was discovered in the United Kingdom last month, have been registered in Iran, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Sunday.
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Taiwan confirms second coronavirus variant case
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan has confirmed the second case infected with a new variant of the coronavirus, according to the island's epidemic monitoring agency.
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France registers first case of COVID-19 variant linked to South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): France has registered its first case of a new coronavirus strain, known as 501.V2 variant and linked to South Africa, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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4 new COVID variant cases reported in Sweden
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden has reported four cases of a new, more contagious COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain, the country's Public Health Agency confirmed Wednesday.
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Pilots' association writes to Air India for details of UK virus strain
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Indian Commercial Pilots' Association has written to Air India Director (Operations), demanding information regarding the new COVID-19 variant.
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5 pc of COVID-19 positive samples in country will be subjected to genome s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Five per cent of the coronavirus positive samples in the country would be subjected to genome sequencing, the government has said.
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No evidence that vaccines will not work against new COVID-19 variants: Cen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): COVID-19 vaccines will work against new variants of the virus detected in the UK and South Africa and there is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against these coronavirus variants, Prof K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advis
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New COVID-19 variant existent in Germany since November: Media
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain earlier this month seems to have been present in Germany since November, German national daily Die Welt said Monday.
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Jordan confirms first two cases of new COVID-19 variant linked to UK
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Amman [Jordan], December 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two positive tests for a new coronavirus strain linked to the UK have been confirmed in Jordan, the country's health minister, Natheer Obeidat, told the Petra news agency on Sunday.
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