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Uttarakhand health department asks CMOs to trace UK returnees for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 27 (ANI): Uttarakhand health department has written to all the 13 Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) of the state regarding containment of UK variant of coronavirus and asked them to trace the foreign returnees and monitor their health for 28 days.
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4 cases of new COVID-19 variant identified in Madrid
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four cases of a new COVID-19 variant that recently emerged in the United Kingdom have been confirmed in Spain's Madrid, Antonio Zapatero, a prominent official in the Spanish capital's administration, said on Saturday, adding that there are
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Germany extends UK travel ban despite EU urging to lift restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Germany on Tuesday extended its travel ban from Britain until January 6 amid concern over a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, despite a European Commission recommendation earlier for member states to lift the ban.
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Five countries ban flights from South Africa amid concerns over new corona
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least five countries have suspended flights from South Africa after a coronavirus variant was recently discovered in the country.
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Scientists say it would take years for virus to evolve enough to render Co
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 21 (ANI):As the new variant has been surfaced that causes COVID-19, experts urged caution, saying it would take years, not months, for the virus to evolve enough to render the current vaccines impotent.
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Greece introduces 7-day quarantine for travelers from UK amid fears of new
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Greece has introduced a seven-day quarantine for all passengers arriving from the United Kingdom as a preventive measure against the fast-spreading COVID-19 variant recently discovered in parts of the UK, the Greek Secretary General for Civil Prote
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No indication new COVID-19 variant in UK interferes with vaccine effective
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation is aware of reports that a new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the United Kingdom, although there is no evidence to suggest that the mutation will impact the effectiveness of vaccines against the diseas
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