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China's Tianjin reports 33 new local COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 16 (ANI): The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has reported 33 locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
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Cambodia's Omicron cases rise to 332 with 45 new infections
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed Omicron cases of the COVID-19 variant in Cambodia has increased to 332 after 45 new cases were reported, the health ministry said on Saturday.
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Omicron is more infectious than Delta variant, says Medanta Hospital senio
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Senior Surgeon of Medanta Hospital Dr Arvind Kumar on Thursday said that the data shows that the COVID-19 variant Omicron is more infectious than the Delta variant. However, it is milder as compared to it.
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Amid rise in COVID cases, US Presidential medical adviser Fauci says Omicr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): As Omicron spreads like wildfire across the world, White House Chief Medical advisor Antony Fauci has said although the COVID-19 variant will likely infect most people but vaccinated people will still fare better.
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COVID-19 new variant, inflation to derail global economic recovery in 2022
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [United States], January 12 (ANI): Global economic growth will drop sharply from 5.5 per cent in 2021 to 4.1 per cent in 2022 and dip further to 3.2 per cent in 2023 due to fresh threats from COVID-19 variants and a rise in inflation, debt and income inequality, the World Bank sai
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China's Tianjin reports 49 locally confirmed COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tianjin [China], January 11 (ANI): The northern Chinese city of Tianjin has reported 49 locally confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the country.
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China: Harrowing spike in Omicron cases forces authorities to clamp lockdo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Henan [China] January 11 (ANI): China clamped lockdown in the multimillion city of Anyang of Henan province, amid the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in the city, according to media reports.
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COVID-19: Kerala logs 17 more Omicron cases, total tally now at 345
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 10 (ANI): Kerala on Monday reported 17 fresh Omicron cases which pushed up the state's total tally of infections from the COVID-19 variant to 345.
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South Korea confirms first 2 deaths linked to Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea] January 2 (ANI/ Xinhua): South Korea on Monday confirmed its first two deaths linked to the Omicron COVID-19 variant amid rising worry about the highly transmissible variant.
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New Zealand detects 2 new cases of Omicron at border
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand detected two new Omicron cases at the border in two days, taking the country's total cases of the COVID-19 variant to 90, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
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Tanzanian president confirms spreading of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dodoma [Tanzania], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday night confirmed that there is the new COVID-19 variant called Omicron in the east African nation.
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Study on feasibility of mixing COVID-19 vaccine doses to be available by F
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The effectiveness of heterologous vaccine doses against new COVID-19 variants is likely to come in six weeks after the trial in the Christian Medical College, Vellore, said top virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang, on Friday.
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