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COVID-19: Gujarat extends night curfew in eight districts till December 31
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], December 21 (ANI): Gujarat government has extended night curfew till December 31 in eight major cities of the state amid rising COVID-19 variant Omicron cases in the state.
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COVID-19: Two suspected to be infected with Omicron variant in Dehradun
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 21 (ANI): Two people in Dehradun is suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 variant of Omicron after meeting their relative in Delhi who have been tested positive with the Omicron variant of the virus, said R Rajesh Kumar, District Magistrate, Dehr
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UK records biggest daily jump of Omicron cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 12,133 Omicron cases have been recorded in Britain, the biggest daily increase since the COVID-19 variant was detected in the country, taking the total Omicron cases found in the country to 37,101, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said Sund
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Omicron cases may outpace COVID-19 Delta surge but only mild cases reporte
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): With almost 90 countries reporting cases of Omicron, health experts in India believe that due to its high transmissibility rate, the number of cases of the new COVID-19 variant may outpace the speed at which the Delta variant surged during the devastatin
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New Zealand detects 5 more cases of Omicron at border
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand ], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand detected five more Omicron cases in international arrivals, taking the country's total cases of the COVID-19 variant to 13, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday.
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COVID-19: Delhi govt converts 4 pvt hospitals into Omicron dedicated centr
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): The Delhi government on Saturday converted four private hospitals into dedicated centres for the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron.
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Navi Mumbai school shut after 18 students test COVID-19 positive, sample s
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 19 (ANI): Amid concern over rising cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron, a school in the Ghansoli area of Navi Mumbai has been shut for a week by the authorities after 18 students of the school tested COVID-19 positive.
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Take all measures to prevent further spread of Omicron, cautions WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): With seven countries in South-East Asia Region confirming cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday emphasized on urgent scale-up of public health and social measures to curtail its further spread.
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Delhi govt converts 4 pvt hospitals into dedicated Omicron centres
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid concerns over the COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Delhi government on Saturday converted four private hospitals into Omicron dedicated centres.
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COVID-19: New variant might be less severe, high transmissibility rate is
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): As the number of COVID-19 variants omicron cases reaches over 100 in India, the Indian health experts said that the new variant might be less severe, however, the high transmissibility rate could be a worrying factor.
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Sputnik vaccines induce robust neutralizing antibody response to Omicron,
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 17 (ANI): Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Friday said that Sputnik V and Sputnik Light vaccines induce robust neutralizing antibody response to COVID-19 variant Omicron.
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WHO chief raises concern over low COVID-19 vaccination rate in Africa
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 16 (ANI): Amid the spread of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday raised concern over the low vaccination rate in Africa.
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