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COVID-19: FICCI urges Centre to adopt pan-India uniform policy to tackle O
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Stating that the emergence of the Omicron variant of coronavirus is a reminder that the threat from COVID-19 still looms large, Uday Shankar, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Thursday urged the Centre to adopt a
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First Omicron case detected in Greece, national health service
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The first Omicron variant case of COVID-19 has been detected in Greece, and the man is quarantined, Head of National Public Health Organization EODY Theoklis Zaoutis said at a briefing on Thursday.
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India ready to supply medical equipment, assistance to Africa amid spread
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): India on Thursday said that it is ready to supply medical equipment and life-saving drugs to any country in Africa, amid the emergence of the new coronavirus variant Omicron.
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Passengers from 'at risk' countries need to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): In the wake of the new coronavirus variant Omicron, Union Health Ministry's Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that passengers arriving from 'at risk' countries need to undergo RT-PCR test on arrival and if found positive for COVID-19, they will be treat
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Amid Omicron scare, NITI Aayog's VK Paul says increased COVID-19 vaccine u
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the scare of Omicron variant of the COVID-19, Dr VK Paul, Member-Health of NITI Aayog on Thursday said that the priority of the Centre is to fully vaccinate the adult population of the country against the COVID-19 and urged people get fully vaccin
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No severe symptoms of Omicron reported so far: Union Health Ministry
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): As India reports two cases of new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Centre on Thursday informed that no severe symptoms of the new variant has been reported so far.
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COVID-19: Virologists in Bengal's Siliguri suggest speeding up testing in
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], December 2 (ANI): In the wake of the new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, the virologists in West Bengal's Siliguri have suggested increasing the speed of testing in the city as it receives a lot of international travellers and said that the administration sho
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2 cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant found in Karnataka: Union Health Minis
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday informed that two people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Karnataka.
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Omicron, a setback as countries across world need to be safe: Jyotiraditya
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said that the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' is a setback as countries across the world need to be safe.
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Viral evolution in animals could reveal future of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): When animals catch COVID-19 from humans, new SARS-CoV-2 variants can arise. To evaluate this phenomenon, an interdisciplinary team at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences systematically analysed mutation types occurring in the virus af
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India adds 9,765 new COVID-19 cases, 477 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): India reported 9,765 new COVID-19 cases and 477 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Union Health Minister on Thursday.
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4 COVID-19 patients from 'at-risk' countries admitted to Delhi hospital sh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Eight people travelling from 'at-risk' countries, of which four tested COVID positive, were admitted to Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital on Wednesday, as their samples were sent for genome sequencing to detect if the samples are positive
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