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Emergence of new COVID variants a risk to global economic outlook: Moody's
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Though the overall virus-related concerns have eased with COVID infections becoming less deadly, a spike in new infections across G-20 economies is, however, a reminder that the emergence of newer and more dangerous variants remains a risk to the global econ
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Omicron sublineage BA.2.75 has limited circulation in India: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [india], July 5 (ANI): The highly transmissible sub-variant of Omicron, BA.2.75 has limited circulation in India, said official sources.
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No new variant but severity, hospitalisation being monitored: NCDC on surg
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Even though COVID-19 cases are surging in the country but the severity and hospitalisation is being monitored as no new variant has been reported, the Director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Dr Sujeet Singh said on Monday.
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Pakistan reports 1st case of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 10 (ANI): Pakistan on Monday reported the first case of COVID-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1.
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Global air cargo demand drops over Russia-Ukraine war, Omicron concerns
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): A decline in global air cargo markets was witnessed in the month of March, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) data showed amid COVID variant Omicron's influence in Asia and the Russia-Ukraine war that is leading to a challenging operational bac
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Zero to 200 Covid cases reported in national capital daily: Delhi Health M
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): In view of the declining Covid cases in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Monday took a clear stance on the Covid scenario in the state and said that there was no need to focus on the Covid positivity.
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No reason to panic, INSACOG keeping watch on XE COVID variant cases: Sourc
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): The Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) is keeping an eye on XE COVID variant cases in the country with a focus on hospitalisation and incidents of severity while stating that there is no reason to panic, sources said on Saturday.
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Can't confirm XE COVID variant in Maharashtra, awaiting report results fro
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Amid mounting concerns over the new 'XE' variant of COVID and a day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported its first case in Mumbai, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that state health department has not recei
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Evidence doesn't suggest presence of XE COVID variant in India, says Healt
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that the present evidence does not suggest the presence of XE variant of COVID denying media reports that claimed that a case of the new mutant was reported in Mumbai.
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New COVID mutant 'XE' found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 2 (ANI): A new COVID mutant 'XE' has been found in the UK, the World Health Organisation has said in its latest report and noted that it may be more transmissible than the BA.2 sublineage of COVID-19.
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Bark of Neem tree can protect against COVID variants, suggests study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 1 (ANI): We may have often heard the elders in our family boast about the properties of Neem and its use in treating many physical ailments and diseases. But what about the infamous coronavirus? Does our trusty old Neem tree have any chances of protecting
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Omicron generated antibodies effective against all variants of concern in
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): The latest study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) shows that antibodies generated by Omicron, a COVID-19 strain, are not only effective against it but also other variants of concern (VOCs) including Delta.
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