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New Covid variant: Delhi CM urges PM Modi to stop flights from affected co
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop flights from those countries which are affected by the new Covid variant.
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US, Brazil, Saudi Arabia latest to restrict travel from African countries
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): A number of countries including the US, Saudi Arabia and Brazil have announced travel restrictions on southern African countries as a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected on the continent.
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Pfizer, BioNTech not sure on vaccines' effectiveness on new COVID variant
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Saturday issued a statement stating that they are not sure whether their vaccines would be able to help in the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
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WTO postpones 12th Ministerial Conference amid spread of COVID variant Om
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): Amid the spread of new COVID strain 'Omicron', the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Saturday postponed the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), that was set to take place in Geneva.
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South African Health Minister calls travel bans by countries over new COVI
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday termed the countries' decision of imposing restrictions on travellers from the country amid concerns over the detection of 'Omicron' COVID-19 variant as 'unjustified' and said there is no proo
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India to screen, test travellers from several countries including UK amid
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Amid rising concern about a new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron' first detected in South Africa, India on Friday added several countries to the list from where travellers would need to follow additional measures on arrival in India, including post-arrival t
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US officials discuss travel restrictions amid new COVID-19 variant concern
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Biden administration has been discussing the possibility of imposing travel restrictions on passengers from southern Africa amid concerns over a new coronavirus variant emerging in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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With emergence of new Covid-19 strain, India's top health experts advocate
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): With a new heavily mutant novel coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 reported in South Africa, Hong Kong and Botswana triggering alarms in India, the country's top health experts have urged for stringent surveillance at the government level.
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Delhi CM urges experts to suggest necessary steps in view of new Covid var
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): In view of the threat from a new COVID variant from African countries, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has requested experts to make a presentation to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and suggested necessary steps in
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UK suspends flights to six African countries as new COVID variant emerges
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 26 (ANI): UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of flights from six countries after reports emerged that a new COVID variant with more than 30 mutations is spreading in South Africa.
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No new COVID-19 variant of concern has emerged, says Dr NK Arora
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): No new variant of concern (VOC) or variant of interest (VOI) of COVID-19 has emerged in the country, said Dr NK Arora, co-chair of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), on Sunday.
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No case of C.1.2 Covid variant in India so far, say govt sources
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The new COVID-19 variant C.1.2, which was first reported in South Africa, has not been found in India so far, government sources told ANI.
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