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Vietnam's Lang Son province to take COVID samples of people coming to coun
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Lang Son province, a northern province of Vietnam, will be taking samples of people coming to Vietnam from China if the travelers have symptoms such as fever, coughing, or difficulty breathing, the Vietnamese newspaper VnExpress reported.
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Our vaccine is effective in fighting COVID BF.7 variant, govt taking all m
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that the vaccines available in India are effective against Omicron Sub-variant BF.7.
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Over 200 air passengers found COVID positive; samples show presence of BF.
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said that a number of samples showed that the BF.7 variant was found in many passengers.
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China stops issuing visas to people from South Korea, Japan in Covid retal
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing has started to retaliate at Japan and South Korea by suspending the issuance of visas to people from both countries as travellers from China are facing multiple restrictions imposed by the nations due to a spike in COVID, NHK World reported.
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India reports 171 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India reported 171 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 0.09 per cent, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
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Satellite images show crowds at China's crematoriums as Covid surges
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Satellite images of a number of Chinese cities have captured crowding at crematoriums and funeral homes, amid the Covid surge across the country after Beijing lifted severe pandemic restrictions, reported Washington Post.
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World Bank says fragile economic conditions might usher in recession
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Given fragile economic conditions, any new adverse development such as higher-than-expected inflation, an abrupt rise in key interest rates to contain it, a resurgence of the Covid-19 cases, or escalating geopolitical tensions could push the global economy into recession.
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Sewage sampling results indicating no upsurge or new COVID variant in Indi
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The testing of the sewage samples has not identified any new variant of COVID, a top health expert said on Tuesday, while also adding that it means that the possibility of an upsurge of the cases is very less.
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India registers 121 cases of Covid-19 in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India has recorded 121 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday morning.
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Ocugen announces positive top-line data for Covaxin in US trials
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A release said that Covaxin has been demonstrated in clinical trials to generate a broader immune response "against the whole virus covering important antigens such as S-protein, RBD, and N-protein whereas currently approved vaccines in the US target only S-protein antigen"
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New Omicron variants not causing spike or mortality of cases: Health Minis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that sequencing of samples from Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) sentinel sites have referred that all the omicron variants like BA.2 and its sub-lineages including BA.2.75, XBB (37), BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 (5) are present in India but none of
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China to take reciprocal countermeasures against countries imposing restri
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
China on Sunday relaxed its COVID management measures from Class A to Class B. The country resumed cross-border travel and business starting Sunday, according to Global Times.
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