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Omicron may be less severe, but not 'mild': WHO
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 7 (ANI): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to be a less severe disease than the Delta strain, but it does not mean it should be categorized as "mild", World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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Omicron variant could replace Delta strain globally: Head of Russian Gamal
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Omicron strain of the coronavirus could eventually replace the Delta variant, as it is already happening in South Africa, Alexander Gintsburg, the director of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told Sputnik.
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New variant of COVID-19 Delta strain detected in Norway
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], Russia, November 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A new variant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus has been detected in Norway, which is assumed to be no more infectious than other strains, the NRK broadcaster reported Monday, citing the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH). Read More
Obama scaled back 60th birthday bash due to spike in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): Former US President Barack Obama has scaled back the 60th birthday bash due to the spread of the Delta strain of COVID-19 in the country.
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COVID-19: Oklahoma, other US states run out of ICU hospital beds amid Delt
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Oklahoma [US], August 3 (ANI): Amid a rapid surge in COVID-19 Delta cases and subsequent hospitalisations with an increasing number of them children, health experts in the US are pointing out that several states in the US like Oklahoma and Louisiana are running out of ICU hospital beds, incl
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Delta strain breaks Chinese COVID-19 firewall
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 2 (ANI): China is facing its biggest Covid outbreak since the disease first emerged there in late 2019, with the Delta variant now spreading far and wide.
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Dr Fauci terms Delta strain of COVID-19 as 'nasty variant'
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 11 (ANI): US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Sunday (local time) characterised the Delta strain of COVID-19 as a "nasty variant".
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Sputnik V gives 90 pc protection against Delta strain of COVID-19: Scienti
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Novosibirsk [Russia], July 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Viral vector and mRNA vaccines, including Russia's Sputnik V, provide enough protection against the new Delta strain of the coronavirus, Head of the Novosibirsk State University's Laboratory and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Scien
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Too early to predict if Delta Plus will contribute to 3rd Covid-wave, depe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): It is too early to say whether Delta Plus, the new mutant version of the Delta strain of COVID-19 first detected in India and labelled as a "variant of concern" by the Centre will be responsible for a third wave of Coronavirus, which according to experts
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Vietnam's suspicious coronavirus variant not hybrid strain: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], June 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspicious coronavirus variant detected in Vietnam is part of the existing Delta strain and not a new hybrid mutation, a World Health Organization official said.
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