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Maharashtra: Mock drill on 13-14th April to access Covid preparedness, ami
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Health Minister Tanaji Sawant on Tuesday informed that the state will be conduction a mock drill on 13-14th April following surge in Covid cases in the state. "As suggested by central government, we are going to hold a mock drill for our Covid preparedness in the state on 13-14th April."
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Covaxin booster shot enhances efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants of
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): A study showed that administration of Covaxin booster dose will enhance the vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant infection and give protection against two Omicron variants of COVID-19.
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Three doses of COVID vaccine better than two? Study suggests so!
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 14 (ANI): The majority of the vaccines available for COVID-19 have two doses. People are said to become more capable of resisting the virus after the second dose. But, a recent Kaiser Permanente study, found that one month after a third dose, the effectiveness of th
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COVID-19: Parl panel seeks relaxations in tourism, culture industries
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): The chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee for Transport, Tourism and Culture, TG Venkatesh, on Thursday, said that as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is not more serious than the Delta variant, the government should relax the restrictions in touri
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COVID-19 Omicron variant lung damage 'milder than Delta in animals': Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 31 (ANI): Studies conducted by a group of international researchers on Monday said that the COVID-19 variant Omicron causes less severe symptoms in the lungs of hamsters than the Delta variant.
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Omicron replaces Delta as dominant variant with 67.5 pc positivity rate in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K on Friday said that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has become less dominant which is now replaced by the Omicron variant of the virus as against the second wave in the country when th
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COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the genome sequencing, are being tested positive for the Omicron variant of the virus while there are fewer Delta variant samples.
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Researchers find explanation for Omicron variant causing less severe disea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], January 25 (ANI): The Omicron variant replaced the Delta variant as the dominant COVID-19 variant in the world, starting from late 2021 to early 2022. But, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant caused less severe disease than Delta, although it was better at escaping immune pro
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COVID-19: Omicron driven wave will turn to villages after metros, says exp
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Omicron variant driven wave of COVID-19 will now turn to small towns and villages in the coming few weeks after its transmission in metro cities as each time a wave follows this trend, said Dr Rajeev Jayadevan who is advising COVID-19 task force at
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Less hospitalisation, less severity in Omicron driven wave, say Experts
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): Delhi is reporting a ten times lesser number of hospitalisations in the Omicron-driven wave of COVID-19 as compared to the second wave, informed Dr Dhiren Gupta, Paediatric Pulmonologist at Sir Gangaram Hospital in Delhi on Friday.
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COVID- Beijing battles both Delta, Omicron ahead of next month's Winter Ol
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 19 (ANI): Beijing battles with epidemic ahead of the scheduled next month's Winter Olympics as four COVID-19 infections, with both the Delta and Omicron variants, were detected recently.
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COVID-19: Omicron gradually replacing Delta variant in many states, says t
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda on Tuesday said that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is gradually replacing the Delta variant in many states across the country.
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