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After 1st COVID Delta variant case in Chandigarh, Haryana to set up genome
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Orders have been given for the setting up of a lab for genome sequencing at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Rohtak after the first Delta Plus COVID variant was found in Chandigarh.
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Covaxin effectively neutralises both Alpha, Delta variants of Covid-19: US
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): The National Institute of Health (NIH) in the United States has found that Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN vaccine generates antibodies that effectively neutralize both Alpha and Delta variants of COVID-19.
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Himachal Pradesh reports 76 cases of Delta variant of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 29 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh has reported 76 cases of Delta variant of COVID-19, as per the data released by the State Health Department on Tuesday.
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Israel declines imposing restrictions despite increase in COVID-19 cases d
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], June 29 (ANI): Expressing faith in the country's COVID-19 vaccination rate, Israel's new government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has declined to impose new restrictions, even as the Delta variant is leading to a resurgence of infections here.
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South Africa imposes COVID-19 restrictions amid spread of Delta variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], June 28 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa is imposing new restrictions to curb the third wave of the coronavirus disease, as well as the spread of the Delta variant, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
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Chandigarh reports first case of Delta Plus COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 27 (ANI): The first case of the Delta plus COVID variant and 33 cases of the Delta variant have been reported in Chandigarh.
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Lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta Variant spike
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 26 (ANI): Australia on Saturday extended lockdown for 14 days in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
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UK reports over 35,000 COVID-19 cases of Delta variant in a week
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has reported 35,204 new coronavirus cases of the Delta variant first identified in India in the latest week, marking a 46 percent increase, Public Health England (PHE) said Friday.
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Delta Plus may not be important for transmissibility but perhaps crucial f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Delta Plus or AY.1 will always remain a variant of concern (VoC) as it is mutated from the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which is also a VoC, informed the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) on Friday.
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'Why no large-scale testing to prevent spread of Delta plus variant of COV
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the Centre why large-scale testing is not being done to check and prevent the spread of the Delta plus variant of COVID-19 and sought to know the effectiveness of vaccines against it.
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'Stop fooling us and we know the reality', Uttarakhand HC reprimands state
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 24 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court reprimanded the state government for the manner in which it was preparing to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 and asked it to gear up for the Delta Plus variant.
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Indonesia detects 211 more contagious variants of concern
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 211 or 9.41 per cent of the total 2,242 samples of COVID-19 cases tested with the whole genome sequencing method in Indonesia are more contagious variants of concern, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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